China government's hand seen in anti-Japan protests

BEIJING — The last week's anti-Japan demonstrations in China have been a spectacular display of just how easily the ruling Communist...

U.S. fines Pakistani airline for stranding passengers

In the first such fine of an international carrier, the U.S. Department of Transportation has issued a $150,000 fine against Pakistan...

Somalia guerrilla artists dare to paint reality

MOGADISHU, Somalia — The guerrilla artists come out in the darkness of the Mogadishu night. Three of them are old hands with a brush,...

Russia says USAID ousted for meddling in elections

MOSCOW — Russia's Foreign Ministry on Wednesday said that the U.S. Agency for International Development was being barred from...

Aung San Suu Kyi receives Congressional Gold Medal

WASHINGTON — Myanmar's opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, met privately with President Obama after accepting Congress' highest honor...

Economic stakes high in China-Japan islands dispute

BEIJING — The worst of the anti-Japanese protests that have swept China in recent days may be over. The financial fallout for the...

In South Africa, the poor feel betrayed by ruling ANC party

ETWATWA, South Africa — The news that police killed 34 strikers at a platinum mine last month brought back painful memories for...

U.S., China file dueling complaints as trade tensions heat up

WASHINGTON — The United States and China have filed international trade complaints against each other, escalating trade tensions...

Critics in Britain see 'lopsided' U.S. extradition treaty

BOLSOVER, England — One of America's most wanted men, here in Britain anyway, is a slightly awkward computer geek who still drops by...

Anti-Japan protests in China spread to more cities

BEIJING — Anti-Japan rallies spread to dozens more Chinese cities Sunday, as thousands of people demonstrated against the Japanese...

Mogadishu, Somalia, leader knows he might not survive being mayor

MOGADISHU, Somalia — The great part about being mayor of Mogadishu is that you get to reinvent a city so thoroughly taken apart by...

Pope Benedict XVI ends Lebanon trip, urges interreligious harmony

BEIRUT — Pope Benedict XVI closed a three-day visit to Lebanon on Sunday with an impassioned plea for peace, reconciliation and...

Syria massacres seem to show slow, steady killing strategy

DARIYA, Syria — As he hid from soldiers in a field next to his neighborhood, a young man watched as a cat wandered down a street....

China wary of U.S. military moves in Asia-Pacific

WASHINGTON — When a senior U.S. general met in Beijing recently with Lt. Gen. Cai Yingting, the deputy chief of China's armed forces,...

Anti-U.S. protests jar Mideast with message of uncertainty

CAIRO — As night fell Saturday and cars swerved around Tahrir Square tooting their horns, a stout woman in a black veil and robes...