North Korea issues military threat as tensions with South Korea rise
North Korea outlined an ultimatum Friday to its southern neighbor: Stop the "provocations" and "psychological warfare" or pay the price.
China: Sodium cyanide levels well past limit at Tianjin explosion site
High levels of dangerous chemicals remain at the site of last week's deadly chemical warehouse blasts in the northern Chinese city of Tianjin -- hundreds of times higher than is safe at one spot -- officials said Thursday, signaling that a cleanup has a significant way to go.
Japan can't afford gifts for citizens turning 100
Every year since 1963, citizens turning 100 have received a commemorative silver cup. When the tradition began, Japan had 153 centenarians.
Police: Woman sought in Bangkok bombing probe
Police are looking for a "woman wearing a black shirt" in connection with this week's deadly bombing at Bangkok's Erawan Shrine, a senior police spokesman said Thursday.
Greece's Prime Minister Tsipras resigns, calls for early elections
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras announced Thursday he was resigning and called for early parliamentary elections, resetting the debt-ridden country's government after members of his own party opposed economic reforms that European lenders demanded for Greece's latest bailout.
Taxi driver: Suspect in Bangkok shrine bombing was calm, didn't seem Thai
The chief suspect in the deadly bombing of Bangkok's popular Erawan Shrine is "an unnamed male foreigner," according to an arrest warrant issued Wednesday by a Thai court.
End of the road for Mahinda Rajapaksa -- Sri Lanka's 'warrior king'?
In hindsight the odds were stacked against such a major comeback -- even for Sri Lanka's most powerful politician of the last decade.
U.S. officials: Chinese secret agents in U.S. spikes
The number of Chinese government secret agents in the U.S. has spiked in the last several months and is now in the double digits, according to U.S. officials.
Cairo car bomb wounds 6
A car bomb exploded near a security facility in the greater Cairo area early Thursday, injuring six people, Egypt's Interior Ministry said.
Bangkok shrine bombing: Thai police hunt for suspect seen in video
Suspicions focused on one man as investigators picked through the wreckage of the powerful bomb blast that brought death and destruction to a popular shrine in the Thai capital.
