Bombing strikes Assad's inner circle

Street performers will soon gain legal status in Shanghai

Rescued fishing vessel heads to Tanzania

Midtown Manhattan penthouse on sale for $100m

Feuding couples lead rise in online slander

Air China flight returns to Beijing over false threat

Yeah! She Won

Japan holds talks with DPRK

Syrian PM defects to opposition

Game face?

Gold-trading ring took in billions

Curiosity of a girl lands on Mars

UK: 3,500 more troops assigned to Olympics

Students going abroad struggle with new culture

Seventeen partygoers 'found beheaded' in Afghanistan

Qihoo 360 challenges Baidu's hold on search engines

No stage fright?

The real home of the Games

Mine blast death toll rises to 44

Good media entertains, informs and educates

Rooftop rice a sky-high solution

ROK-Japan dispute worries US

Capital issues fresh warning of rain

What do you think of this weather?

Robots? Nope - just really good athletes

Clinton visit raises concerns

Washington to remain focused on Asia-Pacific

Games begin not with a bang, but a Tweet

Drivers at fault in tragic accident

China helps bust US drug websites