A few crashes and considerable weight loss have done nothing to dampen the spirit of the young Pakistani biker, Moin Khan, who, after being on the road for nearly seven months, is back in Pakistan with his family.  

The top court in Pakistan has said it will charge the country's prime minister, Yousuf Raza Gilani, with contempt of court over his refusal to seek the reopening of corruption cases involving President Asif Ali Zardari. 

Beijing refuses to allow European companies the same access to public markets. The European Union is drafting a law to ensure equal access to public procurement market for EU firms in China.  

Experts, including former Chancellor Helmut Schmidt, gathered this week to discuss all things China, as current Chancellor Angela Merkel is in Beijing meeting Chinese officials. 

As the Chinese Year of Culture gets underway in Germany, there is a conspicuous absence of critical voices on the program. Instead, plenty of politically neutral music is scheduled.  

China ranks amongst the worst countries for foreign journalists to work in. Deutsche Welle’s Beijing correspondent Ruth Kirchner explains how surveillance is a part of everyday working life in the People’s Republic. 

Pakistan's foreign minister has denied assertions in a leaked NATO report that Islamabad was secretly aiding the Taliban in Afghanistan. She labeled the claims 'old wine in an even older bottle.' 

As NATO troops prepare to withdraw from Afghanistan by 2014, speculation is rife over what awaits the war-torn country when the transition period comes to an end and the era of transformation begins.