CHINA

For Chinese investors, items in the Detroit Institute of Arts collection would be a point of national pride, not just portfolio pieces.

The offspring of China's elite is taking its clout to the private equity world.

Recent defaults on loans, bonds and shadow banking products has highlighted rising credit risks in China, partly fueled by signs the economy is slowing.

Chinese officials now need to seek advance approval before spending on large occasions like weddings or funerals.

The 52-page document spells out, mostly in ambiguous and intentionally vanilla terms, the party’s vision for its rule in India.

India’s border patrol policy is only one small part of its military readiness against China.

Beijing's policy of nonintervention in oil-producing countries is becoming a bit more flexible.

What's more, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Tehran's negotiating team should not yield to issues "forced upon them."

A surprising downturn in China's shark fin market boosts the outlook for some endangered species.

The "chicken cup," which was sold to Shanghai collector, Liu Yiqian, would likely go on display in his Long Museum in Shanghai.

Tickets are still available for when Manny Pacquiao fights Timothy Bradley.

China's anti-corruption crackdown continues with the sentencing of two former China Mobile executives.

Iran plans to keep increasing its crude production and exports, despite U.S.-led sanctions against the effort.

The Central Asian country has close ties to Russia but may consider a partnership with Iran to export its oil without Russian pipelines.

A UN panel said it has found evidence that nearly 40,000 Tamil minority civilians were killed in the final phase of the war in Sri Lanka.

The ongoing territorial dispute between China and Japan has found a new medium. And South Korea even gets a mention.

PM candidate Narendra Modi is already a highly controversial figure due largely to events that took place in his native state of Gujarat in 2002.

Researchers uncovered a 520 million-year-old arthropod fossil that has the first-known cardiovascular system preserved in remarkable detail.

The report expressed concerns about China's policy agenda being too ambitious and encouraged reforms as the path to sustained growth.

If Macau is China’s Las Vegas, Hengqin Island is about to become its Orlando.

A series of missile launches from North Korea fuels tensions in the Far East.