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Rio Tinto says it has signed a deal with China to develop a massive iron ore project in the African nation of Guinea.

Indonesia says it understands why US President Barack Obama pushed back a much-anticipated regional visit.

China's first domestically developed civilian helicopter takes off on a maiden flight in the eastern province of Jiangxi.

A US- and EU-backed bid to ban trade in Atlantic bluefin tuna fails, raising fears for the species' future.

Thai 'red shirt' opposition demonstrators say they plan to stay in Bangkok indefinitely, albeit in smaller numbers.

Burma's military government frees a democracy activist and US citizen jailed in February for three years.

China accuses Britain of staging a political show after its official review of human rights is highly critical of Beijing's record.

China warns against politicising the imminent Rio Tinto trial, after Australia expresses concern over how it will be conducted.

Seven Chinese fishermen kidnapped from their boats off Cameroon's disputed Bakassi peninsula are released.

Scientists discover a new species of dinosaur that was closely related to the Velociraptor.

Shooting of the long-awaited film version of JRR Tolkien's The Hobbit is set to begin in New Zealand in July.

New Zealand take on Australia in the first Test in Wellington.

Symbolism and the supernatural used in Thai stand-off

What advice would UK and Australian opposition swap?

The Vietnamese teenagers hooked on online gaming

'We don't talk politics at home to avoid big fights'

Greenpeace takes on Japan young's whaling apathy

Man who bought gadgets for North Korea's Kim Jong-il

Nissan is to build its new electric car, the Leaf, in Sunderland, safeguarding hundreds of jobs, the Japanese firm announces.

New tool discoveries push back the date for the earliest human occupation of Flores Island, home of the famous hobbit species.

Australia and New Zealand begin airlifting aid to Fiji, as it starts to pick up the pieces after a category four cyclone.

The brother of a missing human rights lawyer tells the BBC he is "fine", without shedding light on where he could be.

Japan's central bank increases a stimulus measure aimed at encouraging financial institutions to lend more.

Ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has been granted citizenship by Montenegro and is currently visiting the country, officials say.

Australia's prime minister tells China the world will be watching the trial of Rio Tinto employees, which begins next week.

Firms in China that sell advertising on Google demand clarity about the internet company's plans in the region.

A child migrant on the trauma of being sent Down Under

Blogger in China's Xinjiang describes restrictions

Internet censorship has been one of the most widely discussed subjects in blogs, message forums and social media networks in China over the past month.

Beijing's silent invasion of electric bicycles

Homesick Andijan survivors amazed by life in Sweden

Meeting China's non-communist politicians

Environmental limbo threatens Thai recovery

Survivor of Japan's POW camps breaks 65 year silence

Rumours of plots abound as Thailand judges Thaksin