Spicy food flavoured with hot chilli peppers contains a natural chemical ingredient that may lower blood pressure, the study revealed.

Shaolin temple, the Buddhist monastery that's also the birthplace of Chinese kung fu, is now a World Heritage site.

Five years on I still get a lump in my throat when I think about visiting the Khmer Rouge's main torture centre in Phnom Penh.

Protests in India against imports of New Zealand dairy products have turned ugly.

Get the latest on the crash which saw a passenger plane plunge into the isolated hills in Pakistan's capital.

Jill Worrall visits the DMZ and finds tensions heating up.

South Korea's capital is greener than I expected, the air cleaner. There's also rather more fried chicken than I expected.

As I watched my bike disappear down the dusty road and out of sight, I began to feel rather stupid.

A mishap on the road sees one of the 51st Traverse team members being sent back to NZ.

Wealthy Chinese investors say strict fund transfer policies are preventing them from becoming investor migrants in New Zealand.

A Malaysian court sentenced a man to death for murdering his Indonesian maid in a landmark verdict.

Two trains collided in east India, killing 61 people and injuring many more.

Fifteen lucky poker players are headed from Auckland to Queenstown this week for a chance to strike it rich.

The grand vision British architect Edwin Lutyens had for New Delhi during the Raj is still apparent in its wide tree-lined boulevards, intersecting roundabouts, parks, fountains and footpaths.