Defusing dangerous situation 13 min ago | Add a comment TENSIONS between India and Pakistan ratcheted higher during the weekend with authorities in Mumbai reckoning the human carnage wrought by 10 terrorists that left nearly 200 dead, with the toll...

Political protests hamper Thailand 22 hr ago | Add a comment BANGKOK, Thailand — Government supporters converged on the capital on Sunday, in a counter to rival protesters who seized control of Bangkok’s two airports and forced the prime minister...

Attacks leave scars in India Sat, Nov 29, 2008 MUMBAI, India — It took just 10 young men armed with rifles and grenades to terrorize this city of 18 million. The attacks turned postcard-perfect icons into battlefields until security...

Mumbai terror rage ends after 60 hours, 195 dead Sat, Nov 29, 2008 MUMBAI, India - A 60-hour terror rampage that killed at least 195 people across India's financial capital ended Saturday when commandos killed the last three gunmen inside a luxury hotel while it...

India blames "elements" in Pakistan for attacks Fri, Nov 28, 2008 | Comments 1 NEW DELHI - India pointed the finger of blame at Pakistan on Friday, saying preliminary investigations into the bloody attacks on its commercial capital showed that "some elements" inside the rival...

Clues suggest homegrown terrorists in India attack Thu, Nov 27, 2008 LONDON - The attack on India's financial capital bears all the trademarks of al-Qaida — simultaneous assaults meant to kill scores of Westerners in iconic buildings — but clues so far point to...

China invests heavily in Cuban products Tue, Nov 18, 2008 | Add a comment HAVANA — China’s president was signing dozens of trade and investment deals with communist ally Cuba on Tuesday. It was part of a Latin America trip on which Chinese businessmen have...

US supply line threatened by Pakistan truck halt Sun, Nov 16, 2008 | Add a comment PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan temporarily barred oil tankers and container trucks from a key passageway to Afghanistan, threatening a critical supply route for U.S. and NATO troops on Sunday...

Envoy’s Taiwan trip highlights differences Fri, Nov 7, 2008 | Comments 1 TAIPEI, Taiwan — Chinese envoy Chen Yunlin stepped off the plane with a mission: Make history by becoming the most senior Chinese official to visit Taiwan. Sign a landmark trade deal. Draw...

Obama speaks with 9 world leaders Thu, Nov 6, 2008 | Add a comment CHICAGO - President-elect Obama accepted congratulations from nine presidents and prime ministers Thursday, returning calls from world leaders who reached out after his presidential victory. The...

Growing cooperation aids Pakistan success Tue, Nov 4, 2008 | Add a comment WASHINGTON — Pakistan is publicly complaining about U.S. airstrikes. But the country’s new chief of intelligence, Lt. Gen. Ahmed Shuja Pasha, visited Washington last week for talks with...

Mayor culpa: Climbing aboard apology bandwagon Sun, Nov 2, 2008 | Add a comment Tony Blair apologized for British indifference to the Irish famine. Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd apologized for the treatment of Aborigines. Pope John Paul II apologized for the Crusades....

US envoy takes new nuclear proposal to NKorea Fri, Sep 19, 2008 SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- Washington's top nuclear negotiator took a new proposal to North Korea on Wednesday to try to salvage a derailed disarmament pact amid reported signs of...

Analysis: North Korea nuclear deal falling apart Fri, Jun 16, 2006 WASHINGTON (AP) -- A rare foreign policy success for the Bush administration is imploding as North Korea backs away from pledges to abandon nuclear weapons, pretty much as the president's...

China landslide kills 151, hopes fade for missing Fri, Jun 13, 2008 XIANGFEN, China (AP) -- A landslide that unleashed a three-story wave of mud and iron ore waste at an illegal mining operation in China has killed at least 151 people and authorities fear...

Officials: Bush secretly OK'd raids in Pakistan Thu, Dec 27, 2007 WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Bush secretly approved U.S. military raids inside Pakistan against alleged terrorist targets, according to current and former U.S. officials with recent...

Western officials suggest NKorean leader is ill Tue, Sep 9, 2008 SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- There was no sign of Kim Jong Il at a closely watched parade Tuesday marking the 60th anniversary of North Korea's founding, and Western officials said the all...

Kim Jong Il may be gravely ill, jeopardizing talks Wed, Sep 10, 2008 WASHINGTON (AP) -- North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il may be gravely ill, perhaps the victim of a stroke, U.S. and other Western officials said Tuesday after he failed to appear for a...

Bhutto widower elected Pakistani president Wed, Feb 20, 2008 ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) -- Benazir Bhutto's widower swept Pakistan's presidential election on Saturday, offering hope for stability to a nuclear-armed country feeling intense U.S....

US nuclear envoy meets China in N. Korea impasse Sat, Jul 12, 2008 BEIJING (AP) -- The top U.S. nuclear envoy met with his Chinese counterpart Saturday as part of the latest round of talks aimed at breaking a deadlock over verification of North Korea's...