Turkey, May 20 (AP/UNB) - An official says a hot air balloon has crashed in central Turkey, killing one person and injuring 24 others on board. Hasan Unver, the mayor Nevsehir province told NTV television that the ballo...

Beijing, May 20 (AP/UNB) - A businesswoman in southern China has been sentenced to death in the government's latest crackdown on underground lending that is widely used by entrepreneurs. The Intermediate People's Court ...

Indonesia, May 20 (AP/UNB) - Rescuers recovered five more bodies from a collapsed underground room at a giant U.S.-owned gold and copper mine in Indonesia, bringing the confirmed death toll to 14, police said Monday. Fou...

Beijing, May 20 (AP/UNB) - China is urging North Korea to release a Chinese fishing boat whose owner says it was seized by gun-toting North Koreans earlier this month and held for ransom, in the latest irritant in relati...

Washington, May 20 (AP/UNB) - Former general Thein Sein on Monday becomes the first Myanmar president to be welcomed to the White House in almost 47 years, crowning a dramatic diplomatic rehabilitation for his nation aft...

Oklahoma, May 20 (AP/UNB) - One of several tornadoes that touched down Sunday in Oklahoma turned homes in a trailer park near into splinters and rubble and sent frightened residents scurrying for shelter. The tornadoes ...

Washington, May 20 (AP/UNB) - A report says former Navy Secretary Richard J. Danzig, who serves as a bio-warfare adviser to the president and Pentagon, urged the government to stockpile an anti-anthrax drug while serving...

Beijing, May 20 (AP/UNB) - The Chinese Embassy in Pyongyang asked North Korea to release a private Chinese fishing boat and its crew soon after its owner reported the detention 10 days ago, state media said.  The owner ...

Virginia, May 20 (AP/UNB) - Two FBI special agents on the agency's elite Hostage Rescue Team have been killed in a training accident in Virginia. The FBI's national press office said in a statement Sunday that the accid...

Beirut, May 20 (AP/UNB) — Syrian troops pushed into a rebel-held town near the Lebanese border on Sunday, fighting house-to-house and bombing from the air as President Bashar Assad tried to strengthen his grip on a s...