Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed resigns after weeks of demonstrations and a mutiny by some police officers.
Search and rescue efforts are continuing for survivors of a 6.7 magnitude quake that shook the central Philippines on Monday, leaving dozens dead or missing.
Burma's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi campaigns as an official election candidate, as the US eases one of its sanctions.
Cricket Australia withdraws Hindi advertisements displayed during recent games with India after warnings they could be illegally promoting tobacco.
The body of a Chinese worker who fled a camp in Sudan when rebels attacked has been found, says China, while 29 kidnapped workers are still missing.
India's economic growth is likely to dip below 7% for the 2011-12 financial year, new government statistics show.
A panel appointed by India's Supreme Court recommends that the licences of as many as 49 iron ore miners should be cancelled.
An illegal medicine factory collapses in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore, killing at least 13 people and leaving many trapped, officials say.
China tells its airlines not to pay charges to the EU's Emissions Trading Scheme, aimed at cutting carbon emissions.
The Tibetan regional government warns its officials to maintain stability in the area or face dismissal or criminal charges ahead of the Tibetan new year.
Pakistani PM Yousuf Raza Gilani is travelling to Qatar where officials indicate he will discuss peace efforts in Afghanistan.
Floods continue to threaten Queensland in eastern Australia, with 3,000 evacuated and the town of St George expecting to be worst affected.
Floods continue to threaten Queensland in eastern Australia, with the town of St George expected to be worst hit.
Two renowned film makers who worked with James Cameron have died in a helicopter crash just outside Sydney.
A year after 12 people died on a sinking tourist boat, Carmen Roberts asks if Vietnam's Ha Long Bay is any safer for visitors.
Officials from the European Union and India will meet later this week for a summit as they try to make progress towards a free trade deal.
People in Sri Lanka are growing increasingly worried about the effect on their economy of US-led sanctions against Iran.
In Australia thousands of people living in the state of Queensland have been ordered to abandon their homes because of rising floodwaters.
After 100 patients in Pakistan died from taking contaminated heart medicines, the country's pharmaceutical industry is trying to recover from the scandal.
The number of civilians killed and injured in the Afghan conflict has risen for the fifth year in a row, a UN report reveals.
A fireman guides a plane to land at an airport in India after air traffic controllers fail to turn up for work, it emerges.
A zoo in Kazakhstan, where overnight temperatures have dipped to nearly -40C, is giving monkeys a wine concoction as a remedy against flu.
Facebook and Google tell a court in India they have complied with an order to remove "objectionable" material, amid ongoing legal moves on censorship.
The cancer of India cricketer Yuvraj Singh is curable, one of his doctors says, and he could be back on the field by May.
The chief executive of Qantas says the airline would be forced to cut services and jobs should pro-Australia airline bills be passed.