India cancels defence exchanges with China after China refused a visa for a Kashmir-based general.

One man has been seriously injured by a grenade explosion in the Thai capital Bangkok, less than a week after a similar blast.

A Somali refugee woman resident in New Zealand is jailed for attempting to hijack a domestic plane.

Ex-US President Jimmy Carter secures the release of an American, Aijalon Mahli Gomes, sentenced to hard labour for illegally entering North Korea.

A man pays for a van in China with 100,000 yuan ($14,700; £9,500) in pocket change he gathered over years, state television reports.

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Police handling the armed siege of a tour bus in Manila made no use of an offer of help from a military squad trained in hostage negotiations.

A two-month-old tiger cub is found sedated and hidden among stuffed toys in a woman's luggage at Bangkok's international airport.

Toyota announces another recall involving more than one million cars in the US and Canada with potentially faulty engine control systems.

Air New Zealand has reported a fourfold increase in profits, leading signs of recovery in the airline industry.

Two of China's biggest banks report big increases in profits as government stimulus measures boost lending.

The former editor of Indonesian Playboy could face jail after prosecutors said they would enforce a 2009 court ruling convicting him of public indecency.

Scientists discover one of the world's tiniest frogs when it crawls out of a pitcher plant in a Borneo national park.

A giant arch topped by a gold-plated statue of Turkmenistan's late leader, Saparmurat Niyazov, is being removed from central Ashgabat.

Talking Movies takes a look at a new film about a Chinese ballet dancer who defected to America in 1981.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il visits a school as he makes his second visit to China within a year, media reports say.

People across Hong Kong observe three minutes' silence for the eight tourists killed in a Philippines bus hijack on Monday.

Powerful party insider Ichiro Ozawa says he will challenge PM Naoto Kan for leadership of Japan's Democratic Party and the premiership.

Former US President Jimmy Carter visits North Korea and meets its number two leader in an attempt to secure the release of a jailed US man.

India beat NZ to reach tri-series final against Sri Lanka