This week I've been eating... xiao long bao dim sum

A Tibetan mother of three has died in the latest in a recent wave of self-immolations to protest against Chinese rule, according to reports.

One man died and the other was taken to hospital after they set themselves on fire yesterday outside the Jokhang Temple, the official Xinhua News Agency reported.

The schedule for the basketball competition at the London 2012 Olympics has been revealed, with Team GB missing out on a lucrative match with the United States.

Anything to do with the Arabian Nights?

Millions of Asians watched as a rare “ring of fire” eclipse crossed their skies early today.

After his sudden departure from Beijing, the Chinese rights activist Chen Guangcheng enjoyed his first moments of freedom in New York yesterday after years of jail and house arrest.

All aboard the Medes to hunt moldywarpes

A Briton was arrested in Thailand after the bodies of six foetuses thought to be intended for black magic rituals were found stuffed into his luggage.

If I were a Kent council tax payer, I would not know whether to laugh or cry over this one. One day in April 2008, the county council leader, Paul Carter, discovered his bank account was almost at its overdraft limit. He wondered why.

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A British citizen in Bangkok has been arrested after Thai police found six roasted human foetuses packed in his luggage.

He was one of only two survivors of the 40 sent to clear the Normandy beaches of mines on D-Day

China's first deep water oil drill is ready to start production in the South China Sea amid an ongoing standoff with the Philippines in another section of the contested waters.