Hundreds of new coronavirus cases have been reported in Asia as the United States warned of a pandemic, while Brazil confirmed Latin America's first infection.

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Assange's bid to be freed from the dock

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is weighing a legal bid to sit next to his lawyers in a London court so he doesn't have watch his own extradition case "like Wimbledon".

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Pomp and praise as Egypt buries Mubarak

A military funeral has been held for former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, bestowing the state's final rehabilitation on the man who ruled for 30 years until he was ousted in disgrace in 2011.

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At least 20 dead as India riots escalate

At least 20 people have been killed in three days of clashes in New Delhi apparently sparked by US president Donald Trump's first state visit to India.

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Cambodia court to weigh Aust man's case

Retired Australian teacher Garry Paul Mulroy is hoping allegations he molested young boys while volunteering in Cambodia will be annulled when his case is heard by an appeals court in Phnom Penh next week.

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Psych panel cross-examined in Leifer case

The cross examination of three psychiatrists who deemed accused child sex offender Malka Leifer to be feigning mental illness is under way in Israel.

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'Call me Harry': Prince drops royal label

Prince Harry has started the last round of his royal duties on an informal note, making it clear that the audience at a summit in Scotland should simply call him Harry.

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Australian Associated Press