Asia Pacific

The impeachment trial of the Philippines' top judge has ended, with the full Senate bench expected to bring down a decision on Tuesday.

Indonesian fans of Lady Gaga are reeling after the super-star singer decided to cancel her Jakarta concert due to safety concerns.

Police in Papua New Guinea have arrested another of the country's top judges.

Tensions have heightened between China and the Philippines, after Beijing sent more ships to a disputed island in the South China Sea, where there has been a two-month stand-off between the two nations.

C In East Timor, where youth unemployment is a major problem, the role of sport - and particularly football is seen as increasingly important.

The government of Peter O'Neil in Papua New Guinea has declared a state of emergency in three provinces.

The Australian government has announced a new visa category to attract wealthy business people who are prepared to invest significant amounts of money.

Organisations working in East Timor's justice system are worried victims of domestic and sexual violence won't be able to access the courts when foreign funding for legal aid programs dries up at the end of the year.

After six acrimonious years, Cambodia's two royalist parties, Funcinpec and the Norodom Ranariddh Party have decided to re-merge.

Trade experts in Australia are calling for at least a temporary halt to free trade talks with China saying they are a waste of time and likely to fail.

If you've ever battled traffic chaos in New Delhi you'll know just how its residents feel.

The campaign for free and fair elections in Malaysia just got very personal, with protestors targetting the home of co-chair Ambiga Sreenevasan.

Police in Papua New Guinea have charged the country's chief justice with sedition after a dramatic attempt to arrest him in court.

A village official from Papua New Guinea's remote far west says the lack of facilities to treat tuberculosis could lead to a crisis.

Fiji's interim government has been accused of torture by the human rights organisation Amnesty International.

A district court in Pakistan's tribal region has convicted a local doctor for helping the CIA find the whereabouts of Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.

The Indian state of Maharashtra has adopted a drastic measure to address the problem of poachers killing endangered wildlife, especially tigers and elephants.

Nepal is again heading towards a political crisis with the interim Parliament unable to agree on a federal constitution.

To Papua New Guinea, where the focus on next month's parliamentary elections has been suddenly overshadowed by a Supreme Court decision which has found for a second time that former long time prime minister Sir Michael Somare should be reinstated.

Two major economic reports say the East Asia region is well placed to weather the shocks from the Euro zone crisis.