Kiwi sportspeople scheduled to compete in India could be endangered after a chilling warning from al Qaeda.

Ian D. Robinson treks through the wilderness at the edge of one of the world's danger zones.

It took four years of complex legal wrangling, nearly bankrupted an ailing Hindu guru and has cost the British taxpayer tens of thousands of pounds.

Privacy concerns over a new airport passenger scanning system have been heightened after airport staff copied x-rays of an international film star.

Actress and UN goodwill ambassador Angelina Jolie has arrived in Haiti to meet with earthquake victims.

Online payments service PayPal says its suspension of certain transactions in India could last months.

After a series of killings connected with renditions of the Frank Sinatra standard, many karaoke fans in the Philippines refuse to sing it.

A Chinese man has been jailed following his investigation into poorly built schools after the 2008 Sichuan earthquake.

Zhengzhou's Shaolin Temple is the birthplace of Chinese Zen Buddhism.

Japanese media are still reporting on an imminent recall of the 2010 Toyota Prius, although the company has yet to register a recall with Japanese or American regulators.

A Chinese woman is so keen to win back her ex-boyfriend she plans to undergo plastic surgery to transform herself into his favourite actress: Hollywood star Jessica Alba.