Chef offers tidbit on N. Korean leader
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un and his wife, who was named by the state broadcaster as Ri Sol-ju, visit the Rungna People's Pleasure Ground, in Pyongyang
Kenji Fujimoto reveals secret from reclusive nation’s inner sanctum – the exact age of Kim Jong Eun.
Afghan intelligence chief injured in suicide bomb attack
Asadullah Khalid, a controversial former governor and cabinet minister, was severely wounded.
Liu’s wife describes imprisonment
Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo’s wife speaks in a covert interview, her first since 2010.
China’s Xi to party officials: Simplify
More down-to-earth style, including avoidance of jargon, has been mandated in new rules.
Differing Afghan, U.S. priorities could sabotage proposed security agreement
For U.S., key will be affirming Afghan sovereignty without giving up right to protect its forces.
Suicide bombers strike U.S.-Afghanair base; five killed
Officials said all nine attackers died
in the Jalalabad assault, which also wounded three foreign troops.
Latest Headlines
- Gimmick or gastronomy? An elephant herd in Thailand leaving its mark on exotic coffee
- AP Exclusive: Satellite images reveal snow may have slowed NKorea's rocket launch preparations
- Indonesia sports minister resigns; 1st cabinet member ever named as corruption suspect
- Philippine authorities say death toll from typhoon has risen to 420 with nearly 400 missing
Photos from around the region
Pakistan’s Mr. Popular
Imran Khan hopes to replicate his success on the cricket pitch in the field of Pakistani politics.
India election sees change
After 34 years, world’s longest-serving democratically elected communist party loses power.
The art of Ai Weiwei
A collection of popular works of Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, who was arrested by the Chinese police.
Global nuclear debate heats up
Governments around the world are questioning the use of nuclear power.
Powerful quake, aftershocks rattle Tokyo
A massive earthquake and tsunami struck the eastern coast of Japan.
Quake in New Zealand kills scores
The search for survivors continues after 6.3-magnitude earthquake hit Christchurch.
Elsewhere in World
Asia / Pacific
- Gimmick or gastronomy? An elephant herd in Thailand leaving its mark on exotic coffee
- AP Exclusive: Satellite images reveal snow may have slowed NKorea's rocket launch preparations
- Indonesia sports minister resigns; 1st cabinet member ever named as corruption suspect
- Philippine authorities say death toll from typhoon has risen to 420 with nearly 400 missing
Africa
Middle East
- Human rights group: Israel violated laws of war in fatal house bombing in Gaza conflict
- Egypt's president offers nothing to defuse political crisis after 6 die in clashes
- Egypt's political crisis tests opposition ahead of key votes, outcome defines its future
- Egypt's president offers nothing to defuse political crisis after 6 die in clashes
Europe
- Russia, U.S. to seek ‘creative’ solution on Syria, U.N. envoy says
- US, Russia meet with UN mediator for Syria in new diplomatic effort to end war
- Publicist Max Clifford arrested on suspicion of sexual offenses as part of UK's Savile inquiry
- Duchess of Cambridge leaves the hospital after being treated for acute morning sickness.
The Americas
- Mexican supreme court decision first step in possible path to national gay marriage
- Former militant independence leader returns to Puerto Rico to finish out prison sentence
- 2 ailing sea lions nursed back to health and released off Peru
- Human rights panel: Police arbitrarily detained protesters in Mexico City on inauguration day
National Security
- Federal agreement aims to increase access to health care for Native American veterans
- Army general who oversaw Iraq drawdown tapped to be top US commander in Middle East
- US now says whereabouts of missing Syrian foreign ministry spokesman unknown
- US, Japan, South Korea to seek Security Council action if North Korea launches rocket
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