Despite Christians in Pakistan constituting 1.5 per cent of the population, Pakistani government bans The Da Vinci Code.
Japan's Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko have set off for a week-long tour of Southeast Asia seen as aiming to heal historical scars.
Doctors and medical students have taken to the streets in Delhi against a government affirmative action for low-caste students.
Four out of 10 women in Hong Kong, Malaysia, the Philippines, South Korea and Taiwanare now using a skin-whitening cream.
A four-year-old boy who was nearly sold by his poor mother ran 65 kilometres to enter the country’s record book.
“When I die, please bury me in Korean soil. Please take care of the boys and girls and the poor that I once cared for.”
After a decade of self-imposed exile in Vancouver, Hong Kong starlet Vivian Chow returns to the limelight.
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam listed as terror group after reports of extortion in Canada.
Deeyah, a pop star dubbed the "Muslim Madonna," hires bodyguards for her tour of Britain after receiving death threats.