All 24 Hours News

DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan - A suspected American missile strike killed five alleged militants in northwestern Pakistan early yesterday, an intelligence official said, the fourth such attack on suspected insurgent targets there in 24 hours. The barrage was one of the most intense since the attacks were stepped up more ...

KABUL, Afghanistan - The top US and NATO intelligence officer in Afghanistan, Major General Michael Flynn, is moving to a senior intelligence job in Washington, D.C., two defense officials said yesterday.

SEOUL - North Korea celebrated its 62d anniversary yesterday with odes to supreme leader Kim Jong Il and pilgrimages to his late father's statue amid hints that a political meeting believed aimed at promoting his son as successor is imminent. There is widespread speculation that Kim will use the conference ...

It was five minutes to game time and Li Jiajie was still tinkering with his pitch, hurling ball after ball into a teammate's mitt, trying to achieve pinpoint accuracy. Few 13-year-old players in the world have as much invested in their adolescent frames as Li. The new baseball field he ...

JAKARTA (AFP) – The leader of the world's most populous Muslim-majority country, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, warned Friday that a US pastor's plan to burn the Koran threatened global peace. "This threatens peace and international security

KABUL (AFP) – Afghan President Hamid Karzai Friday called on Taliban leader...

BEIJING (AFP) – Nearly 20 middle school students have been diagnosed with cholera in eastern China, the government has said, in the second outbreak of the potentially fatal disease in the nation in a month. A total of 19 cases have been...

SEOUL (AFP) – Thousands of South Korean farmers rallied Friday, demanding the government stop a fall in rice prices by shipping surplus stocks in state silos to North Korea.

TOKYO – Haneda airport will open up to international flights next month as Japan works to maintain Tokyo's status as an Asian travel hub. But it comes with a big catch for U.S