BEIRUT, Feb 08 (AP/UNB) - Activists say Syrian troops have continued shelling residential neighborhoods in the central city of Homs for the fifth straight day, killing scores of people.The Britain-based Syrian Observa...

NEW DELHI, Feb 08 (AP/UNB) - In recent weeks, India has decided to buy 126 fighter jets from France, taken delivery of a nuclear-powered submarine from Russia and worked to ready its first aircraft carrier - modernizi...

SEOUL, South Korea, Feb 08 (AP/UNB) - South Korean prosecutors have arrested four people over alleged match-fixing in professional volleyball.A prosecution office in the southeastern city of Daegu said Wednesday that ...

BEIJING, Feb 08 (AP/UNB) - Authorities in south China's Guangdong province say parents can be fined or punished for having more than one child, even if the babies are born in Hong Kong.The warning is part of efforts t...

PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Feb 08 (AP/UNB) - Pakistani intelligence officials say U.S. drone-fired missiles have killed eight people in the country's northwest tribal region near the Afghan border.The officials say the missi...

WASHINGTON, FEB 8 (AP/UNB) — A resurgent Rick Santorum won Minnesota's Republican caucuses with ease Tuesday night, relegating front-runner Mitt Romney to a distant third-place finish that raised fresh questions about...

MALE, Maldives, FEB 7 (AP/UNB) - The first democratically elected president of the Maldives resigned Tuesday and was replaced by his vice president after the police and army clashed in the streets of the island nation ...

MALE, Maldives, FEB 7 (AP/UNB) - Maldives Vice President Hassan takes oath as president after protests oust Mohamed Nasheed.

PARIS, FEB 7 (AP/UNB) - While France's President Nicolas Sarkozy hasn't yet announced whether he'll seek a second term, he already has a big-name campaign backer lined up - in Germany.German Chancellor Angela Merkel is...

KABUL, Afghanistan, FEB 7 (AP/UNB) - An Afghan official says a shooting in the southern city of Kandahar has left five dead, including two police officers and three private security guards.A spokesman for the governor'...