Pesticide self-poisoning is one of the leading causes of suicide in Asia.

Shinjiro Koizumi, 38, keeps grabbing the headlines. Does he have his eyes on the country's top job?

The Raja Permaisuri Agong briefly returned to Twitter to urge police not to detain anyone else.

Kylie Moore-Gilbert, a Middle East specialist at Melbourne University, was detained "months ago".

The man behind the pro-democracy song hopes it will re-inject energy and boost public morale.

Protesters are staging singalongs of a new protest song - and some say it should be the city's anthem.

The 80-year-old chef hasn't increased her prices in 30 years - and customers love her for it.

China today announced an easing on some food tariffs but the ongoing dispute is being felt in the US.

Companies are doing more to support working dads but may overlook postnatal mental illness in men.

Luke Goodere's abdomen was punctured in Thailand when he fell through glass doors that shattered.

Indonesia and Malaysia issue severe smog alerts as fires rage in large sections of their rainforests.

Two of the victims were Sikh brothers running a big dairy farm in northern Italy.

Japan tests spraying fake snow in 'Snokyo' to tackle the summer heat ahead of the games next summer.

Organisers said they could not guarantee "smooth running" of the tournament in light of the unrest.

The image of one man in the way of a column of tanks has become a symbol of peaceful resistance.

Thousands of people risk their regularly lives scavenging for small pieces of jade in Myanmar's mines.

Jos Buttler's belligerent half-century rallies England following another familiar batting collapse on the first day of the fifth and final Ashes Test.

Ren Zhengfei offers to share its 5G know-how with a Western firm in return for a one-off fee.

A moving video has gone viral after the death of former Indonesian President BJ Habibie.

Two Britons are among five facing charges over a $688,000 (£588,000) drug haul found in Australia.