Asia

Nepal's women climbers break highest glass ceiling
It's the world's highest glass ceiling. Of the 3,755 climbers who have scaled Mount Everest, more than half are Nepalese but only 21 of those locals ...
3 jurors picked in Pa. abortion doc's murder trial
Three women were chosen as jurors on Monday for the trial of a Philadelphia abortion provider charged with killing a patient and seven babies ...
Middle East is new global travel crossroads
It's 1 a.m. and the sprawling airport in this desert city is bustling. Enough languages fill the air to make a United Nations translator's head spin.
Florida imam convicted in Pakistani Taliban case
An elderly Muslim cleric was convicted Monday of funneling thousands of dollars to support the Pakistani Taliban terror organization, which is blamed ...
Protests over Pakistan bombing turn deadly
Gunmen shot and killed two people returning from a funeral Monday for Shiite Muslim victims of a massive bombing in Karachi, highlighting escalating ...
Afghan president lashes out at Pakistan
Afghan President Hamid Karzai lashed out once again at his supposed ally, Pakistan, saying Monday that a statement by a Pakistani cleric endorsing ...
Myanmar to open offshore oil and gas bids by April
Myanmar plans to put over 20 offshore oil and gas exploration blocks up for auction by April as the country pushes to attract foreign investment and ...
Car bomb kills 37, wounds 141 in southern Pakistan
A car bomb exploded outside a mosque on Sunday, killing 37 people and wounding another 141 in a Shiite Muslim dominated neighborhood in the southern ...
Kenzo delights with funky Indian temple style
Kenzo travelled to India for Sunday's delightful fall-winter 2013-14 homage to Asian temples. Taking the flatness of Far Eastern silhouettes, ...
Myanmar leader defends military's political role
Myanmar's president says the country's military is likely to retain its quota of seats in Parliament through the next election in 2015. During a visit ...
Gunmen kill Pakistani reporter in southwest
Pakistani police say gunmen on a motorcycle have shot and killed a reporter in southwest Pakistan. Senior police officer Ahmed Shah Lango says Mahmood ...
China executes 4 foreigners over Mekong murders
China executed four foreigners on Friday for killing 13 Chinese sailors in an attack on the Mekong River, following a live nationwide broadcast ...
Former Pakistan president sets mid-March return
Pakistan's former President Pervez Musharraf says he will return home from self-imposed exile this month to run in parliamentary elections despite ...
AP PHOTOS: A look at India's Kumbh Mela festival
Once every 12 years, tens of millions of Indians gather for one of Hinduism's holiest celebrations at the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna and the ...
Ford to sell cars and pickup trucks in Myanmar
Ford Motor Co. has signed a deal to distribute cars and pickup trucks in Myanmar, the head of Ford's local partner said. The automaker's first ...
Witness: NYC officer eyed colleague for kidnap
The cannibalism conspiracy case against a police officer took another odd turn on Thursday when an FBI agent testified that a New York Police ...
Bangladesh sentences Islamic party leader to death
A special tribunal in Bangladesh on Thursday sentenced a leader of an Islamic political party to death for crimes during the nation's 1971 war for ...
India's budget to push growth, rein in inflation
India's finance minister Thursday unveiled a national budget with a promise to put Asia's third largest economy back on a path of high growth and to ...
Terrorized ethnic group to form force in Pakistan
Inside the ruins of a market demolished by a powerful bomb, four tiny white candles —dwarfed by the scale of the destruction — flickered gently in the ...
Defense questions FBI agent in NY cannibal plot
A defense attorney for a police officer accused in a cannibalism plot pressed an FBI agent to explain where fantasy ends and reality begins Wednesday ...
Iran: Ignore US opposition to Pakistani gas deal
Iran's top leader told the visiting Pakistani president on Wednesday that the two countries should ignore U.S. opposition to construction of a gas ...
Fire at illegal market In India kills at least 19
A fire broke out at an illegal six-story plastics market in the Indian city of Kolkata early Wednesday, killing at least 19 people, police said.
Gunmen kill Pakistani reporter near Afghan border
A Pakistani private news channel says gunmen have shot and killed one of its reporters in the country's tribal region bordering Afghanistan.
Jury gets Fla. Taliban terror support case
After a nearly two-month trial, a federal jury began deliberating Tuesday in the case of an elderly Muslim cleric accused of funneling tens of ...