Stockholm announces British author Kazuo Ishiguro, best known for his novel "The Remains of the Day" , has won the 2017 Nobel Literature Prize. The 69-year-old author reacts to the news in London.

The cast and crew of 'Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man' gather in Birmingham for the film's global premiere. The film, which is a sequel to the iconic British series, has been announced as the end of the the lead character Tommy Shelby's story, something Cillian Murphy admits he's not "fully processed" yet.

Hundreds of Nepalis and foreign tourists dance and throw paint at each other to celebrate Holi, the Hindu festival of colours, at Kathmandu's historic Durbar Square. This year's Holi coincides with the last day of campaigning for Nepal's upcoming election.

Tokyo residents visit the Yushima Tenmangu Shrine to enjoy the plum blossoms, one of the earliest signs that spring is approaching. While cherry blossoms attract most attention in Japan, plum blossoms are cherished for their delicate flowers, subtle fragrance and long cultural history.

Images released by Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) show a new snake-like remote-controlled device that can help remove radioactive debris from inside Japan's stricken Fukushima nuclear plant. The 22-metre-long, 4.6-tonne robot arm can move through small tunnel-like passages and inspect complex structures within a confined space. TEPCO plans to use it later this year to conduct the third trial debris removal operation at one of the melted reactors in the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

Japanese researchers have unveiled a robot monk powered by AI that they say can dispense spiritual advice, and which could one day ease shortages of its human counterparts.