Afghanistan, May 11 (AP/UNB) - An Afghan official says a bomb has killed a senior provincial intelligence official at his home in a remote northeastern corner of the country. Mohammed Zahir, spokesman for Nuristan's gov...

Iran, May 11 (AP/UNB) - Iranian state TV says a strong 6.2 magnitude earthquake has jolted the south of the country, injuring at least 15 people. The report said the quake struck the Arabian Sea port town of Jask at 6:3...

Florida, May 11 (AP/UNB) - Two astronauts will venture outside the International Space Station on Saturday to tackle an ammonia leak in the power cooling system. The leak was discovered Thursday and the repair job was q...

Islamabad, May 11 (AP/UNB) - Defying the danger of militant attacks, Pakistanis streamed to the polls Saturday for a historic vote pitting a former cricket star against a two-time prime minister and an unpopular incumben...

Iran, May 11 (AP/UNB) - Iranian election authorities say several new high-profile politicians including hardliners, reformists, and allies of outgoing President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad have registered for the June 14 preside...

Islamabad, May 11 (AP/UNB) - Pakistanis streamed to the polls Saturday to vote in a historic election pitting a cricket star-turned-politician against an unpopular incumbent and a two-time prime minister, but twin bombin...

New Delhi, May 11 (AP/UNB) - Two key Indian ministers resigned late Friday in the latest political and financial scandals to tarnish Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's minority government less than a year before parliamenta...

Islamabad, May 11 (AP/UNB) - Despite a bloody campaign marred by Taliban attacks, Pakistan was holding historic elections Saturday pitting a former cricket star against a two-time prime minister once exiled by the army a...

Katmandu, Nepal, May 11 (AP/UNB) - Police say two Russian trekkers are missing in Nepal's northern mountains and rescuers are scouring the area in an attempt to find them. Police official Ram Shrestha says two other Rus...

Guatemala City, May 11 (AP/UNB) - A Guatemalan court convicted former dictator Efrain Rios Montt on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity on Friday, sentencing him to 80 years in prison, the first such sentence...