Japan's Prime Minister Taro Aso and his Cabinet resigned Wednesday to pave the way for parliament to elect Yukio Hatoyama as the country's next leader.

A navy ship intercepted a boat carrying suspected asylum seekers off Australia's northwest coast - the fourth such incident in just over a week.

The government has begun selecting candidates for Indonesia’s representative in the ASEAN human rights commission.

Ballots from about 10 percent of Afghanistan's polling stations must be recounted because of suspicions of fraud in last month's presidential election, according to an order from a UN-backed body,…

Chinese police on Tuesday banned explosives from being transported in the western region of Xinjiang, the scene of deadly ethnic rioting this summer, while more suspects were being investigated for…

The investigation of a suspected al-Qaeda associate prompted the "preventive" raid of three New York City apartments - but authorities said the target of any terror attack plan remained unclear.

Indonesia will remain a priority for Japan under its first new government after almost five decades of uninterrupted Liberal Democrats’ rule, an envoy says, citing Tokyo’s new interest in enhancing…

A lawyer for the Iraqi reporter who threw his shoes at former President George W. Bush says a judge has signed the necessary papers for his release, which he expects…

About 40 military officers from Iraq and Afghanistan are learning mine-clearing techniques in China, a country that has long been wary of U.S.-led military operations in the two nations.