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As five of the world's most influential nations take a seat at the table with North Korea, they have but a handful of ways to deal with the nuclear crisis.

User-pays is a growing global trend in the biz travel arena, whether you want to send a fax, drink in an airport lounge or order in-flight food.

Despite Beijing's threats and Washington's disapproval, Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian is pressing ahead with plans to hold a multiple referendum the same day as presidential polls next March.

Crime isn't common in the small Indian village of Nan, a community of 5,000 in the central state of Uttar Pradesh, let alone the murder of a child.

Although the Indonesian police have been praised for their counterterrorism work after the Bali bombings, critics point out information is getting lost between police and military intelligence in the midst of inter-governmental rivalry.

It's the sorry tale of a sheep thief who drowns himself rather than be arrested, and it's arguably Australia's most recognized song.

Authorities are warning about the possibility of more attacks in Southeast Asia despite the arrest of a key terrorist last week.

Depending on whom you listen to, the struggling South Korean economy is either poised for a rapid recovery or is destined to wallow in the financial doldrums for some time yet.

Australia's spy chief has warned a catastrophic terror attack -- possibly involving biological, chemical or nuclear weapons -- is a certainty and that the war against terrorism is far from over.

Documents seized by Indonesian police in recent months suggest the extremist Jemaah Islamiyah group is targeting some 140 religious boarding schools in the country in a bid to spread its brand of militant teachings.

Chinese President Hu Jintao has told North Korean leader Kim Jong Il to halt his country's constant war-preparation and to concentrate on building up its feeble economy.

U.S., South Korean and Japanese officials are expected to meet in Washington next week to coordinate plans for six-party talks with North Korea, a senior State Department official has told CNN.

An agreement in principle has been reached for a new round of talks with North Korea aimed at shutting down its nuclear weapons program, a senior Bush administration official has said.

A visit by top Japanese politicians to Beijing to mark the 25th anniversary of a peace treaty between the two nations has been marred by China's deep-rooted resentment over Tokyo's wartime atrocities.

According to U.S. administration officials, the United States is pleased by the outcome of the six-nation talks on North Korea's nuclear program, but by no means triumphant.

When Bali bomber Amrozi was sentenced to death by firing squad this month, he turned around, smiled broadly and turned his two thumbs up in the air.

Calls for more comprehensive World War II compensation from Japan are poised to rise as more war-time weapons are being discovered in different parts of China.

Three juvenile enemy combatants being held by the U.S. military at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, may be released soon, if the general in command of the prison gets his way, an army spokeswoman has told CNN.

Former Indonesian dictator Suharto is set to leave his mark on Jakarta's Walk of Fame which pays homage to Indonesia's beautiful people.

Jailed former far-right politician Pauline Hanson is under 24-hour watch in prison as reaction grows over the severity of her sentence.

Two U.S. soldiers died Sunday in Afghanistan after fighting with unknown attackers near Shkin, in Paktika province, south of Kabul, U.S. Central Command said.

Police in the western Indian port of Daman say they have recovered the bodies of eight school children from the Daman Ganga river, after a major bridge in this coastal town collapsed on Thursday afternoon.

Tightly guarded independence day celebrations in Afghanistan were marred by new attacks on aid workers and security forces as well as an explosion that ripped through the home of President Hamid Karzai's brother.

The perpetrators behind the deadly car bomb attack on Jakarta's Marriott hotel received training in Pakistan and Afghanistan from al Qaeda bomb-making experts, Indonesia's defense minister has said.

To his family he is simply Amrozi, but around the world he has become known as the smiling bomber.

Relatives and victims of the Bali bombing spoke of their relief that the first of the bombers was found guilty.

The capture of the suspected head of terrorist mastermind and al Qaeda point man, Hambali, in Thailand has appears to have come as something of a surprise to officials in Indonesia.

Asia's most wanted terrorist, Hambali, has been handed over to the Americans and flown out of Thailand.

A car bomb exploded Tuesday at a Marriott hotel in central Jakarta, Indonesia, killing at least 10 people and injuring more than 100, police said.

Australia has sworn in a new head of state following the shock resignation in May of former Governor-General Peter Hollingworth.

The dispute over a historic religious site in the central town of Ayodhya has come to define the often fiery mix of politics and religion in India.

The first defendant to stand trial in connection with last October's Bali nightclub bombings has been found guilty by a court on the island and sentenced to death.

An Indonesian court will hand down a verdict for the alleged mastermind of the Bali blast on September 10, judges in the case have said.

In 1855, British envoy Sir John Bowring wrote, The highways of Bangkok are not streets or roads, but the river and the canals.

They are cute, small, clean and relatively quiet. And they have the mad, fad-hungry Japanese going crazy.

David Beckham scored his first goal for Real Madrid with a trademark freekick in a 3-0 win over J-League side FC Tokyo.

Rescuers on Wednesday recovered 22 bodies, many with seatbelts still strapped on, from the wreckage of a helicopter that crashed in the Arabian Sea earlier in the week.

The death toll has climbed to 25 after the collapse of a major bridge over the Daman Ganga river in the western Indian port city of Daman.

Chinese police have detained 13 people accused of trafficking by sea a group of women headed for Taiwan, six of whom drowned after being thrown overboard, Chinese state media have said.

China is lifting its demand that couples obtain approval from their employers before being married, but will continue to ban same-sex unions, state media reports.

The death toll in a gas explosion in a northern Chinese coal mine has risen to 25, as rescuers searched for two other missing miners, a safety official said.

Actor Tom Cruise has nothing but praise for Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi -- including the leader's musical talents.

One Thai student was shot dead and 152 were injured during violent clashes near a pop concert in the centre of the capital, Bangkok, police have said.

Twenty people are feared to have drowned in a flash flood in northern India.

As many as 40 people are feared dead and 30 others injured after a stampede broke out at the Hindu festival of Kumbh Mela in western India.

Thirty-three people died and 69 others were injured after a stampede broke out at the Hindu festival of Kumbh Mela in western India.

Prosecutors in Indonesia are calling for the death penalty in the case against a suspect accused of organizing last year's Bali bomb attack.

Indonesian police are attempting to identify the driver of a van that exploded in central Jakarta by analyzing blood and DNA samples from unidentified body parts found inside the vehicle.

In a message sent from his jail cell, controversial Indonesian cleric Abu Bakar Ba'asyir has urged Muslims to adhere to their faith without fear of being labelled terrorists.

North Korean diplomats have arrived in Beijing for talks with envoys from five other countries aimed at curbing the nation's nuclear weapons program.