Asia shares slide, Nikkei down 7.3 percent, as Japan bond yields rise, China factories weaken.

Suspected rebels kill 2, wound several in India

Suspected Maoist rebels on Saturday attacked a convoy of cars carrying local leaders and supporters of India's ruling Congress party in a Maoi…

16 children, 1 teacher die in Pakistan bus fire

By ZAHEER BABAR

Sixteen schoolchildren and a teacher burned to death in eastern Pakistan early Saturday when a short-circuit near a leaking gas tank caused th…

Radiation leak at Japan lab; small impact expected

By ELAINE KURTENBACH

An atomic research lab in northern Japan has reported a radiation leak that may have affected about 55 people, though none were hospitalized a…

Suicide bomber dies in blast in Afghan capital

By RAHIM FAIEZ

A would-be suicide bomber died when his explosives-rigged vest went off prematurely in Afghanistan's capital on Saturday morning, police said.…

2-child limit for Muslims in parts of Myanmar

Authorities in Myanmar's western Rakhine state have imposed a two-child limit for Muslim Rohingya families, a policy that does not apply to Bu…

Balloons bring smiles in war-weary Afghan capital

By AHMAD SEIR

Artists and activists handed out 10,000 bright pink balloons to residents in Afghanistan's war-weary capital on Saturday, bringing smiles to s…

Ex-sex slave says Japan mayor's remark 'absurd'

By MARI YAMAGUCHI

A former sex slave says a Japanese mayor's remarks about Japan's wartime sex slavery are "absurd."

7 Filipino marines, 5 militants killed in clash

At least seven Filipino marines and five militants were killed in a clash Saturday as the military launched an offensive against al-Qaida-link…

NKorean envoy delivers letter to China's president

A top North Korean envoy has delivered a letter from leader Kim Jong Un to Chinese President Xi Jinping and told him Pyongyang would take step…

Obama's drone speech could improve Pakistan ties

By SEBASTIAN ABBOT

President Barack Obama's decision to impose more restrictive rules governing U.S. drone strikes and his prediction that they will be used less…

World stocks lower after big sell-off

By NATALIYA VASILYEVA

World stocks edged lower on Friday, a day after markets around the world dropped sharply on concerns global growth is slowing and the Federal …

Abe on 1st trip to Myanmar by Japan PM in 36 years

By AYE AYE WIN

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrived in Myanmar on Friday on the first visit to the country by a Japanese leader in 36 years, as Tokyo bids to re…

Obama's speech welcomed in Pakistan, Yemen

By SEBASTIAN ABBOT

President Barack Obama's speech on the use of drones and the fate of Guantanamo prisoners was largely welcomed Friday in two key countries aff…

Oil falls below $94 on weak outlook for demand

By PABLO GORONDI

The price of oil was knocked below $94 a barrel Friday by a combination of ample supplies and lukewarm demand.

5 climbers feared dead on world's 3rd highest peak

Five climbers including two Hungarians and a South Korean are missing on the world's third-highest mountain and feared dead, a mountaineering …

US lauds India for reducing Iranian oil imports

By ASHOK SHARMA

A senior American official on Friday praised India for reducing oil imports from Iran and said the U.S. government will decide soon on New Del…

Suspected Kashmiri rebels kill 4 Indian soldiers

Four Indian army soldiers and a suspected rebel were killed in fighting in the Indian portion of Kashmir on Friday, officials said.

Foreign preacher takes rare turn on Vietnam stage

By CHRIS BRUMMITT

The 25,000 people at the soccer stadium and the millions more watching at home waited 90 minutes before the Australian evangelical preacher go…

Police: Suicidal jumper's fall kills SKorean girl

By SAM KIM

South Korean police say a suicidal man jumping to his death killed a 5-year-old girl by falling on her as she walked with her parents outside …

Japan's ANA to resume Boeing 787 flights on Sunday

Japan's All Nippon Airways, the launch customer for Boeing's 787 "Dreamliner," will resume commercial flights of the aircraft on Sunday, just …

Stricken Japan nuke plant struggles to keep staff

By YURI KAGEYAMA

Keeping the meltdown-stricken Fukushima nuclear plant in northeastern Japan in stable condition requires a cast of thousands. Increasingly the…

Japanese man, 80, oldest to top Everest _ for now

By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA

An 80-year-old Japanese man who began the year with his fourth heart operation became the oldest conqueror of Mount Everest on Thursday, a fea…

Pakistan arrested American who was killed by drone

By RIAZ KHAN

An American citizen killed in a U.S. drone strike in Pakistan in 2011 was arrested by Pakistani authorities three years earlier but escaped af…

Malaysian charged with sedition, 3 more arrested

By SEAN YOONG

Malaysian authorities detained three anti-government figures, charged a student activist with sedition and seized hundreds of opposition newsp…

