SINGAPORE, MAY 17 (AP/UNB) - China has urged its citizens living in Singapore to respect life and obey laws after a speeding Chinese driver killed himself and two other people in a Ferrari crash.China's embassy said in...

BEIRUT, MAY 17 (AP/UNB) - A key activist group is threatening to withdraw from Syria's main umbrella grouping, saying the council has drifted away from the spirit of the Syrian revolution.A pullout by the Local Coordin...

TOKYO, MAY 17 (AP/UNB) - Toyota President Akio Toyoda, taking the helm at Japan's auto industry group, is promising to keep production and jobs to help along this nation's recovery from last year's disaster.Toyoda also...

PESHAWAR, Pakistan, MAY 17 (AP/UNB) - Police say two Pakistani air force planes have crashed on a training mission in the country's northwest, killing all four pilots.Mohammad Hussain says the planes crashed in Nowsher...

TEHRAN, Iran, MAY 17 (AP/UNB) - Iran's top negotiator says his country is seeking "cooperation" from world powers in next week's nuclear talks in Baghdad and has warned against pressure by the West.Saeed Jalili says th...

KABUL, Afghanistan, MAY 17 (AP/UNB) - Officials say a group of militants has attacked a government compound in western Afghanistan, killing at least five people.Police officer Mohammad Asif says the militants first fir...

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia, MAY 17 (AP/UNB) - Security forces have sealed off a village in eastern Cambodia and denied entry to human rights workers, a day after the fatal shooting of a teenager in the latest violent evictio...

MANILA, Philippines, MAY 17 (AP/UNB) - The Philippines has imposed a two-month fishing ban in a South China Sea shoal to help ease a tense standoff between Chinese and Philippine ships.Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic R...

BEIJING, MAY 17 (AP/UNB) - The activist who was at the center of a diplomatic tussle between Beijing and Washington says Chinese officials have told him the passports that he and his family just applied for should be rea...

BEIJING, MAY 17 (AP/UNB) - State media say a North Korean boat has hijacked 29 Chinese fishermen on three separate boats and demanded 1.2 million yuan ($190,000) for their release.     The Beijing Morning Post report...