China jails 11 for extremist crimes in Muslim west
Christopher Bodeen, Associated Press |
posted 56 minutes ago
China says it has sentenced 11 people for inciting religious extremism and related crimes in the northwestern Muslim region of Xinjiang.
China's Xi harks back to Mao in party 'cleanup'
Gillian Wong, Associated Press |
posted Jun 19th - 8:12pm
China's new leader Xi Jinping is commanding wayward Communist Party cadres to purify themselves of corruption, and he's summed it up in a pithy slogan as Mao Zedong might have done: Look in the mirror, take a bath.
Floods strand pilgrims in India, deaths could rise
Biswajeet Banerjee, Associated Press |
posted Jun 19th - 7:09pm
Monsoon flooding that has stranded thousands of people and caused landslides in northern India has killed almost 120 people, and the prime minister said the toll could rise substantially.
US tries saving Taliban talks after Karzai objects
David Rising and Amir Shah, Associated Press |
posted Jun 19th - 4:14pm
Hopes dimmed for talks aimed at ending the Afghan war when an angry President Hamid Karzai on Wednesday suspended security negotiations with the U.S. and scuttled a peace delegation to the Taliban, sending American officials scrambling to preserve the possibility of dialogue with the militants.
Militants kill 6 soldiers in northwest Pakistan
Riaz Khan, Associated Press |
posted Jun 19th - 1:48pm
A senior police official says militants attacked a military convoy with rocket-propelled grenades and other heavy weapons in northwest Pakistan, killing six soldiers.
China, North Korea hold strategic talks in Beijing
Christopher Bodeen, Associated Press |
posted Jun 19th - 1:39pm
Negotiators from North Korea and China held strategic talks in Beijing on Wednesday as they work to repair strained relations, but offered little indication they will lead to a resumption of nuclear disarmament talks any time soon.
Markets drift as investors ready for Fed
Pan Pylas, Associated Press |
posted Jun 19th - 11:31am
Markets drifted lower Wednesday ahead of a keenly awaited policy statement from the U.S. Federal Reserve.
China, Vietnam agree to set up hotline
Associated Press |
posted Jun 19th - 10:44am
China and Vietnam agreed on Wednesday to set up a hotline to resolve fishing incidents in disputed South China Sea waters that have been a frequent source of tensions between the two ideological allies.
Myanmar court convicts 2 Muslims over violence
Todd Pitman, Associated Press |
posted Jun 19th - 9:51am
A court in Myanmar has found two Muslim women guilty of sparking a recent outbreak of sectarian violence, one of them by bumping into a Buddhist novice monk.
UN, US ask Filipinos not to leave Golan Heights
Jim Gomez, Associated Press |
posted Jun 19th - 5:56am
The United Nations and the U.S. have separately asked the Philippines not to withdraw its more than 300 peacekeepers from the Golan Heights, warning of "maximum volatility" in the region after several other countries decided to pull out their peacekeeping forces amid escalating violence, the Philippines' top diplomat said Wednesday.
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