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Hagel issues stern warning to China
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel delivered a two-pronged message to Beijing — holding out hope for a slowly improving military relationship with the ...
NKorean farmers planting rice with profits in mind
North Korean farmers knee deep in muddy paddies across the country have a new incentive during this year's crucial rice planting season: possible ...
China president heads to Caribbean to talk trade
Chinese President Xi Jinping is shopping in the Caribbean for new sources of energy for his growing country. President Xi arrived in the rain Friday ...
Oil falls below $92 on high supplies, OPEC output
The price of oil fell 2 percent to its lowest level in a month after OPEC stuck to its current production target despite ample supplies of crude. U.S.
Ex-general wants post-2014 troop levels announced
The former top U.S. commander in Afghanistan called on the White House Friday to announce how many troops it intends to leave in that country after ...
Pakistan may be next in line for an IMF bailout
With foreign reserves diminishing fast, Pakistan is on the brink of an economic crisis that may force its new government to ask for an unpopular ...
Pakistan army battles militants in NW, killing 19
The Pakistani military killed 19 militants in a late night battle for control of strategic mountain peaks in an area near the Afghan border, the army ...
Kyrgyzstan rocked by protest at Canadian gold mine
Hundreds of stone-throwing protesters besieged a Canadian gold mine in Kyrgyzstan on Friday, clashing violently with riot police and prompting the ...
Allen wants post-2014 troop levels announced
The former top U.S. commander in Afghanistan is calling on the White House to announce how many troops it intends to leave in that country after 2014.
Kerry defends US drone policy after Pakistan hit
Secretary of State John Kerry is defending U.S. drone strikes after the CIA's killing of a senior Taliban member. Kerry says the U.S. is at war with ...
Stocks hit by euro jobless rise, Fed uncertainty
Uncertainty over how long the U.S. Federal Reserve will continue with its stimulus policies and more grim European jobs news weighed on markets Friday
Taliban deny attacking Red Cross in Afghanistan
The Taliban on Friday denied any role in this week's attack on an International Committee of the Red Cross compound in eastern Afghanistan, saying ...
Legendary, China Film teaming to make blockbusters
Legendary Entertainment, the Hollywood studio behind "The Hangover" franchise, is teaming with state-owned China Film Group to make more global ...
Q&A: Abenomics, panacea or peril for Japan?
Recent turmoil in financial markets is raising worries over Japan's economy and the deflation-busting "Abenomics" policies championed by Prime ...
India's economic growth slowest in a decade
India's economy expanded at its slowest pace in a decade last fiscal year, adding to pressure on the government to speed up economic reforms.
China's entrepreneurs expand global presence
The force behind China's biggest takeover of an American company is a 71-year-old meat-packing entrepreneur dubbed "China's Chief Butcher" by the ...
Japan deflation persists, industrial output falls
Japan's core consumer price index fell 0.4 percent in April from a year earlier, while industrial production also weakened, the government reported ...
Myanmar can quadruple economy by 2030, report says
Blessed with natural resources, including significant gas reserves and precious gems, Myanmar has the potential to more than quadruple the size of its ...
Activists criticize reported NKorean repatriation
Human rights groups have demanded that North Korea guarantee the safety of nine of its citizens who reportedly fled to Laos, only to be apprehended ...
In Vietnam, a Cuban rat poison finds new market
His wares banned in much of the world, the Vietnamese salesman hawking a rat poison laced with salmonella sought to prove the bait was as safe as ...
Asian stock markets mixed after US lukewarm data
Asian stock markets were choppy Friday after lackluster U.S. economic reports raised expectations that the U.S. Federal Reserve would stick to its ...
Japan suspends imports after modified wheat found
Japan has suspended some imports of U.S. wheat after a genetically engineered version of the grain was found on a U.S. farm. The Agriculture ...
Khmer Rouge leaders apologize to victims' families
Former leaders of Cambodia's Khmer Rouge being tried by a U.N.-backed genocide tribunal apologized to families of victims of the regime's atrocities, ...
Myanmar Muslims find shelter in Buddhist monastery
More than 1,000 Muslims who fled Myanmar's latest bout of sectarian violence huddled in a Buddhist monastery guarded by army soldiers as calm returned ...