Asia Pacific
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State news agency insists leader’s half-brother died of heart attack not poisoning, and blames South Korea for ‘conspiratorial racket’
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Actor says those now speaking up about forced marriages at Khmer Rouge tribunal will be supported
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Study shows significant increase in lifespan, with South Korea top of league table and other countries not far behind
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Lawyers acting for Australian woman accused of involvement in the death of an Indonesian police officer describe request as ‘extraordinary’
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The three-year-old giant panda left the Smithsonian’s National Zoo Tuesday to take a 16-hour non-stop to China to join a panda breeding program there
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Hundreds of thousands of vehicles affected by edict covering part of Xinjiang following outbreaks of violence – and no petrol for owners who don’t comply
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Actor says ‘we are and forever will be a family’ in emotional BBC interview before screening of new Cambodia film
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Japanese TV releases footage purporting to show Kuala Lumpur attack, as North Korea’s envoy accuses Malaysia of running politically motivated investigation
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Speaking to the BBC on Sunday, Angelina Jolie makes her first ever comment on her divorce from Brad Pitt
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A video has been released by Japanese broadcaster Fuji TV purportedly showing the deadly attack on the half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un
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Dotcom faces up to 20 years in jail if convicted in the US of piracy, which authorities say cost copyright owners hundreds of millions of dollars
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Middle East almost doubles weapons imports, as US and Europe remain the main suppliers and China joins top-tier exporters
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Gaming company Rocketwerkz claims staff focus better when not stressed by issues that need attention outside the workplace
Cult Japanese director Seijun Suzuki dies aged 93