5:14pm

Myanmar set to unveil reforms timetable

Proposals include granting autonomy to central bank

5:07pm

Pakistan cleric steps up calls for reform

Moderate fails to secure opposition support

1:47pm

Laos under pressure to step up probe

Concern raised on disappearance of prominent local civic leader

Afghan security forces investigate the site of a car bomb attack in Kabul January 16 2013 ©Reuters 9:32am

Car bomb targets Afghan spy agency

Kabul attack comes days after Karzai returned from US

A boat enters Victoria harbour as a haze of pollution shrouds the Hong Kong skyline ©AFP 9:19am

Hong Kong commits $1.3bn to cleaner air

CY Leung says pollution and property prices are priority

From GLOBAL ECONOMY 7:14pm

Research rewrites global trade data

US trade imbalance with China shrinks under OECD findings

A supporter of moderate preacher Tahirul Qadri waves this Pakistani national flag on the third day of a protest rally in Islamabad ©AFP From PAKISTAN 4:45pm

Curtain rises on new Pakistani drama

Army flexes muscles in case it decides to return to political stage

David Pilling from COMMENT 4:03pm

Hong Kong sees the light through a haze

The city is finally addressing its pollution problem but is not going far enough

British Defence Minister Philip Hammond inspects an honor guard in Jakarta, Indonesia ©AP From UK 12:36pm

UK defence minister bullish on arms sales

Corruption risks in emerging markets are ‘manageable’

CHINA 12:35pm

Foreign direct investment in China falls

Rising costs make country less attractive to multinationals

From PAKISTAN 10:55pm

Pakistan in crisis over PM’s arrest order

Protesters clash with security forces in Islamabad

Notebook from COMMENT Jan 15, 2013

Exasperated India reacts to a tragedy

Cultural contradictions exposed by the fatal gang-rape confront the middle class, says Victor Mallet

From COMMENT Jan 15, 2013

Japan should rethink its stimulus

The real problem is a return to deflation and an overvalued currency, says Adam Posen

From COMPANIES Jan 15, 2013

Video: Dreamliner makes emergency landing

Inside Business from COMPANIES Jan 15, 2013

Cash wave washes China’s banks off course

Too much cash leads to questionable lending practices

From AFGHANISTAN Jan 15, 2013

Afghans want end to US police training

Prized defence programme in villages under threat

Jan 15, 2013

Sri Lanka appoints new chief justice

Move follows controversial impeachment of former top judge

JAPAN Jan 15, 2013

Japan warns on impact of weaker yen

Economy minister cautions against sharp loss in value

From COMMENT Jan 14, 2013

Chinese shoppers are thriving

The belief that the country’s consumption is too low is flawed, write Jun Zhang and Tian Zhu

CHINA Jan 14, 2013

Pollution cloaks China

Authorities issue warnings as air pollution readings in Beijing and other major cities climb to hazardous levels