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Afghan parliament votes to oust key ministers
The Afghan parliament voted Saturday to dismiss the country's defense and interior ministers, a move that threatens to throw the country's security ...
Indian coach accepts AIBA's reversal of victory
India's veteran boxing coach says he accepts the decision by amateur boxing's governing body to overturn his welterweight's apparent victory on Friday
India left in dark by utilities losing $10B a year
A decade ago, Chandrakant's fishing village in India's financial capital Mumbai lived mostly by candlelight. What people did not have — electricity ...
Argentina, Australia draw in Olympic field hockey
Argentina overcame a 2-0 halftime deficit to draw 2-2 Friday with No. 1-ranked Australia and earn its first points in the men's field hockey ...
Parents found guilty of murdering daughter in UK
The girl was murdered by her Pakistani parents for her Western ways. And it was her little sister who bravely told jurors how her mother and father ...
Scarce rain in India hurts farms, power supply
Amarnath Sharma has waited weeks for rains to soak his parched rice paddies so he can start planting. He is one of millions of farmers across India ...
Pakistan's top court strikes down contempt law
Pakistan's Supreme Court on Friday struck down a recently passed law to protect the prime minister from being charged with contempt of court and ...
India's Olympic mystery woman apologizes for error
India's Olympic mystery woman has apologized for gatecrashing the opening ceremony in London, saying an "error in judgment" caused her to walk at the ...
Bollywood gets racy with 'Jism 2'
"Jism 2" stars a hard-core porn actress, and it does have that pesky title. But it's not a porn movie. Bollywood is certainly not ready for that.
Top US commander in Afghanistan visits Pakistan
The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan discussed border coordination with Pakistan's army chief Thursday during his first visit since Islamabad ended ...
Indian businesses weather blackouts, but at a cost
Work making potato chip display racks at Jayraj Kumar's factory barely paused when much of India's power grid collapsed. The backup generators kicked ...
Australia beats Spain 5-0 in Olympic field hockey
Australia overwhelmed Spain 5-0 in men's field hockey at the London Olympics Wednesday, turning what was expected to be a close match into a rout.
Fla. terror case hits competency, witness snags
A once high-profile federal prosecution of an elderly Muslim cleric and one of his sons on terrorism finance charges has become bogged down in ...
Report: Afghan militants have mafia-like financing
One of the deadliest militant groups in Afghanistan, the Haqqani network, has developed a sophisticated, "mafia"-style financing operation that relies ...
AP PHOTOS: Scenes from massive Indian power outage
Stranded passengers, commuters on dark streets, people making food over campfires. The massive electric grid collapse in India swept people back to ...
Electricity grids fail across half of India
Electric crematoria were snuffed out with bodies inside, New Delhi's Metro shut down and hundreds of coal miners were trapped underground after three ...
US wants tougher Pakistani action against Haqqanis
The Obama administration expressed renewed frustration with Pakistan on Tuesday, urging its reluctant counterterrorism ally to break remaining links ...
Scout Willis gets community service in NYC case
Scout Willis, the daughter of Demi Moore and Bruce Willis, can do community service to resolve her public-drinking and fake-ID case, a judge said ...
Notable power outages around the world
Some notable power outages around the world: July 31, 2012: Three power grids across half of India fail in what authorities call overdrawing of the ...
Wife of UK terrorism suspect also faces charge
The pregnant wife of a British Muslim convert accused of travelling to Pakistan for terrorism training has also been charged with a terrorism-related ...
Pakistan, US sign troop supply deal
Pakistan and the United States signed a deal regulating the shipment of American troop supplies to and from Afghanistan on Tuesday, prompting ...
Taliban happy Pakistan reopened NATO supply line
As the United States trumpeted its success in persuading Pakistan to end its seven-month blockade of supplies for NATO troops in Afghanistan, another ...