The CIA thwarted an ambitious plot by al-Qaida's affiliate in Yemen to destroy a US-bound airliner using a bomb with a sophisticated new design around the one-year anniversary of the killing of Osama bin Laden.
The 18-meter-tall "Gundam" was installed to promote its entertainment facility "Gundam Front Tokyo" which opened last month.
general view of Gangaramaya temple on Vesak day in Colombo May 5, 2012.
At least 18 people were killed in a major road mishap in the northern Indian state of Punjab late Sunday night, a senior police official said Monday.
The Republic of Korea and the United States launched a biannual joint aerial drill Monday.
A tornado is seen in Tsukuba, north of Tokyo, in this picture taken by a resident of Tsukuba and released by Kyodo on May 6, 2012.
The US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton Sunday watched victims of human trafficking dance and then listened to their tale of woes, shortly after arriving here for a three-day visit to India.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Sunday arrived in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata on a three-day visit to the country, sources said.
India's ballistic missile defense shield is ready for deployment and it can be put in place at short notice, a top military scientist said Sunday.
Nine people were killed and 25 others injured in a fire at a singing room in South Korea's southern port city of Busan, local authorities said Sunday.
Cambodian Minister of Labor and Vocational Training Vong Sauth declared the opening of the 8th ASEAN Senior Labor Officials Meeting in Phnom Penh on Sunday.
At least 20 people were injured when eight coaches of a passenger train derailed in the northern Indian state of Haryana early Sunday.
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