NATO, Afghan and Pakistani commanders have held border talks on Wednesday in a bid to improve ties two months after a NATO air strike killed Pakistani soldiers. Experts say Pakistan expects more than a mere apology. 

Workers' unions and activists have accused the Pakistani government and factory owners of criminal negligence after the collapse of a multi-story factory in Lahore that left at least 16 dead.  

A few crashes and considerable weight loss have done nothing to dampen the spirit of the young Pakistani biker, Moin Khan, who, after being on the road for nearly seven months, is back in Pakistan with his family.  

The Chinese government claims that newly introduced EU's Emission Trading Scheme (ETS) contradicts UN's convention on climate change and international civil aviation regulations. 

In a bid to soften its veto against the UN resolution in Syria, China says it wants to see an end to violence, but it has had to reject the proposal because a vote was 'forced' despite differences. 

As the Chinese Year of Culture gets underway in Germany, there is a conspicuous absence of critical voices on the program. Instead, plenty of politically neutral music is scheduled.  

Pakistan's foreign minister has denied assertions in a leaked NATO report that Islamabad was secretly aiding the Taliban in Afghanistan. She labeled the claims 'old wine in an even older bottle.' 

As NATO troops prepare to withdraw from Afghanistan by 2014, speculation is rife over what awaits the war-torn country when the transition period comes to an end and the era of transformation begins.