Five still missing after bus plunges into river in SE China

Bus with Taiwanese tourists falls into China river; two dead http://t.co/5LtelELuEt pic.twitter.com/dtZrHjzEGk — News.net (@MyNewsNet) May 24, 2014 FUZHOU (PNA/Xinhua) — Rescuers are still searching for...

Ex-Thai PM to be held for a week; Senate dissolved

BANGKOK — Thailand’s coup leaders said Saturday that they would keep former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, Cabinet members and anti-government protest leaders detained for up to...

China launches anti-terror drive after bombing

URUMQI, China — Authorities announced a security crackdown Saturday in China’s Muslim northwest after a deadly bombing raised questions about whether tightening Beijing’s grip might be...

Pope opens mideast trip lamenting Syrian conflict

AMMAN, Jordan — Pope Francis called on Saturday for an “urgent” end to the Syrian civil war and the refugee crisis it has spawned as he...

Election under threat in Eastern Ukraine

KIEV, UKRAINE — Pro-Russian insurgents have prevented at least half of the election districts in the embattled east of the country to prepare for Sunday’s presidential...

7 dead in drive-by shooting near UC Santa Barbara

7 dead in a mass shooting near campus of University of Santa Barbara http://t.co/ObQuxy9vGP pic.twitter.com/O3dB96IgU6 — Brett (@Brosner85) May 24, 2014 LOS ANGELES — A drive-by...

US Pacific commander warns risk of miscalculation in China-Vietnam sea standoff is high

MANILA, Philippines—The U.S. military commander in the Pacific warned Friday that the risk of a miscalculation that could trigger a wider conflict in a tense territorial standoff...

White House tries to soothe concerns on foreign policy amid criticism

WASHINGTON—White House officials have been holding private meetings this week aimed at soothing lawmakers’ concerns over the U.S. posture in Syria, the future of the American...

Analysis: U.S. plays down warming China Russia relations

Witnesses: Thai general summoned politicians, listened a few hours, then said he’d seize power

BANGKOK, Thailand—Thailand’s all-powerful army chief started the extraordinary meeting by asking participants to give a progress report on their “homework.” The participants were the country’s most...