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Vietnam provider drops foreign news TV channels
A Vietnamese satellite TV company stopped airing international channels including BBC and CNN on Thursday, citing a law that foreign governments have ...
Nepal plane crash injures 21, including 8 Japanese
A plane crashed while trying to land at a mountain airstrip in northern Nepal early Thursday, and all 21 people on board, including eight Japanese ...
6 Russian crew killed in ship fire in north Japan
Six Russian crew members have died in a fire aboard their freighter in a northern Japanese port. Takashi Kagaya, a police officer in Wakkanai, on the ...
Gosnell case fuels bitter US abortion debate
One of the last people seated in the witness box at Dr. Kermit Gosnell's murder trial was a character witness for a co-defendant, and had nothing to ...
Asia stocks mixed as Wall St. ignores euro gloom
Asian stock markets were mixed Thursday following dour European economic data that dampened hopes of a recovery there anytime soon. However, losses ...
Coin tossing breaks tie in Philippine mayoral race
What do you do when two candidates running for mayor in the Philippines get exactly the same number of votes? You get them to toss a coin.
Twin bombs strike Afghan checkpoint, killing 1
Two bombs exploded at a checkpoint outside a provincial governor's compound in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing at least one police officer, ...
Sharif's win sparks hope for Pakistan-India ties
Over a decade ago, the man now set to become Pakistan's next prime minister stood at this border crossing with archenemy India to inaugurate a ...
Oil falls below $93 on Europe, US economic news
The price of oil fell below $93 on Wednesday after disappointing economic reports from Europe and the U.S. By late morning in New York, benchmark oil ...
EU: China may be dumping mobile network equipment
A senior EU official says China may be illegally dumping and subsidizing the import into Europe of mobile telephone networks and their essential ...
IOC to chart out India's return to Olympic fold
The IOC will issue a "roadmap" for India's return to the Olympic fold after both sides reached agreement Wednesday on the terms for lifting the ...
Battles in Pakistan tribal area displace thousands
A new offensive by the Pakistani military against militants in a northwestern tribal area has displaced thousands of people in the past week, an ...
China questions Japan rule over Okinawa
China is trying to strengthen its claim on tiny, uninhabited, Japanese-controlled islands by raising questions about the much larger Okinawa chain ...
NKorea: American starts life at 'special prison'
An American citizen sentenced to 15 years of hard labor for what Pyongyang has described as hostile acts against the state has started life at a ...
Boats carrying fleeing Rohingya minority capsize
An overcrowded boat capsized while trying to escape a cyclone bearing down on Myanmar, tossing dozens of members of the displaced Rohingya minority ...
Asia stocks up as US small business mood improves
Enthusiasm on Wall Street sparked by another positive report on the U.S. economy helped push most Asian stock markets higher Wednesday. The National ...
Bollywood star Bachchan hopes for Hollywood roles
Bollywood's biggest star, Amitabh Bachchan, is willing to explore more Hollywood movies now that he's done his first. Bachchan says he has never been ...
Bangladesh honors the dead from building collapse
Thousands of mourners gathered Tuesday at the wreckage of a Bangladeshi garment factory building to offer prayers for the souls of the 1,127 people ...
Pakistan vote count shows big Sharif win
The vote count from last weekend's nationwide elections in Pakistan on Tuesday indicates a big win for former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's party.
AP Sources: Ng Ser Miang to run for IOC president
Singapore's Ng Ser Miang is set to become the second declared candidate in the race to succeed Jacques Rogge as president of the IOC.
IOC proposes global betting monitoring system
The IOC is proposing the establishment of a global system for monitoring betting patterns during major sports events, the latest step in efforts to ...
NATO says 3 US troops killed in Afghanistan
A roadside bomb struck a U.S. convoy in southern Afghanistan Tuesday, killing three American troops, while a motorcycle bomb in a crowded village ...
UK outlines troop plans in Afghanistan
Some British troops will be serving longer tours of duty as the U.K. prepares to end its combat role in Afghanistan, Britain's defense secretary said ...