KATMANDU, May 23 (AP/UNB) — An 80-year-old Japanese mountaineer on Thursday became the oldest man to reach the top of Mount Everest, a Nepali official and Miura's Tokyo-based support team said.Yuichiro Miura, who also ...

KUALA LUMPUR, May 23 (AP/UNB) — Prosecutors have filed a sedition charge against a student activist who had urged Malaysians to engage in street protests against the government over claims of election fraud.The Nationa...

KUALA LUMPUR, May 23 (AP/UNB) — Prosecutors are pursuing rape charges against a 40-year-old Malaysian who allegedly had sex with a 13-year-old girl and then married her.Restaurant manager Riduan Masmud was charged with...

NEW YORK, May 23 (AP/UNB) — Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton praised the efforts of a group combatting malnutrition and blindness during an awards speech in New York City.Clinton delivered the rema...

MEXICO CITY, May 23 (AP/UNB) — Mexican authorities on Wednesday seized five boxes filled with cash as part of an investigation into alleged embezzlement by a former governor of southern Tabasco state, in what could bec...

Amman, May 23 (AP/UNB) — The U.S. and several key allies looked again Wednesday for a strategy to end Syria's civil war, their united efforts unable at the moment to stem the Assad regime's military gains and Washingto...

WASHINGTON, May 23 (AP/UNB) — The Obama administration acknowledged for the first time Wednesday that four American citizens have been killed in drone strikes in Pakistan and Yemen since 2009. The disclosure to Congres...

LONDON, May 23 (AP/UNB) — Two men with butcher knives hacked another to death Wednesday near a London military barracks and one then went on video to explain the crime — shouting political statements, gesturing with ...

ORLANDO, May 23 (AP/UNB) — A Chechen immigrant was shot to death by authorities in central Florida early Wednesday after he turned violent while being questioned about his ties to one of the Boston Marathon bombing sus...

WASHINGTON, May 23 (AP/UNB) — President Barack Obama, saluting Carole King's five decades as an award-winning singer-songwriter, said Wednesday that music often is a place where people seek comfort and inspiration duri...