No food says Japan more than sushi. But few people make it themselves, even Japanese. Traditionally, the art of making sushi meant decades-long training to become a master.
A court in Australia has banned a 63-year-old man from contacting Norway's Princess Ingrid Alexander or her family for two years as she studies at university in Sydney.
A rare albino buffalo fondly named after Donald Trump for its distinctive blond tuft is drawing a huge crowd at the national zoo in Bangladesh's capital.
An Israeli strike has hit a car on a busy highway just south of Beirut. The strike in Khaldeh came without warning, hours before the second day of talks between Lebanon and Israel in Washington.
Thailand's former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has completed his obligations related to a prison sentence. A royal pardon ended his four-month probation early.