The twin-engine plane that will make the journey uses a modified system that burns 25% less fuel than other aircraft of a similar size

Fast-growing Asian economies may be flush with money but filthy toilets remain a blight across the region despite rising standards of living.

Burma has said that democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi may be freed after November 7 elections, as it attempts to deflect a barrage of criticism.

Burma has come under pressure from its neighbours to address what Indonesia says is a "credibility deficit" surrounding its November 7 elections.

Software piracy cost technology companies more than $50-billion around the world last year, an industry report said on Tuesday.

Oil smashed past $135 a barrel for the first time on Thursday, continuing its astonishing rise following unexpected drops in United States crude and petrol stocks in a tight…

United States President George Bush on Saturday kept the pressure on North Korea as he held a flurry of bilateral talks with key world leaders before heading into an Asia-Pacific…

United States President George Bush arrived on Wednesday in South Korea ahead of a summit of Asia-Pacific leaders as a joint statement from the 21 members of the Asia-Pacific…

Investigators on Tuesday hunted for clues in the wreckage of the crashed jetliner in northern Indonesia as the airline ruled out terrorism in the disaster that killed at least…