Too fast:A train company in Tokyo delivered a formal apology because one of its trains left a station just 20 seconds early.

Japanese railway company offers abject apology after train leaves station 20 seconds early

The No. 5255 Tsukuba Express train left a station at 9.44:20am instead of 9.44:40am.

  • byMotoko Rich andMakiko Inoue
A boy stands in the aisle at the Potonggang department store in Pyongyang,North Korea. Three generations into Kim Jong-un's ruling dynasty,a consumer culture is taking root.

North Korea opens door to Russian tourists,promises a place'Safer than London!'

Organised tours"show the travellers the multi-faceted life of this most closed of countries".

  • byDmitry Solovyov
The statue of former British Prime Minister David Lloyd George is silhouetted against the Queen Elizabeth Tower which holds the bell known as'Big Ben'in London.

London's Big Ben to go silent for four years

So it has come to pass that the keeper of the Great Clock announced on Monday that London's"Big Ben"hour bell will be silenced for four long years.

  • byWilliam Booth andKarla Adam
The new £10 note,featuring Jane Austen.

Jane Austen takes pride of place on Britain's new plastic £10 note

The Bank of England has unveiled its first plastic £10 note,featuring British novelist Jane Austen.

  • byDavid Milliken
Barcelona's city hall has put in place new regulations that ban large tourist groups visiting Barcelona's most popular market.

'Gaudi hates you':Barcelona natives turn on tourists

The butcher's shop at the Mercat de La Boqueria has been in Francisca Gabaldas family for four generations.

  • by​Hannah Strange
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New aircraft mean carriers can bypass stopover points. But hub carriers like Emirates have a cost advantage if fuel rises,experts say.

Electronic devices flight ban extends as United Kingdom joins United States

The new restrictions were prompted by reports that militant groups want to smuggle explosive devices in electronic gadgets,officials told reporters.

  • byDavid Shepardson
Royal Jordanian Airlines said the ban would apply to devices larger than a mobile phone.

US to ban some airline passengers from carrying electronics after'terror threat'

US authorities are planning to ban passengers travelling on certain US-bound foreign airline flights from carrying on larger electronic devices in response to an unspecified terrorism threat,according to a government official.

Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud

Saudi king Salman to take 459 tonnes of luggage on trip to Indonesia

A company was employing a total of 572 workers to deal with the Saudi monarch's luggage.

  • byAdam Taylor
Hawaii's Kilauea volcano

Hawaii's Kilauea volcano forms smiley face

It takes more muscles to frown than to smile,but it took a volcanic eruption to see nature's grin.

  • byRyan W. Miller
French soldiers stand guard by the sealed off area of an attack after a truck drove on to the sidewalk and ploughed through a crowd of revellers.

Terrorism:the'new normal'for today's traveller

The latest horrific events in France have rendered the question"to go or not to go"and even more pertinent one for travellers.

  • byAnthony Dennis