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Cargo Ship Sinking Off South Korea; 19 Missing

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea’s coast guard says a Panamanian-flagged cargo ship is sinking off the country’s southeastern coast and all of its 19 crew...

Burmese Authorities Arrest 3 for Bombings

VOA News Burmese authorities have arrested three men in connection with a series of bombings and attempted bombings around the country that have killed two people since...

Strong quake kills more than 90 in central Philippines

COLLAPSED: A view of the damaged Basilica Minore of Santo Niño de Cebu after an earthquake struck Cebu city, in the central Philippines, on Tuesday. Picture: REUTERS...

China plan to ban HIV patients from public baths comes under attack

A proposal by the Chinese government to prevent HIV patients from making use of public bathhouses has been attacked by campaigners, the UN and members of the public as...

Over 1,500 migrants rounded up after ethnic riots in Moscow

By Gabriela Baczynska MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian police rounded up more than 1,600 migrants on Monday in Moscow after rioting swept through a southern neighborhood...

Tourists Stranded at Everest Base Camp in Tibet

BEIJING — At least 86 tourists were trapped by heavy snow on Monday at the north base camp of Mount Everest in central Tibet, according to Xinhua, China’s state news...

Kirkuk in limbo as law addressing political balance is scrapped

KIRKUK, 14 October 2013 (IRIN) – The scrapping of part of a law encouraging political balance in Iraq’s most ethnically divided province has added to growing...

Yu Qiyi drowning: China party investigators jailed over killing

Six Communist Party officials in China have been sentenced to between four and 14 years in jail for torturing another official to death. The verdicts, delivered by a...

Moscow seeks to calm tensions after anti-migrant riot

Moscow (AFP) – Russian authorities on Monday took steps to calm ethnic tensions after Moscow was rocked by some of its worst rioting in years, sparked by the...

Court upholds ban on use of ‘Allah’ by Christians

A Malaysian appeals court has upheld a government ban against the use of the word “Allah” to refer to God in non-Muslim faiths, overruling claims by...