China strikes back after the White House criticises Beijing's push to control how international airlines refer to its territories as "Orwellian nonsense".

US President Donald Trump says the date and location have been set for a meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, building suspense for the unprecedented talks.

China releases official denials its forces have targeted United States military aircraft with high-powered lasers near China's military base in Djibouti, resulting in minor eye injuries to two pilots.

A New Zealand dairy farmer near Rotorua stumbles across a sinkhole which is being described as one of the country's biggest.

For the first time since 1943, the Nobel Prize in Literature will not be awarded this year as the Swedish Academy deals with sex abuse allegations and other issues within its ranks.