Cambodia says only 'voluntary' refugees allowed

Cambodia will take in only voluntary refugees from Australia, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Hor Namhong said on Wednesday.

Egypt extends presidential vote after low turnout

Egypt's presidential election was extended into a third day on Wednesday due to low turnout in the first election since Islamist Mohamed Morsi was overthrown last year.

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'Homemade electricity' creates buzz

Klaus Meier lists three reasons for generating his own electricity in his family hotel in Germany's southern city of Freiburg - "cost savings, energy efficiency, climate protection".

Japanese firm in search of perfect nipple

In a quiet side room at Pigeon Corp's spacious lab north of Tokyo, researchers are on a high-tech quest to create a teat for babies' bottles that matches a breast-feeding mother's own.

Russia bans 'historically false' WWII movie

Russia has blocked the release of a film about the deportations of ethnic groups during World War II, calling it a falsification of history.

Dutch arrest 6 Greenpeace activists on Russian oil-drilling rig

Dutch police arrested six Greenpeace activists on Tuesday after they prevented a Russian oil-drilling platform from leaving for the Arctic by chaining it to a dock in a Netherlands port.

Ferry's owners 'root cause' of Sewol tragedy, Park says

South Korean President Park Geun-hye denounced fugitive members of the ship-owning family linked to last month's ferry disaster on Tuesday, calling them the "root cause" of the tragedy that claimed 300 lives.

Cambodia says it won't host Thai government-in-exile

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said on Tuesday that his country would not be the base of a Thai government-in-exile.

People-smugglers look toward New Zealand

People-smugglers are looking to target New Zealand now that Australia's tough border protection policies have effectively "closed down" that country to the boats of asylum-seekers, New Zealand Prime Minister John Key said on Tuesday.

UK debates future in EU after election shock

Britain has been embarked on a new round of heated debate on its EU membership after the Euroskeptic UK Independence Party landed a "historic" victory in European elections over the weekend.

Fighting kills 40 in east Ukraine

Separatist rebels in eastern Ukraine reported heavy casualties on Tuesday after a second day of fighting with government forces, as authorities in Kiev vowed to continue the military offensive "until not a single terrorist" was left.