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Firefighters called to catch uninvited lizard in Chinese house

27 June 2013 Last updated at 16:33 BST A large lizard has been captured in a house in China’s Sichuan province. It took firefighters 30 minutes to wrangle the...

Anger as Indian politicians involved in scuffles at airport over flood relief

As India on Thursday began the mass cremation of hundreds of bodies left by the Himalayan floods, half a dozen politicians from rival parties have been condemned after...

Pakistani women shot in ‘honour killings’

Three women in north Pakistan have been shot dead by a male relative who seemed to have believed that they had brought shame on their family, police say. A mother and...

7 aboard US schooner missing in South Pacific

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A New Zealand meteorologist took the last known calls from the seven people aboard an American schooner: "The weather's turned...

China and South Korea Reaffirm Efforts to End North Korea’s Nuclear Threat

SEOUL, South Korea — The leaders of China and South Korea agreed at a summit meeting in Beijing on Thursday to work together to resume six-nation talks aimed at ending...

Indonesia Sentences Islamic Militant to 10 Years

JAKARTA, Indonesia — An Indonesian court has sentenced an Islamic militant to 10 years in jail on charges of possessing explosive materials intended for a terror...

Taste of Osaka

By TOM DOWNEY Enlarge Image Close A POPULAR JAPANESE SAYING holds that people from Kyoto will spend all their money on clothes, people from Kobe all their cash on shoes,...

What Julia Gillard did for Australia and sexism

In the end, Julia Gillard is likely to be remembered more for the manner of her coming, the manner of her going and her gender, than for what she achieved during her...

Support for good regulatory practices in APEC will foster growth: experts (APEC – Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation)

(Source: APEC – Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) APEC economies are taking steps towards reducing technical barriers to trade by monitoring and improving the...

India’s Last Maharaja

By KELLY CROW CONNECT Enlarge Image Close EACH SPRING, Maharaja Gaj Singh II hosts a Sufi music festival inside his family’s vast desert fort in the Indian city of...