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Bo Xilai rejects Gu Kailai’s testimony at trial
Bo Xilai has dismissed testimony from his wife, Gu Kailai, at his trial, saying she was unstable and had been coerced. Video footage and written...
North Korea and South Korea meet on family reunions
North Korea and South Korea have begun talks on resuming the reunions of families separated by the Korean War in 1950-53. Korean Red Cross officials...
Bo Xilai goes on trial in China
Chinese politician Bo Xilai has gone on trial on charges of bribery, corruption and abuse of power. The former Chongqing Communist Party leader once tipped...
Indian rupee hits new all-time record low against US dollar
The Indian rupee has hit a new all-time record low against the US dollar, amid concerns the Federal Reserve will soon scale back its...
Bo Guagua: Bo Xilai’s son speaks out before trial
Bo Guagua, the son of disgraced Chinese politician Bo Xilai, says he hopes his father will be allowed to defend himself "without constraints" at...
Pervez Musharraf indicted over Benazir Bhutto’s assassination
Pervez Musharraf has been indicted in Pakistan on three charges over the 2007 assassination of opposition leader and former PM Benazir Bhutto. Prosecutors said the...
Switzerland blocks North Korea ski lift deal
Switzerland has decided to block a deal to sell ski lifts to North Korea in the latest setback for leader Kim Jong-un's pet ski...
South Korea and US begin joint military drills
South Korea and the United States have begun a new round of joint military exercises on Monday, officials say, the second round to take...
North Korea agrees to South Korea’s proposal to resume family reunions
North Korea has agreed to South Korea’s proposal to resume reunions of families separated since the 1950-1953 war, official media in Pyongyang say. The reunion...
Bo Xilai to go on trial for bribery, corruption and abuse of power on August 22
Chinese politician Bo Xilai will go on trial on Thursday, August 22, being charged with bribery, corruption and abuse of power, according to state...
Philippines ferry carrying 870 crashes into cargo ship killing at least 26
At least 26 people have died and more than 200 are missing after MV Thomas Aquinas ferry collided with a cargo ship and sank...
Indian rupee hits record low against dollar
India’s rupee has hit a record low against the dollar despite recent efforts to prop-up the currency. On Wednesday India's central bank put further restrictions...
North Korea and South Korea reach agreement on re-opening Kaesong industrial zone
North Korea and South Korea have reached an agreement about re-opening the Kaesong joint industrial zone, officials from Seoul say. Operations there have been suspended...
Indian submarine explodes in Mumbai
An Indian submarine caught fire after an explosion in a Mumbai dockyard killing the navy personnel, India's defense minister has said. The submarine caught...
Arirang: North Korea announces first indigenous smartphone
North Korea announces it has produced its first home-grown smartphone – Arirang - but experts have disputed its origins. The Arirang handset, described as a...
Zhang Lin’s roof-top villa may be demolished
Professor Zhang Lin, who built a rock-covered roof-top villa on top of a Beijing high-rise, may have to demolish his house, reports from China...
Professor Zhang Lin builds mountain villa on top of apartment building in Beijing
Zhang Lin has spent six years building his dream mountaintop villa - on top of a Beijing apartment block. The eccentric professor shifted tons of...
INS Vikrant: India unveils first indigenous aircraft carrier
India has launched INS Vikrant, its first indigenous aircraft carrier, from a shipyard in southern Kerala state. The 37,500 tonne INS Vikrant is expected to...
Typhoon Utor hits northern Philippines
Powerful Typhoon Utor has hit the northern Philippines, leaving at least 23 fishermen missing. Typhoon Utor made landfall in the north of the main island...
Kenneth Bae: US citizen jailed in North Korea is very ill
The family of Kenneth Bae, the American missionary who was detained in North Korea last year, says he is seriously ill and has been...
Australia election 2013: Kevin Rudd and Tony Abbott hold first debate
Australia's Labor PM Kevin Rudd and opposition leader Tony Abbott are due to meet in the first televised debate of the election campaign. The candidates...
Rokatenda volcano eruption kills five people in Indonesia
Five people have been killed after Rokatenda volcano erupted on tiny island of Palue in Indonesia, officials have said. Mount Rokatenda, on the island of...
Stephanie Banister withdraws her candidacy after Islam gaffe
Australian election candidate Stephanie Banister, who was widely mocked after she mistook Islam for a country in a TV interview, has withdrawn her candidacy. Stephanie...
Stephanie Banister’s Islam gaffe goes viral
Australian election candidate Stephanie Banister has made the wrong kind of headlines after a gaffe-strewn interview in which she mistook Islam for a country. Stephanie...
Pakistan: US withdraws all non-essential government personnel from Lahore consulate
The United States has ordered all non-essential government personnel to leave its consulate in the Pakistani city of Lahore. A senior State Department official said...
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