The 13 people killed when an Army psychiatrist allegedly opened fire on fellow soldiers at Fort Hood, Texas, included several people who shared the same profession as the alleged shooter, a father of three with ties to Laos whose family had a history of military service, a civilian who had returned to work a week after suffering a heart attack, and a psychiatric nurse who arrived at Fort Hood a day before the shooting. Here is a look at the victims. Read More

Two American pilots were killed in a helicopter crash in Iraq while a Marine died of noncombat related injuries in a separate incident, the U.S. military said Monday. Read More

Torrential rains triggered a series of landslides on Indonesia's Sulawesi island, killing at least 14 residents and burying many more, a local official said Monday. Read More

A day-by-day look at President Barack Obama's weeklong trip to Asia: Read More

Days after coming to power in September, Japan's new prime minister broached forming a new East Asian trading bloc with rival China _ one that would exclude the United States. Read More

North Korean leader Kim Jong Il _ known for shunning air travel _ has six luxurious special trains equipped with conference rooms, bedrooms and high-tech communication facilities, a South Korean newspaper reported Monday. Read More

Oil prices climbed toward $79 a barrel Monday in Asia as Hurricane Ida threatened oil installations in the Gulf of Mexico. Read More

About 350 Taliban prisoners are on a hunger strike at a prison in Kandahar and a delegation from the Ministry of Justice is going to the lockup in southern Afghanistan to investigate their complaints. Read More

A Communist Party official in China has died from excessive drinking, the third such alcohol poisoning case that highlights the problems of a drinking culture connected with government and business work, an official newspaper reported Monday. Read More

The Philippine government on Monday promised to hunt down al-Qaida-linked militants suspected of beheading a schoolteacher whose family failed to raise a ransom demanded by his kidnappers. Read More

A suicide bomber in a rickshaw detonated his explosives near a group of policemen in northwest Pakistan's main city of Peshawar, killing three people Monday, police said. Read More

Soldiers and residents dug through rock and debris looking for dozens of people missing when a mudslide covered a town in El Salvador, part of a wave of flooding and landslides that has killed at least 124 people in this Central American country. Read More

Iraq's parliament ended weeks of debate Sunday and passed a long-delayed law paving the way for the planned January election to go forward, sidestepping a crisis that could have delayed the U.S. troop withdrawal. Read More

Asian stock markets rose Monday as investors took a surprisingly weak U.S. jobs report as a sign that interest rates in the world's largest economy will stay low longer than expected. Read More

In his first year at San Marcos University, Hermenegildo Espejo barely spoke, and certainly not in class. Read More

A strong undersea earthquake killed two people and damaged buildings on the remote island of Sumbawa in central Indonesia, officials said Monday. Read More

The embattled Afghan president pledged Sunday that there would be no place for corrupt officials in his new administration _ a demand made by Washington and its international partners as they ponder sending more troops to confront the Taliban and shore up his government. Read More

A Brazilian university has expelled a woman who was heckled by hundreds of fellow students for wearing a short, pink dress to class _ publicly accusing her Sunday of immorality. Read More

To 12-year-old Suzannah Pabla, piercing her nose was a way to connect with her roots in India. To Suzannah's school, it was a dress-code violation worthy of a suspension. Read More

President Hugo Chavez on Sunday ordered Venezuela's military to prepare for a possible armed conflict with Colombia, saying his country's soldiers should be ready if the United States attempts to provoke a war between the South American neighbors. Read More