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Nuke missile duty weighs on officers' minds

Babysitting ICBMs in stuffy capsule, 'missileers' under immense pressure

Quikr aspires to become India's Craigslist

An Indian answer to Craigs-list is drawing millions of monthly visitors to its website, exchanging items as diverse as used iPads and cows, in a country where secondhand goods have traditionally been sniffed at.

Indonesia's presidential hopefuls each claim win

Leader calls for restraint as close race sparks fears of national unrest

India urged to take bold steps to curb inflation

India's fiscal situation is worse than it appears, the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in an economic report on Wednesday that called for tough measures to shore up public finances and reduce inflation.

Death toll rises in Israeli strikes

Eleven women and children were among 17 Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza on Wednesday, hiking the overall death toll to 38 in two days, rescue personnel said.

DPRK fires two more missiles into sea

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea launched two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea off its eastern coast on Wednesday morning, a Republic of Korea defense official said.

Crisis, casualties add to Afghan woes

Abdullah calls election fraudulent; fighting spreading to populated areas

Obama urges calm

US President Barack Obama has taken the unusual step of intervening in a foreign election, asking both candidates in Afghanistan's disputed presidential race to allow the process for investigating fraud claims to go forward and threatening a cutoff in US aid if "extra-constitutional measures" are taken.

'Terrorists' seize chemical weapons

Iraq said the Islamic State extremist group has taken control of a vast former chemical weapons facility northwest of Baghdad, where 2,500 chemical rockets filled with the deadly nerve agent sarin or their remnants were stored along with other chemical warfare agents.

Few Syrians find connection with 'Islamic State'

Only four percent of Syrians believe Islamic State insurgents, who have captured large swaths of Syria and Iraq, represent their interests, according to research conducted by a British polling group published on Wednesday.

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