CULTURE AND SPORT

Pakistan dismissed as "absurd" accusations that complicity or incompetence had allowed bin Laden to hide out in the country for years.

Vietnam’s Next Top Model 2010’s runner-up Tuyet Lan was presented with the top prize at the award ceremony for the Asian Model Talent Search.

Confronted with fresh US pressure over its currency policy, China appears more willing to let yuan strengthen at a faster pace to curb inflation.

Pakistan's prime minister was to brief parliament on Monday on the US operation that killed Osama bin Laden a week ago.

The United States and China began two days of high-level talks Monday on a gamut of political and economic issues.

An agreement between ASEAN and six European business organisations aims at tightening bilateral business relations.

Facebook is driving an increasing amount of traffic to news sites but Google remains the top referring service.

The makeup of this year's Cannes jury, headed by US actor Robert De Niro, means the coveted Palme d'Or's winner will have global approval.

WWF urged companies to drop plans to clear Indonesian forest areas where infra-red cameras have captured footage of rare Sumatran tigers.

Osama bin Laden warned in his final audio tape recorded before being killed by American commandos there will be no US security.

The 13-member boy band Super Junior of South Korea set their feet in Ho Chi Minh City to prepare for their Super Show 3 to be held in Binh Duong.

The accused mastermind of last year's bloody Baghdad church siege grabbed a policeman's gun, leaving four police and 10 inmates dead.

Indonesia warned fellow Southeast Asian states that rising food and energy prices could drive more people into poverty.

Europe faced the spectre of Greek calls for new financial aid as Athens' "catastrophic" finances returned to haunt stressed eurozone states.

The qualifying round of the R16 International Hiphop Competition opened at Hanoi Circus, 25 Thai Thinh Street, on May 7.

US officials on Saturday released extraordinary videos of Osama bin Laden seized in the daring raid that killed Al-Qaeda chief.

Eurozone members are debating milder recovery terms for debt-hit Greece as it struggles to stick to a harsh austerity plan.

Smartphones powered by Google software widened their lead on BlackBerry handsets in the US market during the first three months of the year.

PM Nguyen Tan Dung and leaders of ASEAN countries attended the opening ceremony of the 18th ASEAN Summit in Jakarta.