Même si le contentieux portait sur un litige strictement économique, la signification du jugement est clairement politique. Le fondateur et leader du mouvement conservateur des Chemises jaunes, Sondhi Limthongkul,…
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South Korea and Japan report jump in industrial output
South Korea and Japan posted a rise in their factory outputs easing concerns about a slowdown in their economies.
Guantanamo detainee Majid Khan admits terror charges
The first "high value" prisoner held at the US's Guantanamo Bay detention centre has pleaded guilty to terror charges at a war crimes tribunal.
Wikileaks: Pakistan army officials ‘knew of Bin Laden house’
Mid-ranking Pakistani army officials may have known that Osama Bin Laden had a safe house in Pakistan, leaked material appears to indicate.
South Korea passes resolution on North Korea refugees
Activists have been staging protests outside the Chinese embassy in Seoul
Thailand activist jailed for royal insult
A Thai court has sentenced a political activist to seven and a half years in prison for insulting the monarchy.
Japan cabinet bills seek to strengthen coast guard
Japan's cabinet has approved bills to enhance the law enforcement powers of the coast guard in territorial waters, reports say.
Vietnam communist meeting debates radical reforms
A meeting of 1,000 delegates - including the entire Politburo - is taking place in Vietnam on reforming the governing Communist Party.
China reforms needed to sustain growth, says World Bank
China needs to embrace fundamental free-market reforms if its economy is to continue to grow at the "impressive" pace of the past three decades, the World Bank has…
Bomb blast in Nepal’s capital Kathmandu ‘kills three’
At least three people have been killed in a bomb blast in a busy, central area of the Nepalese capital, Kathmandu, police say.