Activists bristle as India cracks down on foreign funding of NGOs
Government bars groups that oppose nuclear energy, human rights abuses from accepting overseas donations.
Without U.S. air support, Afghans struggle to save their wounded
More lives are at risk as the U.S. helicopters that the Afghan army has relied on to transport its injured leave.
Pakistan army chief meets incoming prime minister in ‘good omen’
Gen. Ashfaq Kayani, head of Pakistan’s powerful army, holds significant sway over civilian affairs.
Sibling spy intrigue puts spotlight on S. Korea’s wary eye toward defectors
Yoo Woo-sung made strides in Seoul. Then his sister told interrogators he was on a mission for the North.
N. Korea fires 3 missiles into the sea
The launch, reported by South Korea, tests the recent calm on the peninsula after a period of heightened tension.
China’s anti-Japan films scrutinized
FT.com | Beijing censor sees no artistic merit in TV dramas inspired by decades-old bilateral tensions.
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Latest Headlines
- China urges North Korea to release Chinese fishing boat, 16 crew; owner says ransom demanded
- More bodies recovered in collapsed Indonesia mine where 28 workers are believed to have died
- Asian stock markets rise after US leading economic indicator improves for April
- Chinese court sentences entrepreneur to death in latest crackdown on underground banking
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Pakistan’s Mr. Popular
Imran Khan hopes to replicate his success on the cricket pitch in the field of Pakistani politics.
India election sees change
After 34 years, world’s longest-serving democratically elected communist party loses power.
The art of Ai Weiwei
A collection of popular works of Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, who was arrested by the Chinese police.
Global nuclear debate heats up
Governments around the world are questioning the use of nuclear power.
Powerful quake, aftershocks rattle Tokyo
A massive earthquake and tsunami struck the eastern coast of Japan.
Quake in New Zealand kills scores
The search for survivors continues after 6.3-magnitude earthquake hit Christchurch.
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Asia / Pacific
- China urges North Korea to release Chinese fishing boat, 16 crew; owner says ransom demanded
- More bodies recovered in collapsed Indonesia mine where 28 workers are believed to have died
- Asian stock markets rise after US leading economic indicator improves for April
- Chinese court sentences entrepreneur to death in latest crackdown on underground banking
Africa
Middle East
- Iraqi officials: 5 car bombs across Baghdad's Shiite neighborhoods kill 16
- Iraqi officials: 5 car bombs strike Shiite neighborhoods across Baghdad, killing 16 people
- Hot air balloon crashes in central Turkey; 1 killed, 24 injured
- Iraqi officials: Twin car bombings in southern city of Basra kill at least 10 people
Europe
- Who is building what in Sochi and at what cost in preparation for the 2014 Olympics
- Russian TV: American accused of spying and ordered to leave the country flies out of Moscow
- Mice and lizards return from a month in space aboard an orbiting Russian capsule
- Could honeybees save Europe from land mines? Croatian scientists think so
The Americas
- Federal agents arrest top enforcement officer for US Virgin Islands' environment agency
- Mexican judge orders prison for suspects in beating death of Malcolm X's grandson
- Venezuela releases ex-general jailed in post-election crackdown on opposition
- AP reporter recalls brush with death during Argentina's dictatorship under Jorge Rafael Videla
National Security
- Army general who served in Afghanistan is Pentagon pick to command US troops in South Korea
- VA says more than 10,000 disability claims workers must put in overtime
- Pentagon poised to trim number of civilian furlough days, expand pool of exempt workers
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