The government in Shanghai is to encourage some parents to have a second child. Is it right to persuade parents to have more children?
Hamilton Wende examines what Bali has to offer for visitors and delights in how animals, gods and humans co-exist in the island.
Hardtalk presenter Stephen Sackur reports from Greenland where global warming could bring new prosperity.
A special court in the Indian city of Mumbai is set to deliver a verdict on the explosions that killed 55 people in 2003.
Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill is due in Ukraine in what some fear is an attempt to extend Russian influence.
The decision by an Australian state government to ban an Islamic school planned for Sydney sparks protests.
The first meeting of the US-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue is to start, with China worried about the value of the dollar.
A rare whale is discovered wedged on to the bow of a cruise ship when it docked in the Canadian city of Vancouver.
Guinea-Bissau holds a run-off vote to replace President Joao Bernardo Vieira, who was assassinated in March.
Highs and lows of the departing Sarah Palin