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North Korea's Kim, South Korea's Moon plant tree for peace at border
Kim became the first North Korean leader since the 1950-53 Korean War to set foot in South Korea
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China makes defaming revolutionary heroes punishable by law
A Chinese court ordered a former magazine editor to publicly apologise last year for two articles written in 2013
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Pakistani media 'most vibrant' in Asia, threatened by powerful groups inside country: RSF
Ranked 139/180 on World Press Freedom index, attacks on journalists undermine democracy in Islamabad, claims NGO
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Big protests expected as Trump UK visit in July confirmed
Trump's July trip is set to be a working visit
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Brazilian prisoners get fashionable in couture project
Never mind running away - these Brazilian prisoners prefer the fashion runway
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Still standing beneath Washington, remnants of the Cold War
The shelter was built to protect more than a hundred people in the event of a catastrophic strike
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Jail for top Indonesia politician 'turning point' in war on graft
Indonesia ranks 96th out of 180 countries on Transparency International's 2017 corruption index
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Tunisian women hit campaign trail as equals to men
"Women today have the chance to act, to have an opinion that counts"
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Southeast Asian leaders to vow to fight protectionism
We reiterated our strong commitment to open and inclusive regionalism
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Time now the enemy in battle to find missing GIs in jungles of Vietnam
The agency was born out of a war-era effort by the wives of American POWs
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New US envoy Pompeo takes Trump spending message to NATO
NATO members are fearful that Pompeo's reputation for confrontation could upend the alliance's policy on Russia
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Summitry and symbolism: Seoul plays up imagery at talks
looming large over the meeting, a huge image of Mount Kumgang, a scenic resort in the north
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UN council visits Myanmar as it eyes action on Rohingya crisis
The UN adopted a called on Myanmar to rein in its military in a statement issued in November
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US man gets jail time for trying to obtain Trump's taxes
Hamlett's lawyers have claimed that he was simply interested in discovering vulnerabilities in the online systems
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China, India leaders to hold summit after border row
New Delhi has also raised concerns about Beijing's Belt and Road initiative, a global trade infrastructure
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Peru top court says ex-president Humala must be freed from jail
Opposition leader Keiko Fujimori and her right-wing party are also under investigation
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Sustaining resources: Political will can avert water crisis: Dr Ashraf
Population boom, agricultural activities leading cause of water scarcity
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Merkel visits Trump without illusions, but with hope
Cautious Merkel has failed to establish a good personal rapport with the brash Trump
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China's Premier Li says open to trade negotiations with United States
Says international community expects from the two countries
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Indian journalists say they are intimidated, ostracised if they criticise Modi and the BJP
At least three senior editors have left their jobs at various influential media outlets in the past six months
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Bill Cosby, once beloved 'America's Dad,' convicted of sexual assault
Faces up to 10 years in prison for each of three counts of aggravated indecent assault against Andrea Constand
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US air force trains in 'vicinity' of South China Sea
Chinese Defence Ministry spokesperson Wu Qian say the Chinese armed forces had the situation under control
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Smiling and holding hands, leaders of two Koreas meet at historic summit
Meeting aims at ending decades-long conflict and easing tensions over the North’s nuclear weapons program
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Trump distances himself from his personal lawyer as probe moves forward
Decision come hours before a judge rules of independent review of documents seized from Cohen
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Three US senators move to block F-35 transfers to Turkey
Bill comes at a time of deteriorating relations between the United States and Turkey
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Pompeo becomes US secretary of state as North Korea, Middle East issues await
Pompeo is regarded as Trump loyalist with hawkish world views
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Philippines expresses 'great displeasure' as row with Kuwait deepens
The Philippines says it has protested the detention of four of its nationals who were hired by its embassy in Kuwait
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Raped by two at religious seminary, 11-year-old Indian girl claims
A cleric, one of the suspects, has been detained
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India hands over 1971 war relics to Bangladesh
Articles include tanks, helicopter
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Google mixes up Jawaharlal Nehru with Narendra Modi in gaffe
INC social media in-charge says internet giant "full of junk"
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North Korea's pledge to dismantle nuclear site sounds good, but verification will be tough
The Nuclear test site consists of a system of tunnels dug beneath Mount Mantap in the northeastern part of North Korea
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US watchdog points to lack of oversight for Afghan donations
The World Bank is unable to accurately evaluate the impact of the funds, or monitor where the money goes
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The disappearing jobs of yesterday
Age-old professions becoming increasingly rare as technology transforms societies
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Trump picks South Korea envoy, filling months-long vacancy
Admiral Harry Harris is to be the new US ambassador to South Korea
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Can Macron's pitch to Trump save the Iran deal?
It seems the immediate aim is to buy time to save the original agreement
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Women listed as inventors in third of global patent filings: UN
Biotech counts women inventors in 58 per cent of all filings, mechanical elements just 14 per cent
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'Eradicate the tumours': Chinese civilians drive Xinjiang brutal crackdown
Social engineering campaign permeates every aspect of daily life, aims to politically indoctrinate entire population
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France's Macron pessimistic about future of Iran nuclear pact
Trump may well pull out of the Iran nuclear deal for domestic political reasons, French President said
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Supreme Court appears ready to uphold Trump's travel ban
Trump called for “a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States” as a presidential candidate
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Thirteen children killed when school bus and train collide in northern India
This is the second major accident involving school children in a period of two weeks.
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Turkey's oldest national daily remains bastion of press freedom
Cumhuriyet has a circulation of just over 50,000 but its influence has been hugely significant.
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S.Korea's Moon to meet N.Korea's Kim at border for summit
The North-South summit will focus more on denuclearization and securing of permanent peace
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France's Macron pushes back at 'America First' agenda
French leader's feisty speech to lawmakers was a dramatic twist near the end of a three-day
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Philippines closes Boracay to tourists under high security
President Rodrigo Duterte order shutdown this month after calling the resort a cesspool
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Some antidepressants may be linked to dementia: study
Study in more than 300,000 people in Britain found that those diagnosed with dementia
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US jury locked in Cosby trial deliberations
Pennsylvania jury of seven men and five women crosses the seven-hour point in deliberations
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Deadly Nicaragua protests subside as talks mooted
Rights group Nicaraguan Centre for Human Rights said 34 people had died in the demonstrations
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Taliban announce spring offensive, dismisses peace overtures
Taliban statement dismisses peace overtures as a conspiracy
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Turkey hands jail sentences to journalists
Judge orders release of Cumhuriyet chairman Akin Atalay who was in jail for over 500 days
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First electric Ferrari leaves behind original gas version
The car is 10 seconds faster than the original version