Tokyo holds evacuation drill to prepare for N. Korean threat

TOKYO — People huddled into an amusement park basement and a subway station in Japan’s capital and others ducked and covered their heads at a community...

Doctor who aided hunt for bin Laden languishes, forgotten

PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Shakil Afridi has languished in jail for years — since 2011, when the Pakistani doctor used a vaccination scam in an attempt to...

Dismissive words on abuse scandal cast pall over pope’s trip

LIMA, Peru — Pope Francis ventured into the Amazon to demand rights for indigenous groups, decried the scourge of corruption afflicting the region’s politics and denounced...

Among Rohingya, refugee squalor can seem better than home

DHAKA, Bangladesh — Both Bangladesh and Myanmar insist the repatriations of Rohingya Muslims will go smoothly, with thousands of refugees who fled their homes in terror...

Vietnam jails former oil execs in high profile graft case

HANOI, Vietnam — A former oil executive has been sentenced to life in prison and a former high-ranking Vietnamese government official has received a lengthy prison...

S. Koreans burn Kim’s photo as N. Korean band leader passes

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of — Dozens of conservative activists have attempted to burn a large photo of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un as the head...

Bombing at market in southern Thailand kills 3, injures 18

Taliban attack on Afghan hotel ends after 13 hours, 6 dead

KABUL — A Taliban assault on the Intercontinental Hotel in Afghanistan’s capital killed at least six people, including a foreigner, and pinned security forces down for...

Commercial rocket from New Zealand deploys small satellites

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — A rocket launched from New Zealand on Sunday successfully reached orbit carrying small commercial satellites. California-based company Rocket Lab said its Electron...

Lebanese women look for greater role in parliament elections

BEIRUT — Lebanon is campaigning to get at least five times more women elected to parliament this spring in its first vote in nearly 10 years,...