TOKYO - Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso's ruling coalition was beaten in a Tokyo election seen as a crucial test of his popularity ahead of a nationwide vote, officials said early Monday.
Defeat...
WASHINGTON, Olivier Knox - Judge Sonia Sotomayor's US Supreme Court confirmation battle opens Monday with her first public grilling by the Senate, which is expected to anoint her as the bench's first...
URUMQI, Robert J. Saiget - China on Saturday raised the death toll from unrest between Han Chinese and Muslim Uighurs to 184, as riot police and armed soldiers maintained a firm grip on the...
ACCRA, Laurent Lozano and Aminu Abubakar - US President Barack Obama on Saturday condemned tyrants who enrich themselves and urged Africans to demand stronger governments as he made a landmark trip...
WASHINGTON- US former vice president Dick Cheney ordered the CIA to withhold information about a secret counterterrorism program from Congress for eight years, The New York Times reported on its...
NEW YORK- When it comes to the economic crisis, the worst is yet to come, top White House economic advisor Lawrence Summers said Saturday.
"I don't think the worst is over," Summers told the...
PARIS- A French court sentenced the leader of a Paris gang called "The Barbarians" to life in prison on Friday for an anti-Semitic murder that shocked France with its brutality.
With the verdict,...
WASHINGTON- US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Friday she hopes North Korea grants amnesty to two jailed US reporters after indicating they have expressed "great remorse for this incident."...
URUMQI, Robert J. Saiget - Thousands of people Friday tried to flee Urumqi in China's Xinjiang region after deadly ethnic unrest with many mosques ordered shut for the Muslim day of prayer.
The...
ACCRA - Barack Obama arrived in Ghana on Friday on his first trip to sub-Saharan African since taking office to a red carpet welcome with thousands lining the streets to catch a glimpse of America's...