Sri Lanka's military said it took control of the island's entire coastline Saturday and cut off any sea escape for Tamil Tiger leaders trapped in a tiny slice of remaining…

The producer of a Danish reality television show has apologized to Muslim-majority Malaysia for shooting a nude scene on a southern island earlier this month.

The slayings of four young Americans in Tijuana sowed fear in Southern California on Friday as Mexican prosecutors tried to determine whether the youths were involved in the country's violent…

Human Rights Watch accused the U.S. military of not doing enough to reduce civilian casualties during battles in Afghanistan and called for changes to prevent civilian deaths like those earlier…

The Nobel Peace Prize awards committee issued a rare public statement Friday to condemn the imprisonment of 1991 peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi and to demand her immediate release.

Mexico has confirmed six more deaths from swine flu, bringing the death toll to 66.

North Korea declared all contracts on running a lucrative joint industrial complex with South Korea invalid Friday, the latest move to raise tensions on the Korean peninsula.

Bangladeshi security forces arrested a suspected Islamic militant at his Dhaka home Friday as a bomb exploded and severed his wife's hand during the raid.

Malaysia on Friday confirmed its first case of swine flu, a 21-year-old student who recently returned from the United States.

Australian Ambassador to ASEAN Gillian Bird recently visited Jakarta, as part of her Southeast Asian tour following her appointment last year. The Jakarta Post's Lilian Budianto talked to her about…