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Hundreds of fishermen missing in Philippine storm
The number of people missing after a typhoon devastated the Philippines jumped to nearly 900 after families and fishing companies reported losing ...
China's money changes the landscape in Australia
Tony Clift's family has plowed the rich black soil of Australia's Liverpool Plains for six generations. The thought of selling never crossed his mind ...
Obama praises special ops forces after rescue
A member of a U.S. special operations team was killed during a weekend rescue mission in Afghanistan that freed an American doctor abducted by the ...
Chinese company wins bid for battery maker A123
Bankrupt battery maker A123 Systems Inc. on Sunday said it will sell most of its assets to the U.S. arm of Chinese auto parts conglomerate Wanxiang ...
Pakistan: US drone kills senior al-Qaida leader
A U.S. drone strike has killed a senior al-Qaida leader in Pakistan's tribal region near the Afghan border, Pakistani intelligence officials said, in ...
Military: US service member killed in Afghanistan
The U.S. military says one of its service members has been killed in eastern Afghanistan. The U.S. force says in a statement that the service member ...
Pacquiao loss downs spirit of storm-hit Filipinos
Filipino fans were stunned by Manny Pacquiao's knockout defeat to Juan Manuel Marquez, dampening the spirit of a nation battered by a powerful typhoon ...
Pakistan's largest city rocked by wave of violence
Bodies are piling up in Pakistan's largest city as it suffers one of its most violent years in history, and concern is growing that the chaos is ...
US-led coalition: US doctor rescued from Taliban
An American doctor abducted by the Taliban five days ago was rescued Sunday in eastern Afghanistan, the U.S.-led military coalition said. Dr.
Asada, Takahashi win Grand Prix Final in Russia
Mao Asada of Japan won the Grand Prix Final on Saturday, topping American Ashley Wagner in a clean free program that ranged from sprightly to quietly ...
UN conference adopts extension of Kyoto accord
Seeking to control global warming, nearly 200 countries agreed Saturday to extend the Kyoto Protocol, a treaty that limits the greenhouse gas output ...
Karzai: Afghan spy chief bomber came from Pakistan
Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Saturday that the recent assassination attempt on the country's intelligence chief was planned in Pakistan, but ...
Correction: People-PSY-Protests story
In a story Dec. 7 about the South Korean rapper PSY, The Associated Press erroneously reported the date of a charity concert where the singer is ...
Bollywood wows Morocco, dreams of America
For once, the storytellers, snake charmers and food stalls were gone from Marrakech's main square and in their place pulsed a crowd of thousands of ...
US: 200 teens have been detained in Afghan war
The U.S. military has detained more than 200 Afghan teenagers who were captured in the war for about a year at a time at a military prison next to ...
China's Xi leads campaign to cut pomp
New communist leader Xi Jinping is on a mission to soften the image of Chinese officialdom, winning kudos for his breezy personal style and ordering ...
Polarizing Indian politician seeks another win
For thousands of voters in this dusty little town, nothing is impossible for Narendra Modi, the man they believe has worked magic to reinvent the ...
Canada OKs CNOOC's takeover bid for Nexen
Canada approved China's biggest overseas energy acquisition, a $15.1 billion takeover by state-owned CNOOC of Canadian oil and gas producer Nexen, but ...
UN climate talks go into overtime in Qatar
The world's poorest countries, inundated by rising seas and worsening disasters, made a last ditch plea for financial help early Saturday as ...
Pearl Harbor dead remembered on 71st anniversary
More than 2,000 people at Pearl Harbor and many more around the country on Friday marked the 71st anniversary of the Japanese attack that killed ...
India's parliament permits foreign retailers entry
India's parliament on Friday approved the government's plans to open up the country's massive retail sector to international big-box companies such ...
World stocks rise after positive US jobs figures
Global stock markets mostly rose after a better-than-forecast U.S. jobs report Friday offset gloomier data showing consumer confidence in the world's ...
Coffee from an elephant's gut fills a $50 cup
In the lush hills of northern Thailand, a herd of 20 elephants is excreting some of the world's most expensive coffee. Trumpeted as earthy in flavor ...
APNewsBreak: Dhaka factory lost fire certification
The factory where 112 garment workers died in a fire should have been shut down months ago. The fire department refused to renew the certification it ...
Tsunami warning lifted for strong Japan earthquake
A strong earthquake Friday struck the same Japanese coast devastated by last year's massive quake and tsunami, generating small waves but no immediate ...