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Kangaroos share genetic similarities with humans and may have first evolved in China, scientists in Australia have found.
18/11/2008
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Hamid Karzai, the Afghan president, has said he will go to "any length" to protect Mullah Omar, the fugitive leader of the anti-government Taliban, in exchange for peace.
17/11/2008
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Hamid Karzai, the president of Afghanistan, has criticised US-led troops for killing 14 private security guards in the eastern province of Khost.
10/11/2008
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Radovan Karadzic, a former Bosnian Serb leader facing war crimes charges at The Hague, has told a pre-trial conference that he is at a disadvantage in preparing his defence because the case is moving so fast.
28/10/2008
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Military officials from North and South Korea have begun face-to-face talks on improving communications amid rising tensions between the rivals.
27/10/2008
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Mexican security forces have arrested an alleged drug cartel leader after a shootout in Tijuana near the US border.
27/10/2008
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Shops, schools and offices in Indian-administered Kashmir have closed in line with a one-day strike called by separatist groups as a rebuke to the United Nations.
24/10/2008
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A Kurdish demonstrator has died after protesters clashed with police in eastern Turkey, according to the country's state news agency.
21/10/2008
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Kurdish demonstrators have clashed with police in Istanbul and other Turkish cities in support of jailed separatist leader Abdullah Ocalan following allegations of his mistreatment in prison, Turkish media have reported.
20/10/2008
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Three former Khmer Rouge fighters have been sentenced to 20 years in jail for the murder of a British mine clearer and his translator in 1996.
14/10/2008
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Austrian Bernhard Kohl, who finished as best climber and third overall in the Tour de France in July, has failed a dope test during the race, his team manager announced.
14/10/2008
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Manmohan Singh, the Indian prime minister, has flagged off the first train service in Indian-administered Kashmir, where shops, schools and offices were shut in response to a strike call by separatists protesting his visit.
11/10/2008
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Hamid Karzai, Afghanistan's president, has said he is seeking help from Saudi Arabia to facilitate talks with the Taliban in order to end the conflict in the country.
01/10/2008
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