June 15, 2013 Washington: US lawmakers have set out to puncture the claimed altruism of the man whose disclosure of top-secret surveillance programs have caused a storm in Washington, portraying him as a Beijing partisan in continuing US-China cyber wars.

June 15, 2013 There was as much shrugging as shock over Washington's latest leak.

June 15, 2013 Rupert Murdoch and his third wife, Wendi Deng Murdoch, had been living as a married couple until a few weeks ago.

June 15, 2013 A mist-covered mountain in Cambodia gives up its treasure, writes Lindsay Murdoch.

June 15, 2013 Human genes will no longer be controlled by private companies in America after a landmark ruling by the country's highest court.

June 15, 2013 Scratched and exhausted, Damian Evans pushed through dense Cambodian jungle into a clearing where mountain villagers long ago attempted to grow rice, stepping onto a weed-covered mound.

June 14, 2013 Four people were confirmed dead in a shooting in an area of St. Louis housing small businesses, St. Louis Police said on their official Twitter feed.

June 14, 2013 Google has pledged £1 million ($1.65 million) to a British charity that monitors online child porn, just days after British Prime Minister David Cameron demanded the internet giant do more to tackle the problem.

June 14, 2013 Edward Snowden, the self-confessed leaker of secret surveillance documents, claims the US has mounted massive hacking operations against hundreds of Chinese targets since 2009.

June 14, 2013 The mighty Mekong, the lifeblood of many Asian nations, and holiday destination for an increasing number of Australians, is being heavily dammed. Can the river, and the people who depend on it, survive?