Australia’s iconic rock Uluru scaled by final climbers
ULURU, Australia — Nature seemed to be siding with indigenous Australians' demand for Uluru to be respected as a sacred site on Friday when high winds...
Japan trade minister resigns over vote buying scandal
TOKYO — Japan's trade minister resigned Friday a month into his job in a scandal over condolence money, expensive melons and other gifts allegedly off...
Samsung heir Lee appears in court for corruption retrial
SEOUL, South Korea — Billionaire Samsung scion Lee Jae-yong appeared in court Friday for a retrial on corruption allegations linked to a 2016 scandal ...
Asian shares mixed after US gains amid global uncertainties
TOKYO — Asian shares were mixed Friday, after Wall Street indexes posted modest gains, cheered by solid profits and forecasts from U.S. technology com...
16 sentenced to death for setting Bangladesh student on fire
DHAKA, Bangladesh — A court in eastern Bangladesh sentenced the principal of an Islamic school and 15 others to death on Thursday over the killing of ...
Pence takes swipe at NBA, Nike in critical speech on China
WASHINGTON — Vice President Mike Pence took a swipe at Nike and the NBA on Thursday in a speech criticizing communist China's record on trade and huma...
The Latest: UK police get 24 hours to question truck driver
LONDON — The Latest on the death of 39 people found in a truck container in southeastern England (all times local):
India holds Kashmir elections despite lockdown, boycott
SRINAGAR, India — Village council elections were held Thursday across Indian-controlled Kashmir, with the detention of many mainstream local politicia...
Woods shrugs off shaky start to lead in Japan
INZAI CITY, Japan — Tiger Woods couldn't have scripted a better scenario for the PGA's first tournament in Japan despite his shaky start.
South Korean prosecutors arrest ex-minister’s wife
SEOUL, South Korea — Prosecutors on Thursday arrested the wife of South Korea's former justice minister who resigned last week over corruption allegat...
Nissan ex-chairman Ghosn’s lawyers want charges dismissed
TOKYO — The lawyers of former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn, who is awaiting trial in Japan, said Thursday they have requested that financial misconduc...
Mountain skeleton may be man from Japanese internment camp
SANTA MONICA, Calif. — In the closing days of World War II, a Japanese American set out with other men from the infamous internment camp at Manzanar o...
Sri Lanka spy chief blamed for failures before Easter attack
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — A Sri Lankan parliamentary committee that investigated last April's Easter suicide bombings has concluded that the country's spy ...
Slowing global growthrowth hits Caterpillar in 3Q
NEW YORK — A slowing global economy is taking a toll on Caterpillar, which cut its outlook for the year Wednesday after profits and revenue slid in th...
Q&A: How a woman’s death got tangled in Hong Kong politics
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Around Valentine's Day last year, the decomposing body of a pregnant Hong Kong woman, 21-year-old Poon Hiu-wing, turned up in the tal...
Hong Kong government withdraws bill that sparked protests
HONG KONG — Hong Kong authorities on Wednesday withdrew an unpopular extradition bill that sparked months of chaotic protests that have since morphed ...