In China, candid about corruption?
China 18th Communist Party Congress
Officials at Communist party congress mostly avoid sensitive topic, with a few exceptions.
Indian activist enters politics
He vows to sweep away a corrupt elite, but critics call him a danger to democracy and a megalomaniac.
For Afghan troops, donkeys are the new helicopters
With the U.S. military sending its choppers home, the Afghan army is turning to rudimentary tools of war.
China’s Communist leadership transition
China's ruling Communist Party holds a congress to usher in a new group of leaders.
Thai PM: I’m not my brother’s puppet
Yingluck Shinawatra has so far survived a legal challenge, an economic downturn and flooding.
In China, a once-a-decade power shift
Leadership transition, rich with pageantry, security and secrecy, comes at critical moment for nation.
Photo Gallery
Now and then in Japan
Images taken after the earthquake and tsunami struck, juxtaposed with scenes a year later.
Photos from around the region
Pakistan’s Mr. Popular
Imran Khan hopes to replicate his success on the cricket pitch in the field of Pakistani politics.
India election sees change
After 34 years, world’s longest-serving democratically elected communist party loses power.
The art of Ai Weiwei
A collection of popular works of Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, who was arrested by the Chinese police.
Global nuclear debate heats up
Governments around the world are questioning the use of nuclear power.
Powerful quake, aftershocks rattle Tokyo
A massive earthquake and tsunami struck the eastern coast of Japan.
Quake in New Zealand kills scores
The search for survivors continues after 6.3-magnitude earthquake hit Christchurch.
Elsewhere in World
Africa
- Group says hunt for warlord Kony hopeless without more troops, increased American involvement
- Police destroy homes in South Africa on lands government says were illegally sold
- Authorities: Ghana building that collapsed, killing 18, had no construction permit
- French authorities checking if man arrested in Mali en route to combat zone is terror suspect
Middle East
- Israel defense minister says Iran has slowed down uranium enrichment push by some 8 months
- UN: 9,000 Syrian refugees crossed into Turkey overnight to flee violence
- UN nuclear agency announces talks with Iran next month in Tehran
- UN says 11,000 Syrians have fled the country in past 24 hours into Turkey, Jordan and Lebanon
Europe
- Man killed at Swedish prime minister's residence; prime minister was not in the building
- 10 US airmen arrive in Poland for the 1st permanent US military presence in the country
- Russian investigator says reporter Anna Politkovskaya was killed for criticizing officials
- Thousands of Bulgarians bid farewell to Patriarch Maxim, late leader of the Orthodox Church
The Americas
- Villagers mourn family among the 52 dead in Guatemalan quake, toll expected to rise
- 10 peasants killed by drug-trafficking paramilitaries in Colombia's worst massacre since 2009
- Bolivian cult that reveres human skulls holds rite to wrap up Catholic festival honoring dead
- Earthquake in Guatemala kills dozens
National Security
- Defense official: 7 Navy SEALS punished for secrecy breach
- Obama to make 3-country Asia trip this month, including historic visit to Myanmar
- From Mideast peace to Iran to Syria, Obama faces familiar world of problems in second term
- US admiral cleared of misconduct in Pentagon probe that derailed career; made oversight errors
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