James R. Lilley, a longtime CIA operative and later the U.S. ambassador to China during the time of the Tiananmen Square crackdown, has died. He was 81. Read More

Obama seeks equal partnership in Asia; welcomes China's growing economic muscle Read More

President Barack Obama pressed on with his mission to repair America's global standing, telling Asians he was determined to engage them as equal partners in the economy, diplomacy and security. Read More

A fire tore though an indoor shooting range in southern South Korea on Saturday, killing 10 people, including at least two Japanese tourists, and injuring six, police said. Read More

A speeding train derailed in western India early Saturday, killing at least nine people and injuring more than 80. Read More

Police say a suicide car bombing targeting a security force checkpoint has killed seven people in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar. Read More

Police: Suicide attacker carried out car bombing in northwest Pakistani city of Peshawar. Read More

Indonesian authorities say they are deporting 11 foreign Greenpeace activists for joining a protest against forest destruction. Read More

A mountain rescue company says that a veteran Slovenian climber has been found dead in the Himalayas after getting injured and stranded. Read More

Government forces have killed more than 20 militants in Chechnya, and a bomb blast at a cemetery in a neighboring province killed three relatives visiting the grave of a police officer slain by insurgents, law enforcement authorities said. Read More

Washington signaled it will resist protectionism as it copes with the economic downturn, announcing Saturday that the U.S. will join a free-trade area with other Pacific Rim nations. Read More

More than a thousand devout Jews noisly protested in Jerusalem on Saturday against plans by computer chip maker Intel to operate on the Jewish day of rest. Read More

Lebanon's new government, a shaky coalition of Western-backed factions and the militant Hezbollah, is unlikely to tackle the chief challenge the country faces _ a buildup of the Iranian-backed group's weapons _ even as the rockets cause sharp new tensions with neighboring Israel. Read More

Iranian police have set up a special unit to monitor Web sites and fight Internet crimes, in a possible attack on the opposition, which relies on that medium to broadcast its message, local newspapers reported Saturday Read More

The United States and Russia have agreed on the broad outlines of a deal to replace a major Cold-War era arms control agreement and are trying to work out remaining technical issues, U.S. officials say. Read More

A North Korean cargo ship entered South Korean waters Saturday _ a sign that trade has been unaffected by a recent deadly naval clash off their western coasts, an official said. Read More

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The brother-in-law of Iran's top opposition leader will be put on trial before the Revolutionary Court, months after his arrest in the country's postelection crackdown, Tehran's top prosecutor said Friday. Read More

Unusually early snow storms in north-central China have claimed 40 lives, caused thousands of buildings to collapse and destroyed almost 500,000 acres (200,000 hectares) of winter crops, the Civil Affairs Ministry said Friday. Read More

Huge explosions and flames ripped through a Russian military arsenal for hours on Friday, killing two firefighters and sending personnel fleeing to a bomb shelter to wait out the worst of the firestorm, officials said. Read More