The Nepalese government is finalizing proposals that could drastically clip the king's powers and privileges. The government has also begun a crackdown against officials in the former royalist administration.
Chinese prosecutors have issued new indictments against New York Times researcher Zhao Yan, less than two months after the original charges against were dropped.
A Chinese official says the country plans to ordain more bishops without approval from the Holy See. The Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association, the only Catholic entity approved by Beijing, has recently appointed three bishops without the pope's consent as required by the Roman Catholic Church.
An organization called M4P is exploring how poor Vietnamese can escape poverty by taking advantage of the free market. At a recent workshop in Hanoi, experts said that using market forces to fight poverty is promising, but far from easy.
Interpol police in Afghanistan says four Taleban prisoners who escaped from one of Afghanistan's prisons earlier this year have been recaptured in Bulgaria and Uzbekistan.
Chinese and U.S. scientists have uncovered the earliest known ancestor to the giant, fearsome Tyrannosaurus rex dinosaur. This 160-million-year-old primitive tyrannosaur was much smaller and looks more like a predecessor to a rooster than a T-rex.