By ATIF RAZA | The Associated Press
| May 18, 2013
Pakistan is holding a repeat election in an upmarket area of the southern city of Karachi that was plagued with allegations of vote-rigging.
The Associated Press
| 5:44AM
A popular Vietnamese cable television provider has stopped providing CNN and BBC, saying the channels don't have the licenses needed under a law stipulating that much content on foreign channels must be translated into Vietnamese.
The Associated Press
| 5:24AM
South Korea says North Korea has fired a projectile into waters off its eastern coast a day after launching three short-range missiles in the same area.
By ASHOK SHARMA | Associated Press
| May 18, 2013
Just weeks after a tense border standoff, China's new premier headed to India on Sunday for his first foreign trip as the neighboring giants look to speed up efforts to settle a decades-old boundary dispute and boost economic ties.
By KARIN LAUB | The Associated Press
| May 18, 2013
Syrian activists say government airstrikes and heavy shelling of a strategic town near the Lebanese border have killed at least 16 people, including rebel fighters.
The Associated Press
| 4:29AM
Several Iranian newspapers are citing a senior Revolutionary Guard commander as warning his forces will be on watch for possible unrest after the June 14 presidential election.
By JEFREY PATTIRAJAWANE | The Associated Press
| May 18, 2013
Rescuers have pulled another body from a collapsed facility at a giant U.S.-owned gold and copper mine in Indonesia, bringing the death toll to six.
The Associated Press
| 2:24AM
Iran's state radio says authorities have executed two men convicted of spying for Israel's Mossad and the American CIA spy agency.
The Associated Press
| May 18, 2013
A judge on Saturday issued an order for the imprisonment of two waiters accused in the beating death of Malcolm Shabazz, grandson of civil rights activist Malcolm X, the Mexico City attorney general's office said.
By JORGE RUEDA | Associated Press
| May 18, 2013
Venezuelan authorities have released a dissident ex-general who was jailed on charges of inciting unrest after the country's disputed presidential election.