China's Nobel-winning dissident Liu Xiaobo dies

Chinese dissident and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo died on Thursday at the age of 61, officials say. Liu, 61, died due to multiple organ failure at a hospital in Shenyang in northeastern......

Nets in the sky and traps on the ground

China has been keeping tabs on the restive Tibet province through a ‘grid’ system and some 600 ‘convenience police posts' armed with high-tech equipment that monitor the daily......

Convicted Tibetans didn't get a fair trial: HRW

The trials of 30 Tibetans, which led to their conviction for alleged role in the recent Tibet unrest, were not open and public as claimed by China, a leading rights watchdog alleged on Wednesday.......

Violence plagues Nepal on election eve

The Nepal government and political parties should ensure that the long-awaited constituent assembly elections on April 10 are free of violence, candidate intimidation, and efforts to suppress voter......

BAFTA announces 2012 nominees

Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe joined Great Expectations actress Holliday Granger as the young actors announcedthe 2012 British Academy of Film and Television Awards (BAFTA) nominations this......

Capsey's 51 sets up England's 4-wkt win over Ireland

IMAGE: England huffed and puffed towards the target. Photograph: ICC/Twitter Top-order batter Alice Capsey smashed a stunning 22-ball 51 to steer England to a four-wicket win over neighbours......

Pollard, Warner among top draft picks for The Hundred

IMAGE: Kieron Pollard was added by Welsh Fire as a draft pick. Photograph: BCCI/IPL Welsh Fire added big-hitting West Indies batsman Kieron Pollard to their squad while Southern Brave signed up......

China eyes excellence at Winter Olympics

China looks to Winter Olympics as chance for rare soft power win amid COVID, rights concerns IMAGE: Skater performance during the Beijing 2022 Olympic Games Commemorative Coin Issuing......

Buzz: Fawad back in Pakistan Test squad after decade

IMAGE: Fawad Alam played the last of his three Test matches in New Zealand in 2009 and was last seen in Pakistan colours in a 2015 one-day international in Bangladesh. Photograph: Dinuka......

Jones leads Australian swimming team for CWG

Olympic champion Leisel Jones and former world champion Geoff Huegill will lead a 52-strong Australian swimming contingent, including 31 debutants, in the Delhi Commonwealth Games this October.......