Chinese media hope President Xi Jinping's US visit will promote a new partnership of "equality and mutual trust" between the two nations.

Pakistani politician Imran Khan is discharged from hospital two weeks after falling from a platform at an election campaign rally.

Pakistani politician Imran Khan is discharged from hospital two weeks after falling from a platform at an election campaign rally.

The family of a US man found hanged in Singapore withdraw from an inquiry into his death, saying they no longer have confidence in the system.

The family of a US man found hanged in Singapore withdraw from an inquiry into his death, saying they no longer have confidence in the system.

BEIJING (Reuters) - A court in the city of Chongqing has charged six people with working together to blackmail government officials by recording videos of them having sex, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Wednesday.

Seven members of the Egyptian security forces abducted in the Sinai peninsula last week have been freed, officials say.

BEIJING (AP) -- Two emotionless prison guards watch Ai Weiwei as he eats, sleeps, paces, showers - and even sits on the toilet - in the Chinese artist's new obscenity-filled, metaphor-rich music video mocking state power....

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - The Turkish parliament passed a "wealth amnesty" law late on Tuesday designed to lure back funds held abroad by affluent Turks without punitive taxes and fines.

Indian fast bowler S Sreesanth, arrested last week over allegations of spot-fixing in the Indian Premier League, insists he is innocent.

Indian fast bowler S Sreesanth, arrested last week over allegations of spot-fixing in the Indian Premier League, insists he is innocent.

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani cricket-hero-turned-politician Imran Khan left hospital on Wednesday after treatment for back injuries suffered in a fall in Lahore, television stations said.

Japan posts its tenth straight monthly trade deficit

Japan posts its tenth straight monthly trade deficit

Hong Kong Mercantile Exchange, which trades commodities, is being probed by the police and market regulators over alleged financial irregularities.

Hong Kong Mercantile Exchange, which trades commodities, is being probed by the police and market regulators over alleged financial irregularities.

Is Wembley the cradle of German football?

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has sent a special envoy to Beijing, state media announces, amid cooling relations after weeks of tension.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has sent a special envoy to Beijing, state media announces, amid cooling relations after weeks of tension.

Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt is moved to Pune's Yerwada jail, where he will finish his sentence for firearms offences linked to blasts which killed 257 people in Mumbai in 1993.