A man is held in prison for seven months after failing to decrypt two hard drives that investigators suspect contain indecent images of children.

With 100 days to go before the Olympic Games get under way in Rio de Janeiro, the Olympic flame has been handed over in Athens to the Brazilian authorities.

Australia and Papua New Guinea will hold urgent talks over asylum seekers held at a centre ruled unconstitutional by the PNG Supreme Court.

The UN envoy to Syria calls on the US and Russia to urgently intervene "at the highest level" to salvage the peace process for that country.

People are increasingly identifying themselves as global rather than national citizens, a BBC World Service poll suggests.

An ancient Pakistani sculpture depicting Buddha's footprints has been handed over to Pakistani officials after it was smuggled into the US.

Russia launches the first rocket from its new Vostochny cosmodrome, following a 24-hour delay that drew the ire of President Vladimir Putin.

Japanese shares fell and the yen surged after the Bank of Japan decided against any extra monetary easing.