Myanmar makes $2.3mn heroin bust in 'Golden Triangle'
Myanmar authorities have seized 140 kilograms (310 lbs) of heroin packed into blocks and hidden in a car in the notorious "Golden Triangle" area near the Thai border, police said.
Ex-TEPCO execs should be charged over Fukushima: panel
An independent legal panel called for criminal charges to be brought against three former executives of the Fukushima nuclear plant operator for their role in the 2011 atomic disaster.
Mexico ex-governor's son faces questions over cartel meet
The son of a former Mexican governor said he will obey an order to testify before prosecutors after a video surfaced of him meeting over beers with a drug baron.
Uighur group says nearly 100 casualties in China clash
A clash in Xinjiang, home to China's mostly Muslim Uighur minority, left nearly 100 people dead or wounded, an exile group said Wednesday after what authorities called a "terror attack" on a police station and township.
UN takes aim at Islamist oil grab in Syria, Iraq
The UN Security Council backed a Russian initiative to bar trade in oil with Islamists in Iraq and Syria.
Strong quake hits Mexico, one dead
A 6.3-magnitude earthquake rattled Mexico, killing an elderly woman who fell as she fled her home and injuring another woman who evacuated from a hospital.
Cambodia court begins genocide trial of Khmer Rouge leaders
Cambodia's UN-backed Khmer Rouge court began a second trial of two former regime leaders on charges including genocide of Vietnamese people and ethnic Muslims, forced marriages and rape.
Deadly Israeli shelling hits UN school as Hamas mulls truce
An Israeli shelling on a UN school in Gaza killed 20 people early Wednesday, medics said, as Palestinian factions were to head to Cairo to discuss a temporary humanitarian ceasefire.
Karzai cousin killed in Afghan suicide attack: officials
A suicide attacker killed a cousin of outgoing Afghan President Hamid Karzai near the volatile southern city of Kandahar, officials said, raising tensions during a struggle over the contested election result.