Japan gyrations underline economy's vulnerability

By ELAINE KURTENBACH

Japan's financial markets gyrated wildly Thursday, underscoring the vulnerability of its economy to a loss of investor confidence as Prime Min…

US family leaves Singapore frustrated with inquest

By HEATHER TAN

The parents of an American software engineer found dead in his Singapore apartment last year left the city-state Thursday before the end of a …

Heat wave causes power outages, anger in India

By BISWAJEET BANERJEE

A blistering heat wave has swept across most parts of north and western India, causing massive electricity cuts and leading angry residents to…

Father of Afghanistan cricket captain abducted

Gunmen kidnapped the father of Afghanistan's national cricket team captain near his home in an eastern city, officials said Thursday.

Bangladesh: Owners' many failings led to collapse

By FARID HOSSAIN

The defects and errors that led to the world's deadliest garment-industry accident extend from the swampy ground the doomed Rana Plaza was bui…

Lawyer: Malaysian accused of rape married the girl

Prosecutors in Malaysia are pursuing rape charges against a 40-year-old man who allegedly had sex with a 13-year-old girl and then married her.

Am. Samoa to keep flier miles of govt travelers

By FILI SAGAPOLUTELE

American Samoa plans to take away frequent flier miles from government workers who travel on behalf of the U.S. territory and use the loyalty …

Afghan students protest women's rights decree

By KAY JOHNSON and RAHIM FAIEZ

Hard-line Islamist students protested in the Afghan capital demanding the repeal of a presidential decree for women's rights that they say is …

North Korean leader sends special envoy to China

By MARGIE MASON

After months of ignoring Chinese warnings to give up nuclear weapons, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sent a high-level confidant to Beijing o…

Chinese premier visits Pakistan, praises ties

By SEBASTIAN ABBOT

China's premier signed economic agreements and praised Pakistan in glowing terms as he began a two-day visit Wednesday, underscoring the impor…

Japan approves joining int'l child abduction pact

By MALCOLM FOSTER

Japan's parliament on Wednesday approved joining an international child custody treaty amid foreign pressure for Tokyo to address concerns tha…

Japan watchdog: Nuclear plant sits on active fault

By MARI YAMAGUCHI

Japan's nuclear watchdog on Wednesday endorsed a panel's conclusion that a seismic fault running underneath one of two reactors at an atomic p…

Death toll rises to 23 in China factory blast

The death toll from a massive blast at an explosives plant in eastern China has risen to 23 with 10 people still missing.

Fishermen pay price in Asia's volatile sea rifts

By JIM GOMEZ

Along the northwestern Philippine coast, poor children with claw hammers clamber aboard an abandoned fishing vessel to pry loose and steal rus…

6 kids among 7 injured in south China attack

A mentally ill man attacked six primary school students and a woman with a cleaver in the latest of a string of attacks on Chinese schoolchild…

All 28 bodies recovered from Indonesian mine room

By JEFREY PATTIRAJAWANE

Rescuers on Wednesday recovered the last of 28 miners killed last week when an underground room of a giant Indonesian gold and copper mine col…

Japan mulls talks with NKorea, surprising allies

Japan's government is looking into re-opening official talks with North Korea to resolve questions over the abductions of Japanese citizens de…

State media shows NKorea has new military chief

A North Korean state media dispatch shows that leader Kim Jong Un has named a hardline general as his new military chief.

Owner: Chinese boat's captain beaten by NKoreans

By LOUISE WATT

Gunmen wearing North Korean military uniforms released a Chinese fishing boat after holding its crew for two weeks, beating up the captain and…

India offers more aid for rebuilding Afghanistan

By ASHOK SHARMA

India offered on Tuesday to provide more training and reconstruction aid for Afghanistan as most international troops prepare to withdraw next year.

Hundreds seek compensation in Japan nuclear crisis

By MARI YAMAGUCHI

Hundreds of people living just outside Japan's Fukushima prefecture say they have been denied adequate compensation after the country's 2011 n…

Kyrgyzstan bent on evicting US air base in 2014

Kyrgyzstan's president has reaffirmed that next year the Central Asian nation will evict the U.S. air base that supports military operations i…

Experts: Japan nuke plant needs more fault data

Experts commissioned by the operator of a Japanese nuclear plant that faces possible closure because of a suspected active seismic fault say a…

Female Saudi Everest climber happy to change views

By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA

The first woman from Saudi Arabia to scale Mount Everest said she doesn't intend to inspire a movement, but would be happy to change people's …

Massive power failure strikes southern Thailand

A massive power failure has affected more than 8 million people in Thailand's 14 southern provinces, including popular tourist areas such as K…

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