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Chinese AIDS patients fight hospital rejections
Wang Pinghe wants the tumor in his liver removed before it becomes life-threatening. But the 28-year-old Chinese villager knows it will be hard to ...
Sources: North Korea replaces defense minister
North Korea has replaced its defense minister with a hardline military commander believed responsible for deadly attacks on South Korea in 2010, ...
NKorea speculation overshadows SKorean rocket
South Korea on Thursday scrapped an attempt to fire its first satellite into orbit from its own soil amid speculation that North Korea was preparing ...
Asia stocks up on hopes for a US budget deal
Signs that U.S. political leaders may be closing in on a budget deal to avoid the so-called "fiscal cliff" boosted Asian stock markets Thursday.
North Korea joke slips over China's Great Firewall
How did a spoof article about North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un being the sexiest man alive end up as a real news item in China? Turns out it was a ...
Tibetan protests against Chinese rule in new phase
Two dozen Tibetans have set themselves on fire in western China this month in a dramatic acceleration of the protests against authoritarian Chinese ...
Rapper PSY wants Tom Cruise to go 'Gangnam Style'
The South Korean rapper behind YouTube's most-viewed video ever has set what might be a "Mission: Impossible" for himself. Asked which celebrity he ...
AP Exclusive: Disney, Sears used factory in fire
A hooded Mickey Mouse sweatshirt from Disney. Piles of children's shorts with Wal-Mart's Faded Glory label. Clothes with hip-hop star Sean Combs' ...
Report: Afghan politics hampers Kabul Bank case
Political interference stymied an investigation into the collapse of Afghanistan's largest bank, according to an independent report of how the men at ...
US suspends embassy account on Vietnam website
The U.S. Embassy in Hanoi has deactivated its account on a popular Vietnamese website that's full of suspected pirated music and Hollywood movies, the ...
Oil below $87 after OECD cuts growth forecasts
The price of oil fell below $87 a barrel Wednesday after the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development cut its growth outlook for the U.S.
After mostly silence, Jill Kelley defends herself
Jill Kelley wants the world to know that she didn't do anything wrong when she befriended top military brass. The Tampa socialite at the center of a ...
Japan suspends dubious reconstruction projects
Japan's government has suspended 35 projects included in a budget for reconstruction from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami after criticism the ...
China film studios plan Shanghai stock offerings
Two big Chinese state-owned film studios are planning to sell shares on the Shanghai stock exchange in a sign of Beijing's desire to build a film ...
Wired SKorea to stem digital addiction from age 3
Park Jung-in, an 11-year-old South Korean, sleeps with her Android smartphone instead of a teddy bear. When the screen beams with a morning alarm, she ...
First Singapore strike in years highlights strains
Singapore responded to its first strike in nearly three decades with riot police and strident official criticism of the disgruntled Chinese immigrant ...
Asia stocks fall as talks over US budget stall
Lack of progress in negotiations for a deal to avoid a U.S. budget crisis before a January deadline sent Asian stock markets lower on Wednesday.
China's party paper falls for Onion joke about Kim
The online version of China's Communist Party newspaper has hailed a report by The Onion naming North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un as the "Sexiest Man ...
Tampa socialite fighting back in Petraeus scandal
A Tampa socialite embroiled in the scandal that cost CIA Director David Petraeus his job fought back Tuesday after more than two weeks of silence as ...
Thai inmates go 'Gangnam Style' before PSY concert
A day before South Korean rap sensation PSY brings his "Gangnam Style" to Thailand, scores of inmates have danced to the hit behind barbed wire and ...
HK car park investment craze raises bubble fear
Investors looking for new places to park their cash in Hong Kong are driving up prices for parking spaces, sparking fears of a bubble in the Asian ...
US declines to label China a currency manipulator
The Obama administration declined Tuesday to label China a currency manipulator, noting that it has let the yuan rise nearly 10 percent in value ...
Female military members sue to serve in combat
Four female service members filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging the Pentagon's ban on women serving in combat, hoping the move will add pressure to ...
UN climate scientist: Sandy no coincidence
Though it's tricky to link a single weather event to climate change, Hurricane Sandy was "probably not a coincidence" but an example of the extreme ...
AP Exclusive: Graph suggests Iran working on bomb
Iranian scientists have run computer simulations for a nuclear weapon that would produce more than triple the explosive force of the World War II bomb ...