I don't like flags. Now, I know what you're thinking. There are so many flags, with so many different meanings. I'm talking national flags. Who can forget the look of atavistic hatred on an England supporter's red and white face (and not just because he's sunburnt) when he's lost a game to Germany?

A four-year-old Chinese girl who is covered in excess hair is to receive treatment to curb her affliction. Surgeons have agreed to help Jing-Jing,...

A performance artist has announced he is the mysterious naked man who has been pictured dashing around Beijing with a giant crucifix. Li Binyuan s...

Bjørn Lomborg he claimed that green energy technologies are too expensive and energy inefficient, and we should frack more and reduce subsidies for renewable energy. I will try to tackle his points and clarify why I believe he is wrong on almost every single issue.

UPDATE The Wingjing Streaker: Chinese Artist Li Binyuan Says He Is Beijing's Naked Man With A Crucifix (PICTURES) A picture of a naked man running ...

We've all had that feeling when customer service standards let us down. The normal reaction is to either slam the phone down or write a strong word...

This is the incredible moments firefighters in China caught a man trying to jump to his death. The unnamed man is reported to have been a drug addi...

A fifth of Britons believe they are still under British law when they travel abroad - rather than the law of the country they are travelling in. Ne...

A US citizen detained in North Korea for nearly six months has now been sentenced to 15 years of hard labour for crimes against the state, according t...

Until now, Chinese Jews caught in a discrepancy between identity and status, have undergone individual conversion procedures, but as more and more such Jews emerge, it begs the question of whether world Jewry needs to reassess their situation and give them blanket recognition.

Since 1991, Kazakhstan's economic and political evolution is nothing short of remarkable. The country is now at a pivotal moment in its young history in that it is ready and eager to engage with international investors in embarking on the next step of its societal and economic modernization.

British aid workers are coordinating an emergency response to the powerful earthquake that has hit China's Sichuan province, leaving more than 100 peo...

More than 100 people are known to have been killed and hundreds more injured after an earthquake in Sichaun province, China. According to state off...