MAIDUGURI, NIGERIA — Amid apparent security concerns, Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan cancelled a trip Friday to the traumatized town where Islamic extremists abducted more than 300...
SEOUL — What does a sudden South Korean media obsession with cars parked next to fire hydrants, and construction workers neglecting to wear hard hats, have...
NAIROBI, KENYA — Two blasts hit Kenya’s capital on Friday, killing 10 people and injuring 70 more in the latest in a string of increasingly frequent...
KABUL, Afghanistan—One is suave, debonair and well-groomed, often wearing bespoke suits and ascot ties. The other looks a bit like the famously ascetic Mahatma Gandhi and...
BEIJING—China’s deployment of an oil rig off Vietnam’s coast near the Paracel Islands has prompted a tense sea standoff and touched off deadly anti-China rioting. The...
HANOI, Vietnam—Vietnam’s prime minister sent a text message to millions of citizens urging them to act in defence of the country’s sovereignty following China’s deployment of...
BEIRUT — A massive car bomb ripped through a crowded garage Thursday near a rebel-held border crossing between Syria and Turkey, killing at least 43 people...
LOS ANGELES — A geyser of oil sprayed onto buildings and puddled in knee-high pools of crude in Los Angeles streets after a valve on a...
HANOI, Vietnam—A 1,000-strong mob stormed a Taiwanese steel mill in Vietnam and hunted down Chinese workers, killing one, attacking scores more and then setting the complex...
HONG KONG—Hong Kong started incinerating its nearly 30-ton stockpile of confiscated ivory on Thursday to show it’s serious about cracking down on an illegal wildlife trade...