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Chuck Berry In Rock ‘n’ Roll Style In Posthumous Song

Days after he died at age 90, a new song came out Wednesday from Chuck Berry driven by the sort of rollicking guitar...

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Ex-WWE Wrestlers To Brawl In Pakistan As Security Improves

More than two dozen pro wrestlers will be ready to rumble in Pakistan this summer as security improves, including...

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South Korea Begins Raising Sunken Ferry

Salvage operators began raising South Korea's sunken Sewol ferry Wednesday, officials said, nearly three years after...

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India Jails Hindu Radicals For Life Over Shrine Blast

An Indian court on Wednesday jailed two Hindu extremists for life over a deadly bombing at a Sufi shrine that has a...

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Afghanistan Music Fans Hail Trailblazing Talent Show

Music fans in conservative Afghanistan Wednesday hailed the groundbreaking finale of a popular television singing...

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China Denies Plans To Build On Disputed Shoal

China Wednesday denied plans to build an environmental monitoring station on a disputed shoal near the Philippines'...

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Hong Kong Leader Must Cooperate With China

Hong Kong's richest man Li Ka-shing said Wednesday he would vote for the candidate who is willing to cooperate with...

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Bayern Munich Opens China Office

German powerhouse Bayern Munich opened a Shanghai office Wednesday in a bid to capitalise on China's vast fan base and...

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Indian Murders Daughter In Suspected ‘honour’ Killing

Indian police Wednesday arrested a man for allegedly murdering his teenage daughter in a so-called honour killing after...

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Butcher Shops Razed Amid Crackdown On Beef In India

Indian police said Wednesday they were not ruling out arson after fire gutted three butcher shops in Uttar Pradesh...

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Call For Calm As ‘toxicity’ Grows In India-Australia Test Series

A leading Indian commentator has hit out at the "toxicity" blighting the series against Australia, and called for both...

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Water Carriers In Madagascar Bear Brunt of Global Crisis

As usual, they get up before dawn and, one by one, place their cans in a neat row at the base of the water pump, ready...

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Indonesia Increases Estimate For Cruise Ship Reef Damage

Indonesia said Wednesday a cruise ship on a voyage organised by a British company had damaged about 18,900 square...

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33 Dead In US-Led North Syria Air Strike

At least 33 people were killed in a US-led coalition strike on a school used as a centre for displaced people near a...

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Brexit Zip It, Says Korean Designer On Tokyo Catwalk

Britain's impending divorce from the European Union helped inspire perhaps the least likely cultural response: a Korean...

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HRW Calls On Iraqis To Avoid Ad Hoc Mass Grave Exhumations

Iraqis should not carry out hurried or ad hoc exhumations of mass graves left by jihadists, as this makes identifying...

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China Steps Up Security For South Korea World Cup Qualifier

Chinese authorities have stepped up security for Thursday's tense World Cup qualifier against South Korea, whose fans...

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US-Led Air Strike On North Syria Kills 33

At least 33 people were killed in a US-led coalition strike on a school used as a centre for displaced people near a...

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Multiple Bomb Blasts Rock Migrant Camp In Nigeria

Suicide bomb blasts rocked a camp for migrants who have fled Boko Haram insurgents near Nigeria's restive northeastern...