PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, PHILIPPINES
Tue Jun 23, 2015 5:10am EDT
A Japanese military patrol plane circled over disputed parts of the South China Sea on Tuesday at the start of an exercise with the Philippine military that has irked China.
Politics
TURIN, ITALY
Mon Jun 22, 2015 7:33am EDT
Pope Francis asked forgiveness on Monday for the Roman Catholic Church's "non-Christian and inhumane" treatment in the past of the Waldensians, a tiny Protestant movement the Vatican tried to exterminate in the 15th century.
SEOUL/TOKYO
Mon Jun 22, 2015 6:17am EDT
East Asian neighbors South Korea and Japan marked the 50th anniversary of diplomatic ties on Monday with a push to mend relations strained for years by feuds over the legacy of Japan's wartime past.
BEIJING
Mon Jun 22, 2015 12:53am EDT
China inaugurated a new land crossing into Tibet on Monday for Indian pilgrims who wish to visit one of the holiest sites in both Hinduism and Buddhism, state media said, as the two countries seek to set aside differences and improve ties.
PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, PHILIPPINES
Mon Jun 22, 2015 4:59am EDT
PASO ROBLES, CA
Fri Jun 19, 2015 6:41am EDT
By most measures, California's Central Coast wine industry is thriving.
KAKUMA, KENYA
Sat Jun 20, 2015 5:24pm EDT
Kakuma camp in northern Kenya is expanding by nearly a half, the U.N. refugee agency said on Saturday, to house refugees fleeing nearby South Sudan as hopes fade for peace in the world's newest nation.
NEW DELHI
Sun Jun 21, 2015 2:27am EDT
Prime Minister Narendra Modi led tens of thousands of people in a yoga session in the centre of the capital on Sunday to showcase the country's signature cultural export, which has prompted criticism of fomenting social divisions at home.
WASHINGTON
Sun Jun 21, 2015 12:07am EDT
The U.S. government's appeals process for reviewing flood insurance claim disputes is riddled with flaws, but there is no evidence of systematic underpayments by insurers to flood victims, an investigation by U.S. Senate staffers has found.
MIDYAT, TURKEY
Sat Jun 20, 2015 4:39pm EDT
Hollywood actress and director Angelina Jolie on Saturday described a spiraling global refugee crisis as an "explosion of human suffering" whose causes the international community refuses to confront.