Papua New Guinea is believed to be on course to sign up to a Free Trade Agreement with China after the countries' foreign ministers met this week in Beijing.

Saudi Arabia's 35-year ban on movies is coming to an end, with the premiere of Marvel's superhero film Black Panther.

Chemical weapons inspectors are in Syria to try to find out what happened in Douma, but don't expect any definitive finding that points the finger at Syrian government forces, writes Anne Barker.

The heroic pilot who calmly landed a Southwest Airlines flight after a mid-air explosion is a former US Navy pilot who was once denied an aviation career on account of being a woman.

Researchers say a medieval-era skeleton unearthed in Italy shows evidence of man a who not only survived his right hand being chopped off without using antibiotics, he attached a large knife in its place with his teeth.