At least eight people have been killed by an explosion in the Pakistani city of Lahore, officials say.
Sri Lankan asylum seekers living in Hong Kong fear they are being illegally pursued by police after sheltering the US whistleblower Edward Snowden in the city.
A leading critic of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, Senator Leila de Lima, has been arrested on drug trafficking charges.
An airport in the Australian city of Melbourne has reopened two days after a plane crash that killed five people.
A zoo in northern Japan has culled 57 of its snow monkeys by lethal injection after discovering they carried the genes of an "invasive alien species".
A children's book is at the centre of a controversy in Indonesia because it teaches children about masturbation.
South Korean women will be the first in the world to have an average life expectancy above 90, a study suggests.
At least five people have been killed after suicide bombers tried to storm a courthouse in north-west Pakistan, police say.
Cambodia's parliament has approved legal changes that will effectively bar Prime Minister Hun Sen's main rival from participating in politics.
Vitamin D supplements could spare more than three million people from colds or flu in the UK each year, researchers claim.
YouTube is to scrap "unskippable" 30-second advertisements on the video-streaming service, from 2018.
This year's Oscars "class photo" has been released - and as usual there are several quirks and questionable outfits.
Philippine prosecutors have filed drug-related charges against a senator who is an outspoken critic of President Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs.
Pakistan says it has killed more than 100 militants in a security crackdown following Thursday's attack on a shrine that left at least 80 people dead.
One man has been convicted over serial blasts in India's capital Delhi that killed 60 people in 2005.
Thai police have begun searching a Buddhist temple complex in a bid to arrest an influential monk wanted over alleged money laundering.
Hanjin Shipping used to be one of the world's top 10 shipping companies. But now, the final curtain has fallen.
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