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Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh says a lack of trust is the main obstacle to improved relations with Pakistan.

Debate in South Korea over how to handle Pyongyang

Children scratching out a living on Kabul's streets

An employee falls to his death at Taiwan iPhone maker Foxconn, the ninth suicide at the firm this year.

Toyota is to invest $50m in electric car maker Tesla, as the two firms announce a partnership to build electric vehicles.

Bangkok reopens for business after last week's violence, but the military seeks to extend an overnight curfew for a week.

Turbulent river forces Indian villages to move

Getting children off waste heaps into education

Cambodia's UN-backed genocide court sets a 26 July date for the verdict in the case of former Khmer Rouge prison chief Duch.

South Korea's president suspends trade with the North, after a report blamed Pyongyang for sinking a Southern warship.

The Army's top bomb disposal officer resigns over fears about the future training of explosives experts, the BBC understands.

Australia have recalled batsman Shaun Marsh for the five-match one-day series against England in June and July.

British director Mike Leigh loses out on the Cannes Film Festival's Palme d'Or to a mystical drama from Thailand.

Sri Lanka hit back from defeat in Florida on Saturday to beat New Zealand by seven wickets in the second Twenty20 match.

A train hits landslide debris and derails in a mountainous area of south-east China, with at least 19 deaths.

Double world record-holder Usain Bolt wins Diamond League 200m in 19.76 seconds in Shanghai.

Investigators in southern India find the cockpit voice recorder in the wreckage of the Air India Express jet.

F1's Lewis Hamilton is charged with intentionally losing control of a vehicle for a stunt performed before the Australian Grand Prix.

Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama apologises for not keeping his promise to move a US military base from Okinawa.

Bangkok businesses and government offices are to reopen after a week of disruption caused by anti-government protests.