Onion prices have yet again dominated the headlines in India over the past week. BBC Marathi's Janhavee Moole explains what makes this sweet and pungent vegetable so political.

India's top court has asked officials to stop cutting trees in a forested area in Mumbai city after protesters clashed with police over the weekend.

The organisers of the Rugby World Cup and Formula 1 bosses are monitoring a powerful typhoon forming to the south of Japan which could bring fierce winds and torrential rain over the weekend.

Once the sign of a hardened criminal, Japan’s taboo tattoos are winning a legion of new foreign fans.

A newly married woman and three teenagers die while posing for a picture in a reservoir.

Officials are trying to retrieve the bodies of six elephants that fell to their deaths while trying to save each other from a waterfall in Thailand, warning that they pose a water contamination risk.

Political ads clash with its "positive, refreshing environment," says Blake Chandlee, Tiktok's vice president of global business solutions.

Currently, authorities must go through government agencies to access such evidence from companies, which the officials said can take “years.”

Following the four-day hearing, Israel's attorney general will decide whether to indict Netanyahu on fraud and bribery charges in three corruption cases.

American lovers of Scotch whisky, French wine and Italian cheese might have to dig deeper into their pockets after the Trump administration slapped tariffs on $7.5 billion of European consumer products.

Nearly a 100 have died in the protests since Tuesday as Iraqis protests against rampant corruption and wrecked infrastructure.

Trump and Erdogan spoke by phone, but the White House didn't confirm Turkey's announcement that they will meet next month.

The claims against The Sun and the Daily Mirror follow the royal’s announcement earlier this week of a lawsuit against the parent company of the Mail on Sunday.

Six elephants died in an accident at a national park in Thailand, officials there said Saturday.

Around half a million indebted Polish homeowners have won their fight to be freed from crippling Swiss franc mortgages.

Victims of the 2017 Las Vegas shooting have reached a settlement of at least $735m (£592m) from MGM Resorts.

Health officials urge people to stop vaping until the cause of a mystery illness is identified.

An Instagram-friendly museum is opening in Vienna, with interactive spaces for young people to create their own art.

"There are absolutely no hills or mountains in Denmark", says Danish architect Bjarke Ingels.

Ecuador’s President Lenin Moreno declared a state of emergency on Thursday as protesters hurled stones and erected burning barricades after the end of decades-old fuel subsidies as part of a $2 billion government fiscal reform package.