Tuna nets high price at final auction

It's among the biggest of Japan's many New Year holiday rituals: Early on Tuesday, a huge, glistening tuna was auctioned for about 14 million Japanese yen ($118,000) at Tokyo's 80-year-old Tsukiji market. Next year, if all goes as planned, the tradition won't be quite the same.

Hezbollah, Israeli forces clash on Lebanon border

Lebanese militant group Hezbollah struck an Israeli armored patrol with a roadside bomb at the border on Monday and Israel responded by shelling the area, with no immediate word on casualties.

Explosion follows siege near Indian consulate

A small bomb exploded near the Indian consulate in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad on Tuesday, authorities said, after a series of attacks on Indian installations in the region.

Boy mauled by chimps to undergo facial surgery

Dunia Sibomana was considered the lucky one two years ago when a group of chimpanzees jumped from the trees and attacked him and two other boys as they played near a preserve in their native Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Chinese-backed electric car unveiled at top gadget show

The automotive future according to a new electric carmaker looks an awful lot like a Corvette crossed with the Batmobile.

Smart-tech expected to generate $11 trillion in annual sales by 2025

Look around. How many computing devices do you see? Your phone, probably; maybe a tablet or a laptop. Your car, the TV set, the microwave, bedside alarm clock, possibly the thermostat, and others you've never noticed.

Iran-Saudi crisis deepens

Tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran erupted into a full-blown diplomatic crisis as Riyadh and its Sunni Arab allies cut or reduced ties with Teheran, sparking global concern.

Sweden, Denmark tighten borders

Sweden on Monday imposed controls on travelers arriving from Denmark in a bid to curb an unprecedented influx of refugees, prompting knock-on measures from Denmark that triggered fresh concern for Europe's Schengen passport-free zone.

Drug cartel suspected behind murder of mayor

The Mexican drug cartel known as Los Rojos is suspected of being behind the murder of a mayor who was gunned down a day after taking office, authorities said on Monday.

Plutonium cache to be sent to US

Japan will send a huge cache of plutonium - enough to produce 50 nuclear bombs - to the United States as part of a deal to return the material that was used for research, reports and officials said on Tuesday.

Probe looks into sexual abuse of military kids

The children of US military members are victims in hundreds of incidents of sexual abuse each year, according to data the US Defense Department provided exclusively to The Associated Press.

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