Stock indexes across Asia have fallen after two explosions at the Boston Marathon finish line on Monday unnerved investors, adding to the negative tone in Asian trade.

Two explosions near the finishing line of the Boston Marathon have left three people dead and more than 140 injured.

North Korea has marked the birthday of its founder Kim Il-sung - the grandfather of current leader Kim Jong-un - with no signs of the escalating crisis with the South easing after it rejected talks aimed calming tensions and re-opening the.

China's economy, the world's second largest, has slowed and performed worse than expected in the first three months of the year.

Ferrari's Fernando Alonso won a drama-packed Chinese Grand Prix on Sunday, with Lotus' Kimi Raikkonen and Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton finishing second and third.

Shares in India's second-largest software firm Infosys have plunged after its growth forecast for the current financial year fell short of market expectations.

South Africa-based multinational mobile telecommunications group MTN on Friday said its subsidiary MTN Dubai was one of 12 operators to be prequalified by the Myanmar Telecommunications Ministry for two telecommunications licences in the country.

Japan's top four carmakers – Toyota, Honda, Nissan and Mazda - are recalling almost 3.

Hong Kong police have charged the captains of two vessels that collided off Hong Kong's Lamma Island last year with several counts of manslaughter.

South Korea has raised its surveillance alert level after the North moved at least one long-range missile in readiness for a possible launch.

Handheld device protective case manufacturer OtterBox has announced plans to expand into the Vietnam retail market through distribution partner Petrosetco Distribution Joint Stock Company (PSD).

China's consumer price index (CPI) dropped dramatically in March official data released today shows, indicating that the recovery in the world's second-largest economy is still weak.

Goal-line technology will be introduced in the English Premier League in time for the 2013-14 season, the Football Association (FA) expects.

China Mobile and Vodafone have signed an agreement to form a consortium to bid for a mobile telecommunications licence in Myanmar/Burma.

Tokyo stocks have hit levels not seen since 2008, as investors embraced sweeping new Bank of Japan stimulus measures that have raised hopes of economic revival.

The Bank of Japan has said it will expand the country's money supply, as it tries to stimulate growth in the world's third-largest economy.

A statement from Pyongyang on Thursday said its military had been given final approval to launch a nuclear strike against the United States following Washington's decision to move an advanced missile defence system to the Pacific island of Guam.

Tensions between North and South Korea continued to escalate Wednesday, with the North blocking the entry of South Korean workers into a joint industrial zone.