[Translate] North Korea’s new leader, Kim Jong-un, has been formally named supreme commander of the country’s armed forces, state media said. Kim Jong-un, who took over after the death of his father Kim Jong-il earlier this month, was appointed at a meeting on Friday, KCNA news agency said. The move is seen as a clear sign that the young leader is fast consolidating power... 

[Translate] The BBC's Chris Rogers said many details of the two-day funeral had been kept secretNorth Korea has begun two days of funeral services for late leader Kim Jong-il with a huge procession in the capital, Pyongyang. Footage showed tens of thousands of soldiers with their heads bowed as a giant portrait of Mr Kim was carried slowly through the streets. His successor and... 

[Translate] Two former vice mayors in eastern China who were convicted of bribery were executed Tuesday, the country’s supreme court said, two of the harshest sentences handed down to high-level Chinese officials in recent years. The Supreme People’s Court said in a statement on its website that Xu Maiyong and Jiang Renjie had been sentenced to death and were executed Tuesday... 

[Translate] This is the brutal lynching and public display of the close confidante who shot dead Ahmed Wali Karzai – the half-brother of president Hamid Karzai. A group of men in plain clothes hung the corpse against the wall in Kandahar for around 20 minutes before they carried it away. Ahmed Wali Karzai was assassinated on Tuesday by the man who is said to have been from his own tribe... 

[Translate] Hu JintaoPresident Hu Jintao has warned members of the Communist Party of China that corruption could cost them the support and trust of the people. Mr Hu made the comments in an address in the Great Hall of the People in the capital, Beijing, marking the 90th anniversary of founding of the CPC. He praised the CPC’s achievements since taking power in 1949, but said members had... 

[Translate] Tahani (in pink) was just six years old when she she married Majed, 25 (standing next to her). Former classmate Ghada, also a child bride (in green), outside their mountain home in Hajjah, Yemen Wide-eyed and haunted, the heartbreaking expressions on these young girls’ faces hint at an innocence cruelly snatched away. They should be playing, learning and enjoying their childhood.... 

[Translate] Sreeja has struggled to come to terms with Haryana's patriarchal society A shortage of women in Haryana has led some Indian men to seek wives from other states, but the “imported” brides often struggle to adapt, writes the BBC’s Soutik Biswas. On the face of it, Sreeja leads a contented life with her husband, two children and a pet dog in a cosy two-room brick... 

[Translate] Mr Singh is also likely to take up the issue of Somali pirates India will offer $5bn (£3.1bn) credit to African nations to help them meet development goals, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said. Speaking at a meeting with African heads of state in Ethiopia, Mr Singh also pledged to support African education and infrastructure. He is in Africa in a bid to expand India’s trade... 

[Translate] “]Japan was rattled by a magnitude-7.1 aftershock nearly a month after a devastating earthquake and tsunami flattened the northeastern coast. Thursday’s aftershock, the strongest since the day of the magnitude-9.0 quake, was a fresh blow to victims of that March 11 quake and subsequent tsunami that killed at least 25,000 people, tore apart hundreds of thousands of homes... 

[Translate] The Japanese government has attacked the operator of a crippled nuclear plant for “unacceptable” mistakes. The Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) had said radiation levels were 10m times higher than normal before correcting the figure to 100,000 times. Workers are battling to stop radiation leaks at the Fukushima plant, hit by a quake and tsunami over two weeks ago. Meanwhile,...