News

Macau theatre troop leads fight to save dying language

Nato leaders are meeting in Chicago in a summit dominated by the withdrawal from Afghanistan.

An annular eclipse, in which the Moon does not fully block out the light from the Sun, begins across east Asia, and is due to reach the western US later.

Pakistani authorities restore access to the social media website Twitter after a brief ban for what officials called "offensive" content".

Pakistan's government has imposed a countrywide ban on the social media website Twitter.

President Obama tells a Nato summit there are "hard days ahead" in Afghanistan as the alliance prepares to withdraw troops at the end of 2014.

Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapakse orders the release of the jailed former army chief, Sarath Fonseka.

Crowded House drummer Peter Jones dies at the age of 45.

World leaders travel to Chicago in the US for the Nato summit, where it is hoped an aid plan for Afghanistan will be agreed.

Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng arrives in New York with his wife and children to begin a new life in the United States.

A small number of British soldiers could remain in Afghanistan after forces withdraw in 2014, a senior UK government official says.

Although the Maldives are known as an unspoilt tourist paradise, the islands struggle with managing their waste, as the BBC discovered on a visit to an 'apocalyptic' island waste dump.

Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng arrives in New York, after his escape to the US embassy in Beijing last month sparked a diplomatic crisis.

The Chinese activist who sparked a diplomatic crisis between Beijing and Washington is on his way to the United States.

Sri Lanka marks the three-year anniversary of the end of its 26-year civil war with a large military parade in the capital, Colombo.

A suicide bomber kills at least 10 people, a number of them children, at a checkpoint in the eastern Afghan province of Khost, officials say.

An explosion in a road tunnel being constructed in central China's Hunan province kills at least 20 people, state media say.

The Chinese who actually like cheese... stir-fried of course!

Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng, whose stay at the US embassy caused a diplomatic crisis, leaves China on a plane heading for the US.

Sri Lanka's President Rajapaksa has signed papers to free his political rival General Sarath Fonseka from prison - three years after the civil war ended.