Police in Papua New Guinea find passports without entry stamps as they investigate whether a Chinese businessman is running an illegal immigration scheme for workers for Chinese state-owned companies.

Police in Papua New Guinea find passports without entry stamps as they investigate whether a Chinese businessman is running an illegal immigration scheme for workers for Chinese state-owned companies.

China strikes back after the White House criticises Beijing's push to control how international airlines refer to its territories as "Orwellian nonsense".

New radar scans prove there are no hidden rooms in King Tutankhamun's burial chamber, ending speculation the tomb of ancient Egypt's young pharaoh king may also be the last resting place of Queen Nefertiti.

Israel could respond to any Iranian attack on it from Syria by toppling president Bashar al-Assad's government, an Israeli security cabinet minister says, hinting that Mr Assad himself may be targeted for assassination.