At least two people were killed in a Mi-8 helicopter crash in the northwestern Ural Mountains in Russia. Two bodies were discovered at the crash site, spokesman for the prosecutors of the Komi republic said. The chopper carried five crewmembers... More

Taiwan has found off its coast huge deposits of frozen natural gas, known as the "ice that burns" and billed as the energy source of the future, a newspaper said Saturday. A team of Taiwanese and Japanese researchers have succeeded in... More

A woman councillor in Pakistan's Punjab province was beaten, tortured and her braid cut as "punishment" for refusing to engage in "illicit relations" with one of her attackers. The man, along with four others, allegedly attacked Bushra... More

Even before mourning for the 28 people killed in clashes in Nepal's Terai plains died down, fresh gunfire and terror erupted in the same afflicted district once again early Friday, injuring at least one. Rautahat district in southern Nepal,... More

Keen to enlist more supporters from among Britain's Asian community, Conservative leader David Cameron will host a dinner June 11 to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the independence of India and Pakistan in 1947. The dinner will celebrate the... More

Three US experts have suggested bringing the emerging major oil consumers, such as India and China, into the global energy system as a key diplomatic strategy to secure the stability of American oil supply. Testifying before the foreign affairs... More

Two years into her housekeeping job in Beijing, Yuan Ping remains miserly in her use of the tap: she takes a shower only once a week and, despite her employer's protestations that all dishes and laundries must be rinsed twice, she thinks once is... More

The UN Security Council expressed dismay and condemned the mortar attack in Baghdad near where UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki were holding a press conference. Council President Dumisani Kumalo said the... More

Afghan and US-led coalition forces arrested eight Taliban suspects in separate raids in Afghanistan Thursday, the US military said. Five suspected Taliban insurgents were arrested during an operation at a compound near Asadabad the capital city... More

Former Iranian president Mohammad Khatami Friday lashed out at the US for "pressuring" Iran over its nuclear programme which, he asserted, was a peaceful one and had nothing to do with nuclear weapons. "There was no need to refer the Iranian... More