CULTURE AND SPORT

Britain's opposition Conservatives offered a "comprehensive" power-sharing deal to the third-placed Liberal Democrat party Friday.

Mixing a good cause with music is always a reason to celebrate.

The nine crew members of the hijacked Miri-registered tugboat Atlantic 3 were found in the high seas, about two days journey from the shores of Vietnam.

An Icelandic volcano has sent up a new plume of ash and is set to emit another cloud of debris after surging back to life.

A Russian MP has asked an eccentric regional leader to explain his behaviour after claiming on state television that he was visited at home by aliens in a UFO.

Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua has died, an official statement has confirmed.

People along the Gulf Coast have spent weeks living with uncertainty, wondering where and when a huge slick of oil might come ashore.

Three Vietnamese models have been denied permission to participate in international beauty contests.

A Pakistani-American man was charged with international terrorism in the attempted car bombing of New York's Times Square.

Thailand's anti-government protesters agreed Tuesday to try to settle their differences with the government to prevent more bloodshed.

Police arrested a Pakistan-born suspect trying to board a plane to Dubai after a failed Times Square bomb plot.

Keeping up the spirit of togetherness and brotherhood, the Southeast Asian Embassies along with the ASEAN-Korea Center held their annual Friendship Games.

Senior trade officials from eight member countries of ASEAN began a visit to the US on May 2

Vietnam has yet to find the potential heirs to an older generation of artists who bemoan the lack of creativity among emerging new talent.

Pakistani Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud has appeared in a new video issued months after his reported death, vowing revenge attacks on the United States.

Police evacuated buildings and cleared streets of thousands of tourists around New York City's Times Square on Saturday after finding an apparent car bomb in a parked SUV.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung together with heads of state and government leaders from other countries attended the 2010 World Expo opened in Shanghai.

The Shanghai World Expo formally opened its door to the highly avid public Saturday morning after years of planning and preparation.

South Korea's Samsung Electronics Friday reported a record operating profit of 4.41 trillion won (4 billion dollars) in the first quarter.