Sri Lankan security forces shot dead at least 26 Tamil Tiger rebels in fresh fighting in the island's embattled north.

A US citizen has been released from a jail in China after serving 10 years of a 16-year term for violating tax laws.

Authorities in Indian Kashmir widened a curfew to prevent protests by Hindus angered by the revocation of a land transfer order.

Tibet's minister in exile said that the latest round of talks between the Dalai Lama's envoys and China so far did not look encouraging.

Two French students were found dead in an apartment in east London over the weekend after having been stabbed.

President Dmitry Medvedev called for repair of relations between Russia and Britain.