Japanese authorities are investigating the reason for an oil tanker explosion three miles off the port of Himeji earlier this morning, with search teams still looking for the captain of the vessel.
A man convicted of faking his own death to scam insurance companies out of hundreds of thousands of pounds has been ordered to pay £40,000 from two matured pensions by a British court.
A Ukrainian military helicopter has been shot down near Sloviansk in eastern Ukraine by pro-Russian separatist rebels, killing 14 people.
Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has demanded that officials in Punjab take “immediate action” to address the issue of so-called “honour killings”, such as the stoning to death of a pregnant woman in Lahore on Tuesday outside the high court of Lahore.
Intel has unveiled a walking, talking robot called “Jimmy”, made from 3D-printed parts, at the Code Conference in Rancho Palos Verdes, California.