President-elect Hassan Rohani held out the prospect yesterday of better relations between Iran and the world, including the United States, and progres(...)

(...) of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan erased earlier losses to rise 0.5 per cent. It advanced 1.6 per(...)

When jubilant crowds poured on to the streets of Tehran to celebrate the surprise victory of Hassan Rohani, it was not only to express support for the(...)

North Korea proposed high-level talks with the United States, saying it was ready to discuss easing tensions and eventually denuclearising the Korean (...)

The surprise victory of a mild-mannered cleric in Iran’s presidential elections has raised hopes of more pragmatic policies at home and abroad after e(...)

China, the world’s biggest emitter of greenhouse gases, yesterday adopted a series of measures aimed at combating air pollution and defusing growing (...)

North Korea today offered high-level talks with the United States to ease tensions on the Korean peninsula, only days after it cancelled planned offi(...)

Militants in a volatile region of western Pakistan bombed a bus carrying women students today and then seized part of the hospital where survivors we(...)

An Australian radio host has been sacked after asking prime minister Julia Gillard about her partner’s sexuality during a live interview. Perth radio(...)

Campaigning in Iran’s presidential election ended yesterday ahead of today’s vote in which the sole moderate candidate has an outside chance of steali(...)