Hundreds of protesters have clashed with police in Hong Kong, as demonstrators stepped up a street campaign pushing for free elections and democratic reforms in the Chinese-controlled city state.
Workers at a tea plantation in eastern India have killed the owner during negotiations over a pay dispute.
A Pakistani court has given the death sentence to four people for bludgeoning to death a pregnant relative who had married without their consent.
Eight women have died after undergoing sterilisation surgery at a health camp organised by the government in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh.
The captain of the South Korean ferry which sank in April has been found guilty of gross negligence and sentenced to 36 years in prison.
The leaders of China and Japan have met for formal talks after more than two years of severe tension over a territorial dispute.
Two Malaysian children whose father was on the Malaysian Airlines flight that disappeared have filed a lawsuit against the airline and the government.
Some 2,440 Chinese students taking a national exam have been caught using high-tech cheating gear that wouldn't be out of place in a spy film.
China says it will launch an experimental spacecraft between Friday and Sunday that will orbit the moon before returning to Earth, in a first for the country's ambitious space program.
Indian police are investigating the alleged rape of a three-year-old girl in her school in the city of Bangalore.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has made his first public appearance since 3 September, the country's official news agency says.
Demonstrations lose steam after territory's leader refuses to step down but appears to offer an olive branch.
Tens of thousands of pro-democracy protesters are blocking Hong Kong's streets, shutting down its business hub and ignoring appeals to leave.
Former finance minister succeeds President Hamid Karzai after a three-month standoff over disputed election results.
Thirty hikers have been found lifeless near the peak of Mount Ontake, after Saturday's sudden volcanic eruption.
The hikers were not breathing and their hearts had stopped, reports said. Final confirmation of death in Japan always comes via a medical examination.