Asia Pacific

The dominant component in Malaysia's ruling Barisan Nasional is the Malay UMNO party, now reassessing the direction the coalition will take.

As Malaysia's opposition continues to demand an investigation into alleged electoral fraud, the ruling Barisan Nasional is asking why it received a reduced majority at the polls.

The validity of a treaty between East Timor and Australia is likely to be determined by arbitration before the end of the year.

The validity of a treaty between East Timor and Australia is likely to be determined by arbitration before the end of the year.

Water security is widely acknowledged as one of the major challenges to India's economic and social development.

A Fiji charity has identified 200 children from fifteen squatter settlements in Suva and Lami being involved in child labour.

A group of amateur analysts say they havee discovered former North Korean leader Kim Jong Il's 'Pleasure Palace', complete with a horseracing track, waterslide and underground railway station.

Afghanistan says mining laws, anti-corruption and transparency rules will attract investors.

Malaysian authorities have arrested a high-profile Opposition politician and three others under the country's controversial Sedition Act.

Malaysia's attorney-general has vowed to pursue statutory rape charges against a man who got the Syariah Court's permission to marry a 13-year-old girl, after allegedly raping her.

Australia and East Timor are digging in for their battle over treaty arrangements for the resource rich Timor Sea.

Australian Government and union claims of widespread rorting and exploitation within the foreign worker visa scheme have taken a battering at Senate inquiry in Canberra.

Cross-dressing, bad language, sleep deprivation and sex toys - they're all part of the video for a new song by Chinese artist and activist, Ai Weiwei.

A senior North Korea official Choe Ryong hae is in China.

The Japanese parliament has approved a bill to ratify the Hague Convention on international child abduction.

The International Labour Organisation says it will give one last chance before 'naming and shaming Cambodian garment factories that refuse to comply with the local Labour Law, which covers fire safety, workers rights and pay.

Australia is being urged to sign up for mandatory reporting of commercial mining revenues.

In Solomon Islands the annual Forum Ministerial Standing Committtee on the Regional Assistance Mission RAMSI has wrapped up.

President Thein Sein, now in Washington, is the first Myanmar leader to visit the United States in 47 years.