Singapore and Indonesia schedule an emergency meeting after haze in Singapore soars to hazardous levels, breaking all previous records.
  Bad weather is hampering rescue operations in the flood-hit Indian state of Uttarakhand, where nearly 150 people have died.
  China's second female astronaut, Wang Yaping, delivers the country's first-ever video lecture from the Tiangong-1 space laboratory.
  China's manufacturing activity weakens further in June, falling to a nine-month low as demand falls, according to a preliminary survey by HSBC.
  The US Secretary of State John Kerry calls the Afghan leader to defuse tension over the opening of a Taliban office, an Afghan official tells the BBC.
  The government in North Korea is willing to restart talks over its nuclear programme which broke down five years ago, according to Chinese officials.
  Military helicopters and the army are leading rescue operations in India's flood-hit northern states, where 138 people are now known to have died.
  High levels of a toxic radioactive isotope, strontium-90, have been found in groundwater at Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant, its operator says.
  A nine-year-old girl is killed in unprovoked mortar shelling by Indian troops, officials in Pakistani-administered Kashmir say.
  Australian Adrian Bayley is jailed for the rape and murder of Irish woman Jill Meagher, with a minimum jail term of 35 years.
  A former Chinese official accused of accepting bribes in an alleged sex tape extortion scandal is put on trial, state media say.
  Dalian Wanda Group, a Chinese property developer, says it will spend £1bn ($1.6bn) to buy a British yacht maker and property in London.
  China's 'new middle class' has not just migrated to the country's cities, but their spending is boosting the world's second largest economy.
  The Afghan government will not take part in peace talks with the Taliban unless the process is "Afghan-led", President Hamid Karzai has said
  Flooding in India is continuing to disrupt daily life on a massive scale.
  South Korea is looking to buy 60 advanced fighter aircraft for $3.7bn in its biggest-ever defence deal.
  High levels of a toxic radioactive isotope have been found in groundwater at Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant, its operator says.
  A number of Burma's most famous dissidents have spoken of their hopes for their country, on a visit to London.
  The death toll from flooding and landslides triggered by heavy rain in northern India has risen to 70, media reports say.
  Floods and landslides have killed at least 19 people and destroyed buildings after heavy rain in North India.
  Huawei unveils the world's slimmest smartphone saying the handset will work "miracles" for its brand.
  Australia, South Korea and Iran qualify from the Asian Football Confederation for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.
  Media broadcast a physics lesson given by astronauts from space, while commentators demand more curbs on corruption.
  China, the world's biggest carbon emitter, is to launch its first carbon trading scheme as a pilot project in Shenzhen.
  Chinese officials confiscate 213 bear paws hidden inside the tyres of a vehicle crossing the border from Russia, state media report.
  Sanath Jayasuriya says Sri Lanka will target India's bowling in Thursday's Champions Trophy semi-final at Cardiff.
  Shops belonging to Asians are targeted in a violent protest in DR Congo's capital over the arrest of Congolese students in India over the weekend.
  Health officials in India are investigating reports that top Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan knows he and his wife are expecting a baby boy.
  Indonesia's parliament paves the way for a rise in petrol and diesel prices after months of debate and political haggling.
  Singapore is hit by haze from forest fires in nearby Indonesia, leading to the city's worst smog in 16 years and health warnings from the government.
  A British man survives a 15th floor fall in New Zealand after trying to lower himself from a neighbour's balcony to his flat, local media report.
  At least 28 people, including a newly-elected lawmaker, are killed in a suicide bombing at a funeral in north-west Pakistan, officials say.
  Four US soldiers are killed in a Taliban attack at Bagram airbase in Afghanistan, shortly after the US announced direct talks with the militants.
  The US reveals a list of 46 Guantanamo inmates who it says it does not have the evidence to try, but are too dangerous to release.
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