A surprising downturn in China's shark fin market boosts the outlook for some endangered species.
The "chicken cup," which was sold to Shanghai collector, Liu Yiqian, would likely go on display in his Long Museum in Shanghai.
Tickets are still available for when Manny Pacquiao fights Timothy Bradley.
China's anti-corruption crackdown continues with the sentencing of two former China Mobile executives.
Iran plans to keep increasing its crude production and exports, despite U.S.-led sanctions against the effort.
The Central Asian country has close ties to Russia but may consider a partnership with Iran to export its oil without Russian pipelines.
A UN panel said it has found evidence that nearly 40,000 Tamil minority civilians were killed in the final phase of the war in Sri Lanka.
The ongoing territorial dispute between China and Japan has found a new medium. And South Korea even gets a mention.
PM candidate Narendra Modi is already a highly controversial figure due largely to events that took place in his native state of Gujarat in 2002.
Researchers uncovered a 520 million-year-old arthropod fossil that has the first-known cardiovascular system preserved in remarkable detail.
The report expressed concerns about China's policy agenda being too ambitious and encouraged reforms as the path to sustained growth.
If Macau is China’s Las Vegas, Hengqin Island is about to become its Orlando.
A series of missile launches from North Korea fuels tensions in the Far East.
Australian search authorities said such a signal would be consistent with a black box.
Chinese carriers believe that consumers may be holding out for the iPhone 6, which is likely to sport a screen size of nearly 5 inches.
The move to redraw China's boundaries makes as much sense as calling the area between Boston and Washington "Bosington," an expert says.
Life in shipbuilding towns continues to worsen despite hopeful signs for the Greek economy.
Many are using Alibaba's Alipay and other third-party payment platforms in a loophole to sneak money out of the country.
Economists say Australia will not experience a hard landing from the fading of a mining boom.
The IMF's World Economic Outlook for 2014 warns that emerging market growth will be slow in the future.
After flight MH370 turned relations between China and Malaysia rocky, a hostage situation could make things worse with the Philippines.
Reasserting control of the Suez Canal Development Project, the military now seems to have everything in its hands -- for better or worse.