Taiwanese riot police clear protesters from Cabinet offices

TAIPEI, Taiwan — Police in Taiwan fired high-pressure water cannons Monday on hundreds of demonstrators who broke into the country's...

Chinese plane spots object in Malaysia jet search area

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — A succession of satellite images from the Australians, the Chinese and the French, as well as a Chinese...

Taiwanese students protest trade pact with mainland China

TAIPEI, Taiwan -- As students occupied Taiwan’s legislative chamber Sunday for a sixth day to protest a free-trade agreement with...

Malaysia missing plane search spurred by new sighting

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Spurred by additional satellite leads, Australian officials on Sunday ramped up a multinational effort to...

In China, Michelle Obama gently broaches free speech

BEIJING — Michelle Obama strayed into taboo territory during a speech Saturday at China's Peking University in which she called the...

Hunt for missing Malaysia Airlines flight intensifies

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia –- The hunt for debris from Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 intensified Saturday as Australian officials...

Malaysia Airlines Flight 370: Why aren't drones helping the search?

A fleet of navy ships and advanced search aircraft from 26 nations have been scouring vast expanses of the Indian Ocean, looking for seat...

China sees Obama girls, but not Xi's daughter

BEIJING – The arrival in China of President Obama’s daughters, 15-year-old Malia and 12-year-old Sasha, for a weeklong trip with...

Thailand court scraps election results, extending political gridlock

Thailand's constitutional court Friday nullified the Feb. 2 election won by supporters of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra amid an...

Indian Ocean search for missing Malaysia airliner comes up empty again

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia -- Despite better weather conditions Friday and the use of some of the world's most advanced surveillance aircraft,...

Death toll hits 9 in attack on Kabul luxury hotel

KABUL, Afghanistan -- Afghan officials Friday raised the death toll in a Taliban assault on a luxury hotel to nine people, including four...

Four gunmen attack Afghan hotel, wounding two before they're slain

KABUL, Afghanistan – Four gunmen opened fire late Thursday in a Kabul hotel that caters to foreigners, wounding two employees before...

Five men convicted in Mumbai rape cases that drew international focus

MUMBAI, India – Five men were convicted Thursday for raping a photojournalist and a call-center operator in separate incidents that...

Insurgents kill 11 in attack on Afghan police station

KABUL, Afghanistan -- Suicide bombers attacked a police headquarters in eastern Afghanistan early Thursday, triggering a gun battle that...

Australia says debris may be from missing Malaysia Airlines jet

BEIJING —  Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said Thursday that two objects that could be wreckage from Malaysia Airlines...

FBI seeks to get files from Malaysia pilot's flight simulator

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — The FBI probably will be able to retrieve material deleted from the flight simulator used by the pilot of...

Malaysia plane: Some data deleted from pilot's flight simulator

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Investigators have found that some data were deleted from the flight simulator taken from the home of the...

In China, restaurants supersize their menus

BEIJING — A Peking duck dinner might inspire a twinge of guilt about indulging in some decadent, fatty fowl. But health-conscious...

Investigation of Malaysia Airlines pilots undercuts suicide theory

WASHINGTON — A review of emails and a search of a home flight simulator have found nothing to suggest the pilots on missing Malaysia...

Search of Malaysia pilot's home finds no sign of terrorism, suicide

WASHINGTON -- A review of the emails and a search of a home flight simulator have found nothing so far to suggest the pilots on the...