Asia

Suspected rebels kill 17, wound 24 in east India
Suspected Maoist rebels set off a land mine and opened fire Saturday on a convoy of cars carrying local leaders and supporters of India's ruling ...
Obama's drone rules provide limits, ambiguity
President Barack Obama left plenty of ambiguity in new policy guidelines that he says will restrict how and when the U.S. can launch targeted drone ...
16 children, 1 teacher die in Pakistan bus fire
Sixteen schoolchildren and a teacher burned to death in eastern Pakistan early Saturday when a short-circuit near a leaking gas tank caused their ...
2-child limit for Muslims in parts of Myanmar
Authorities in Myanmar's western Rakhine state have imposed a two-child limit for Muslim Rohingya families, a policy that does not apply to Buddhists ...
Bus Fire Kills 16 Children, Teacher in Pakistan
Police say that a teacher and 16 children died in eastern Pakistan when a minibus taking the children to school suddenly caught fire.
Gas cylinder blast on Pakistan school bus kills 17
At least 17 children were burned to death in eastern Pakistan on Saturday when a faulty gas cylinder exploded on the bus taking them to school, police ...
UK-bound Pakistan plane diverted, 2 men arrested
Britain scrambled fighter jets Friday to intercept a commercial airliner carrying more than 300 people from Pakistan, diverting it to an isolated ...
Obama's drone speech could improve Pakistan ties
President Barack Obama's decision to impose more restrictive rules governing U.S. drone strikes and his prediction that they will be used less could ...
Obama's speech welcomed in Pakistan, Yemen
President Barack Obama's speech on the use of drones and the fate of Guantanamo prisoners was largely welcomed Friday in two key countries affected ...
5 climbers feared dead on world's 3rd highest peak
Five climbers including two Hungarians and a South Korean are missing on the world's third-highest mountain and feared dead, a mountaineering official ...
Obama balances threats against Americans' rights
Forecasting the changing nature of threats against the U.S. for years to come, President Barack Obama says "America is at a crossroads." And so, too, ...
Obama sees narrower terror threat, defends drones
President Barack Obama sought Thursday to advance the U.S. beyond the unrelenting war effort of the past dozen years, defining a narrower terror ...
Seen and heard at the Cannes Film Festival
Associated Press journalists open their notebooks at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival. 'GRIGRIS' ENTRY IN CANNES BRINGS PRIDE TO AFRICAN NATION OF CHAD ...
Japanese man, 80, oldest to top Everest _ for now
An 80-year-old Japanese man who began the year with his fourth heart operation became the oldest conqueror of Mount Everest on Thursday, a feat he ...
Pakistan arrested American who was killed by drone
An American citizen killed in a U.S. drone strike in Pakistan in 2011 was arrested by Pakistani authorities three years earlier but escaped after ...
Taliban rickshaw bomb kills 13 in Pakistan
A large bomb hidden by the Taliban in a rickshaw exploded as a police vehicle passed in southwest Pakistan on Thursday, killing 11 policemen and two ...
Japanese climber, 80, becomes oldest atop Everest
An 80-year-old Japanese man who has had four heart operations in recent years became the oldest person to climb to the top of Mount Everest on ...
Police: Car bomb kills 12 in southwest Pakistan
A car bomb targeting a police vehicle killed 11 policemen and one civilian Thursday in an area of southwest Pakistan wracked by a separatist ...
4 Americans killed since 2009 in US drone strikes
The Obama administration acknowledged for the first time Wednesday that four American citizens have been killed in drone strikes in Pakistan and Yemen ...
Chinese premier visits Pakistan, praises ties
China's premier signed economic agreements and praised Pakistan in glowing terms as he began a two-day visit Wednesday, underscoring the importance ...
Activists angry as India targets foreign funding
An Indian activist group said Wednesday the government has frozen its bank account as part of a broader crackdown on rights groups that receive ...