China police seize 1.8 tonnes of bomb material in Xinjiang: govt
Police in China's restive Xinjiang seized 1.8 tonnes of bombmaking material and detained five people, authorities said Tuesday, following a string of deadly attacks blamed on militants from the Muslim Uighur homeland.
Chinese ship sinks Vietnam fishing boat: Vietnam official
A Chinese ship rammed and sank a Vietnamese fishing boat amid a tense territorial confrontation in the South China Sea over Beijing's deployment of an oil rig, a Vietnamese official said.
27 May 2014
New homes for Mexican village after landslide
Mexico's government presented on Monday 125 new homes to residents of a southwestern mountain village that was buried by a massive landslide that killed 71 people last year.
27 May 2014
'We know where missing girls are': Nigeria's top brass
Nigeria's highest ranking military officer on Monday gave a glimmer of hope to the families of more than 200 schoolgirls held by Boko Haram militants, revealing they had located the missing teenagers.
27 May 2014
90-people residence house near collapse in Uralsk
Residents of one of the houses in Uralsk have been urgently evacuated due to the danger of collapse, which came from the construction work on its ground floor.
Airport in east Ukraine's Donetsk shut after rebel raid
The main airport in Ukraine's eastern city of Donetsk shut down on Monday after being raided by dozens of armed separatists who vowed to keep up their resistance a day after presidential polls.
26 May 2014
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Japan woman's body sent by mail marked 'doll'Murder detectives were Monday investigating the case of a young nurse whose corpse was sent by parcel post across Japan in a box that claimed to contain a doll.
26 May 2014
Seven killed in S. Korea bus terminal fireAt least seven people were killed and two dozen injured in a fire at a bus terminal near Seoul on Monday, emergency officials said.
Drugs case against Tunisia blogger dismissedA prominent Tunisian blogger who accused police of fabricating drugs charges against him walked free from court on Friday after a judge threw out the case.
25 May 2014
Security tight in China's Urumqi after market attackSecurity was tight Saturday in Urumqi, the capital of China's Xinjiang, two days after the volatile Muslim Uighur homeland suffered its bloodiest attack in years, leaving 43 people dead, including four assailants.
25 May 2014
Man strips naked outside White HouseUS Secret Service personnel sprang into action Friday outside the White House when a man stripped naked in what appeared to be a bizarre form of protest.
24 May 2014
Snatched women defend US kidnap victimSo why didn't she just leave?
That's the question being increasingly asked in California after a 25-year-old woman came forward saying she had been kidnapped a decade ago and held against her will, while being repeatedly sexually abused.
24 May 2014
Iran hangs man convicted of $2.6 bn bank scamAn Iranian businessman convicted of masterminding a $2.6 billion banking scam, the biggest fraud case in the country's history, was hanged on Saturday, state media reported.
24 May 2014
India wins Italy appeal over helicopter dealIndia on Friday partially won an appeal against an Italian court order rejecting its request to recover bank guarantees over a scrapped helicopter deal at the centre of a bribery scandal.
24 May 2014
Fire engulfs historic Scottish art schoolA blaze ripped through one of the world's top art schools in the Scottish city of Glasgow on Friday, damaging a historic building designed by the architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh.