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New York hosts ancient Korea debut in West Drawn to bling? A fan of gold jewelry? Keen on Buddha? If so, New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art offers the newest ticket to fend off the winter chill.

30 October 2013

Australia firefighters brace for horror day Firefighters in Australia braced for hot, dry winds and soaring temperatures Wednesday with lightning also posing a problem as they battle to prevent a week-long bushfire disaster getting worse.

23 October 2013

China temple fresco 'restored' with cartoon-like paintings Chinese authorities have "restored" ancient Buddhist frescos in a temple by painting them over with cartoon-like figures from Taoist myths.

23 October 2013

Rihanna ordered out of UAE mosque complex over photo shoot Pop star Rihanna was asked to leave Abu Dhabi's Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque complex for posing for "inappropriate" pictures outside one of the world's largest Muslim places of worship.

22 October 2013

Raymond a hurricane off Mexico in Pacific: official Tropical storm Raymond surged to hurricane force Sunday churning toward Mexico's Pacific coast, which is still recovering from a devastating tropical storm last month.

22 October 2013

High-velocity trains to be launched along another 5 new routes in 2014 The trains are expected to meet the growing demand for passenger carriage and twice reduce the travel time.

17 October 2013

S. Korea introduces 'Gangnam Style' tourist police South Korea unveiled its new "tourist police" force Wednesday, with snappy uniforms from rapper Psy's costume designer and a "Gangnam Style" launch in central Seoul.

16 October 2013

Search for Philippine quake survivors as death toll hits 107 Rescue workers raced Wednesday to reach isolated communities on a popular Philippine tourist island that was devastated by a huge earthquake, as aftershocks tormented survivors and the death toll climbed to 107.

16 October 2013

Nazarbayev discusses tourism development in Almaty with Yessimov Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev has met with Almaty Akim (Mayor) Akhmetzhan Yessimov.

14 October 2013

US to reopen Statue of Liberty, Grand Canyon US national parks and monuments including the Statue of Liberty and the Grand Canyon are to reopen despite the federal shutdown, after states agreed to fund them temporarily.

13 October 2013

Myanmar unrest raises stakes for growing tourist industry Recent anti-Muslim bloodshed close to Myanmar's most popular tourist beach raises the stakes for an industry dependent on the former pariah state's fluid transition to democracy.

07 October 2013

US police shoot woman dead after White House car chase US police shot a female motorist dead after she led them on a high-speed chase from near the White House through the streets of downtown Washington to the Capitol building.

04 October 2013

Interpol launches global hunt for British 'White Widow' The British woman dubbed the "White Widow" was at the centre of a worldwide hunt on Friday after Interpol issued an international notice for her arrest in the wake of the Kenya shopping mall attack.

27 September 2013

Kazakhstan mulls introducing visa-free entry for EU countries Kazakhstan is planing to introduce visa-free regime for several European Union countries for summer periods starting from 2014.

23 September 2013

Ski jumping stadium to be completed in Borovoye in 2014 A ski jumping facilities will be launched in Borovoye, in central Kazakhstan, by the end of 2014.

22 September 2013

Typhoon hits Japan as Fukushima operator releases water into sea Typhoon Man-yi hit Japan Monday, leaving two people dead and forcing the operator of the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant to release rainwater with low levels of radiation into the ocean.

17 September 2013

Japan tells 300,000 households to evacuate as typhoon hits Typhoon Man-yi hit central Japan Monday, with almost 300,000 households told to evacuate and fears the storm could go on to hit the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant.

16 September 2013

Africa's 'right-on' whale capital Perched away from the world on the rocky southern tip of Africa, the town of Hermanus rose to global whale-watching renown almost by chance.

16 September 2013

Tropical Storm Gabrielle batters Bermuda: forecasters Tropical Storm Gabrielle was battering Bermuda with heavy rains and powerful winds Tuesday, as US forecasters warned it was strengthening and moving closer to the popular vacation spot.

12 September 2013

Kazakhstan suggests putting Semipalatinsk Test Site on UNESCO heritage list The National Nuclear Center of Kazakhstan admits that tourists are very interested in visiting the former Semipalatinsk Test Site.

11 September 2013