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A 26-year-old religious scholar wins Malaysian TV talent search for the best young imam, or Muslim leader.

Workers struggle to clear crude with their bare hands

An endangered tortoise is seen on sale at an expo in the Indonesian capital Jakarta, highlighting concerns about the illegal pet trade.

Search teams in north-east China are still searching for thousands of barrels of toxic chemicals washed into a major river by flooding.

A consortium headed by Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-Shing agrees to buy the UK networks of French power group EDF for £5.8bn ($9.1bn).

China jails three ethnic Uighur men for running websites the government finds 'sensitive', a US-based activist group says.

North Korea enters third round of talks with the US-led United Nations Command, days after a US military exercise.

Samsung Electronics reports record quarterly profits thanks to higher sales of smartphones and components such as memory chips.

The Singapore trial of UK author Alan Shadrake - for defamation and contempt of court over a book on the death penalty - opens and is adjourned.

One man has been seriously injured by a grenade explosion in the Thai capital Bangkok, less than a week after a similar blast.

North Korea appears to be in the grip of massive floods after at least a week of torrential rain, according to reports on the country's state-run television station.

Australia's Hull and Taiwan's Tseng lead the British Women's Open.

The skeleton of a man previously thought to be Tokyo's oldest living male resident has been discovered in his family home.

Rokocoko to become country's most-capped winger in Australia game

China allows the publication of an International Monetary Fund staff report on its economy for the first time since 2006.

Mining giant Rio Tinto completes a deal with Chinese firm Chalco to enter a joint venture in West Africa.

Rescue teams in north-east China are working to retrieve 3,000 barrels of chemicals washed into a major river, state media say.

Officials investigate damage to a Japanese oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz, amid reports of a collision or an attack.

Greenpeace accuses Indonesian conglomerate Sinar Mas of ongoing destruction of peatlands and wildlife habitats by logging.

Thai authorities lift a state of emergency in six more provinces, more than two months after ending anti-government protests in Bangkok.