A giant panda cub born at the National Zoo in Washington DC is in "excellent" health, zookeepers say, after performing a 10-minute check-up.

The final Ashes Test at The Oval ends in a draw because of bad light as England win the series against Australia 3-0.

China Petrochemical Corporation, also known as Sinopec, reports a 24% jump in net profits for the first six months of the year.

Prosecutors said there should be no leniency shown as the trial of former top Chinese politician Bo Xilai went into a fifth day.

Dublin police are trying to trace the family of a homeless Polish man killed after the bin he was sleeping in was picked up by a waste collection lorry.

A team of UN inspectors prepares to visit the site of a suspected chemical weapons attack in the suburbs of the Syrian capital, Damascus.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai is due to meet Pakistani PM Nawaz Sharif in Islamabad for key talks on restarting a peace process with the Taliban.

A man has killed at least four people and left 11 injured in a knife attack in the Chinese city of Chengdu, in Sichuan province.