Asia & Pacific

Anne Smedinghoff, 25, was on her way to deliver books to school children in Qalat, Afghanistan on Saturday when two suicide bombers approached her convoy. Smedinghoff, a Department of State ...

NATO strike kills 11: A NATO air strike has killed 11 children and one woman in Afghanistan, officials ...

North Korea's Ministry of Foreign Affairs warned foreign embassies in Pyongyang on April 5 that they should evacuate ...

Australian Senator John Madigan says respect is key to the Australia-China relationship, as Prime Minister Julia Gillard visits ...

A video showing a man who chewed lollipops into small face sculptures was likely a hoax intended to ...

Face-sized tarantula: A tarantula the size of a person's face was discovered recently in Sri Lanka. The tarantula ...

Fake zebra escapes: Several dozen staff members at the Tama Zoological Park in Japan chased a keeper dressed ...

Russia could establish bases in Afghanistan to repair military hardware as NATO winds down its mission in the ...

The United States sent F-22 fighter jets to join South Korean millitary drills Monday, April 1, according to ...

U.S. jets to S. Korea: The U.S. sent F-22 stealth jets to South Korea on Sunday to join ...

Footwear tourism in Malaysia comprises a large portion of footwear exports that bring about $200 million annually to ...

North Korea threatened to shut down an industrial complex that is seen as the last major symbol of ...

North Korea state of war: On Friday, North Korea said it would be in a "state of war" ...

Crucifixion re-enactment: On Good Friday, thousands gathered in a town in the Philippines to watch the re-enactment of ...

North Korea rockets have been placed on standby this week, state run media said. One official said the ...

Afghan villagers are being affected by Predator drones, or benghai ("buzzing of flies" in Pashto).

Bollywood star prison sentence: Sanjay Dutt, a star of numerous Bollywood films, will serve a prison term for ...

South Korean President Park Geun-hye's honeymoon was over before it even began. Half a dozen Cabinet appointees have ...

6.1 Taiwan quake: A powerful quake hit a rural area in Taiwan early on Wednesday, injuring at least ...

Bin Laden shooter dispute: There has been a dispute over who killed terror leader Osama bin Laden after ...

Analysts say it is a familiar pattern of attention seeking but with a new leader heading the rogue ...

$5 "just looking" fee is being charged at an Australian store for people who look but do not ...

North Korea high alert? The isolated, communist regime of North Korea said it has placed its rocket forces ...

The Australian Senate unanimously passed a motion on March 21 urging the government to oppose the practice of ...

When a transplant donor is a person overseas who has been commercially exploited or even worse, effectively killed ...

Ieng Sary, a Khmer Rouge leader, 87, died. He held senior positions within the Khmer Rouge from 1975 ...

New South Wales Government must enact laws to criminalise organ tourism, says a state legislator, after a petition ...