A Brazilian judge has ordered Netflix to stop showing a Christmas special that was called blasphemous for depicting Jesus as a gay man.

Lebanese prosecutors have issued a travel ban for fugitive former Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn and asked him to hand in his French passport following an Interpol-issued notice against him, a judicial official said.

Potential jurors in Harvey Weinstein's New York sexual assault trial are expected to fill a courtroom as the former film titan's legal problems deepened with new charges in Los Angeles.

Australia's government has said it is willing to pay "whatever it takes" to help communities recover from deadly wildfires that have ravaged the country.

Second World War allies and former enemy Germany have gathered to mark the 75th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge, which stopped Adolf Hitler's last-ditch offensive to turn the tide of the war.

Climate activist Greta Thunberg has tweeted a photo of herself sitting on the floor of a German train surrounded by lots of bags.

The Hallmark Channel has pulled ads for a wedding-planning website that featured two brides kissing at the altar following pressure from a conservative advocacy group, The network, which is in the midst of its heavily watched Christmas programming, removed the ads because the controversy was a distraction, a spokeswoman said.

Lawyers seeking to halt what they allege is ongoing genocide in Burma have criticised leader Aung San Suu Kyi's defence of her country's armed forces.