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Pakistan's Yasir Hameed says a secretly-recorded meeting he had with a UK tabloid behind cricket betting scam allegations has been "inaccurately reported" by the paper.

Health officials in Bangladesh are on high alert after the number of people infected by anthrax rises to more than 300.

A leading Sri Lanka cricketer has been investigated by the anti-corruption unit of the world cricket governing body, BBC Sport has learned.

England underline their status as World Twenty20 champions as they cruise to victory in the first of two internationals against Pakistan.

Pakistan High Commissioner Wajid Shamsul Hasan says the three cricketers accused of spot-fixing should receive life bans from cricket if found guilty.

Two French journalists kidnapped in Afghanistan in December are alive, says President Nicolas Sarkozy's chief adviser.

England beat Pakistan by five wickets with 2.5 overs to spare in the first Twenty20 international in Cardiff.

Armed police are posted outside the main branch of Kabul Bank as customers continue to withdraw money amid fears it may collapse.

Afghans have continued to withdraw money from the country's largest bank, Kabul Bank, over fears it may collapse.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai has formed a committee to seek peace talks with the Taliban, his office says.

Should a journalist bear witness, or interfere to help save a life?

Pakistan bowler Mohammad Amir is being questioned at a north London police station over allegations of corruption.

Violence in Afghanistan will get worse before it gets better, the UK's most senior military commander in the country tells the BBC.

The former Pakistan cricket captain, Imran Khan, has said that if players are found guilty of spot fixing, they should not be given a life ban, which some officials are demanding.

A bomb kills at least 50 people at a Shia Muslim rally in the south-western city of Quetta, the second attack on Pakistan's religious minority in days.

Officials in northern Bangladesh battle to contain an anthrax outbreak that has infected more than 250 people.

Striking pictures from around the world this week.

A key witness at the commission set up to examine the last years of Sri Lanka's civil war complains his testimony was not properly interpreted.

Communist supporters in India's West Bengal have taken control of a key village that they were driven out of by Maoist rebels a year ago.

Maoist rebels in the Indian state of Bihar say they have killed one of four policemen they had been holding hostage.