Thai riot police clashed Tuesday with thousands of protesters who barricaded Parliament and vowed to block the government from leaving, a bold new tactic that...

The US coalition says its forces have killed 43 militants in southern Afghanistan.

One man has died in a car explosion in the Thai capital of Bangkok that occurred amid anti-government riots.

Afghan refugees were flowing over the border from a Pakistani battle zone Tuesday after officials accused them of links with Taliban militants and ordered them out,...

Oil prices rebounded to around $90 Tuesday in Asia after plunging to an 8-month low Monday on concerns a significant slowdown in global economic growth will undermine...

Asian stocks were mixed Tuesday as a big interest rate cut in Australia helped spur recoveries in several regional markets, sparking hopes that other central banks will...

Three sumo wrestlers and a former instructor went on trial Tuesday for allegedly beating a younger wrestler to death during training last year.

Sri Lanka’s top opposition party called Tuesday for an international investigation into a bomb attack the previous day that killed a popular former army general...

Rescuers rushed tents, food and water to villagers in Tibet on Tuesday after an earthquake and scores of aftershocks rattled the capital and surrounding areas, killing...

A Thai official says Deputy Prime Minister Chavalit Yongchaiyudh has tendered his resignation to take responsibility for violent clashes outside Parliament between...

The United States and North Korea are being flexible in their effort to reach a compromise to resolve the dispute in the North’s nuclear disarmament process,...

Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim slammed a government bid to move his sodomy trial from a lower court to the High Court, saying Tuesday that he fears he will...

The U.N. food agency is resuming free breakfasts for hundreds of thousands of poor Cambodian schoolchildren after securing new funds for a program suspended due to high...

Oil prices rebounded to above $90 Tuesday in Asia after plunging to an 8-month low the previous day on concerns a significant slowdown in global economic growth will...

Japan’s central bank left its key interest rate unchanged Tuesday amid heightened anxiety that the U.S. credit crisis was quickly spreading from Wall Street to...

Asian stocks showed signs of life Tuesday after a global market sell-off, with several markets climbing into positive territory or paring losses after opening sharply...

Police fired tear gas canisters Tuesday at several thousand demonstrators trying to bar lawmakers from Parliament, injuring dozens of them and heating up a political...

Two earthquakes jolted the capital of Tibet and surrounding areas, killing at least nine people and collapsing hundreds of houses, China’s state news agency said...

Police fired tear gas Tuesday at several thousand demonstrators attempting to block access by lawmakers to the Parliament building in the Thai capital.

Pakistan ordered the deportation of about 50,000 Afghan refugees in an insurgency-wracked tribal region amid a major military offensive against al-Qaida and Taliban...