London calling: UK capital lures Indian companies to invest in city
London encourages growing Indian companies to set up headquarters in city to accentuate global ambitions.
Central African Republic: Panel blasts UN for failing to act on child sex abuse by French troops
The hard-hitting report raps UN for passing on responsibility 'from desk to desk, inbox to inbox' .
China warns heavy smog will blanket Beijing skies, issues second 'red alert'
Beijing's pollution index will exceed 500 micrograms per cubic metre, 20 times higher than safe levels.
Turkey in dramatic revival of ties with Israel amid frictions with Russia
Turkey and Israel reportedly reach agreement on normalising relations following secret talks in Switzerland.
China threatens to shoot down Australian surveillance aircraft over South China Sea
Chinese mouthpiece says 'it would be a shame if one day a plane fell from the sky and it happened to be Australian.'
Isis launches radio station 'Voice of the Caliphate' in Afghanistan to recruit militants
Daesh's radio station in Nangarhar province broadcasts anti-government propaganda and recruitment messages.
US presses ahead with $1.83bn arms deal for Taiwan invoking China's wrath
Washington formally sought Congress approval for contract while China blacklisted Lockheed Martin and Raytheon.
Peshawar school massacre anniversary: Nawaz Sharif vows to root out terrorism
Pakistan prime minister pledges 'revenge' for killings by Taliban.
Google's Sundar Pichai to meet Narendra Modi in Delhi for technology push
Sundar Pichai, accompanied by top executives, is on a two-day visit to India to sell Google's services.
IAEA closes probe into Iran's nuclear programme
John Kerry and Iran's Mohammad Javad Zarif hail watchdog move.
North Korea sentences Canadian pastor to hard labour for life
Pyongyang's rubberstamp Supreme Court gives life sentence to Hyeon Soo Lim.
Syrian crisis: Putin-Kerry talks ease tension but no breakthrough in sight
Major world powers are due to meet in New York on 18 December to discuss the stalemate in the war-torn country.
Food porn: Online ordering service Zomato reaches out to hungry customers via porn sites
India-based food-ordering service runs unconventional ad campaign on adult websites.
FGM season begins in Kenya as 1,200 girls circumcised in Kerio Valley
At least one teenager died and two girls admitted to hospital after circumcision procedures go awry.
Isis: Barack Obama defends US strategy against Islamic State in rare Pentagon address
President Obama insists Washington's military offensive against the IS is 'harder than ever'.
Iran searching for Ayatollah Khamenei's successor amid concerns over leader's health
Iran's top assembly of clerics begins compiling list of potential successors for Supreme Leader.
North Korea holds first bankers' conference in 25 years hinting at major reforms
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un urges country's banking officials to undertake 'revolutionary measures'.
China: Guo Guangchang reappears in public with his 'personal affairs' under scrutiny
Fosun group's top executives assure Guo's detention would not affect the Chinese conglomerate.
Death toll from Burundi violence increases as African nation's crisis worsens
90 people were killed in Friday clashes in Burundi's capital Bujumbura, say government sources.
Saudi Arabia: Woman candidate wins first council seat in ultra-conservative kingdom
Saudi candidate Salma bint Hizab al-Oteibi has won the municipal council seat in Mecca in landmark elections.
North Korean all-female music band abruptly leaves China
Pyongyang's Moranbong Band members leave China cancelling all concerts scheduled to be held in Beijing.
Turkey on high alert over Isis terror threat
Turkey's intelligence agency and the CIA warn of imminent threat to Ankara from Daesh Islamists.
Guo Guangchang, 'China's Warren Buffett', goes missing as speculation rife over his arrest
Chinese social media posts suggest Fosun boss was handcuffed and whisked away at Shanghai airport.
Rival Koreas begin rare high-level talks in Kaesong industrial complex
Vice-ministers of the 2 countries expected to discuss border tensions and reunion of families.
North Korea hydrogen bomb: Kim Jong-un boasts of expanding nuclear arsenal
Kim Jong-un claims his country has developed hydrogen bombs for its nuclear arsenal.
Israel exported $400,000 in gold to Kim Jong-un regime despite UN sanctions
Israeli authorities admit supplying gold to reclusive North Korean regime prompting UN condemnation.
Syria crisis: Turkey accuses Putin of 'ethnic cleansing' in Latakia
Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu says Russian forces are ousting ethnic Turkmen and Sunni Muslims in the region.
Indian PM Narendra Modi to visit Pakistan in 2016
Indian Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj made the announcement in Islamabad on 9 December.
Venezuela: Opposition tells President Nicolas Maduro to stop 'crying' as they secure supermajority
Venezuela opposition coalition wins supermajority in National Assembly polls trouncing socialists.
Turkey: US consulate in Istanbul closed over security threat
US diplomatic mission asks Americans to maintain high level of vigilance.
