Malta's Prime Minister Joseph Muscat is under increasing pressure to resign as police extend their investigation to his fellow politicians over the murder of a journalist.
Strained diplomatic relations between Japan and South Korea continue to weigh on their trade relationship. Japan's Finance Ministry says the amount of food and other exports to its neighbor plunged in October.
Two explosions at a chemical plant in the US state of Texas have left three workers injured. Authorities have ordered over 40,000 residents to evacuate.
A Bangladeshi court on Wednesday sentenced seven militants to death over a case of terror attack on Holey Artisan Bakery cafe in capital Dhaka's diplomatic area Gulshan in 2016.
The latest report from UNICEF says about 120,000 people aged up to 19 died last year from AIDS-related causes. It was released ahead of World AIDS Day.
