Asia Pacific
Embattled Australia PM Abbott vows to consult more after Prince Philip furore
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said on Wednesday he would take criticism of his decision to grant Britain\'s Prince Philip a knighthood ...49 Philippine police killed after clash with rebels
Forty-nine Philippine police commandos were killed when they clashed with Muslim rebels in the south, police said Monday, a bloodbath which tested ...Japan condemns apparent IS execution, demands hostage release
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Sunday called the apparent killing of a Japanese captive by Islamic State militants "outrageous and impermissible," ...Islamic State threatens to kill two Japanese hostages
The militant Islamic State group released an online video on Tuesday purporting to show two Japanese captives and threatening to ...IMF cuts global growth outlook, calls for accommodative policy
The International Monetary Fund lowered its forecast for global economic growth in 2015, and called on Tuesday for governments and central banks ...U.S. slaps more sanctions on North Korea after Sony hack
North Korea was hit with more sanctions on Friday designed to impede access to the U.S. financial system in the ...Bodies from crashed AirAsia plane arrive in Indonesian city
The first two bodies from the AirAsia plane that crashed off the coast of Borneo arrived on Wednesday in the Indonesian city ...New Year celebrations marked across the world
New Year\'s celebrations kicked off in New Zealand and Australia as revelers from around the world gathered Wednesday to say goodbye to ...Bodies, debris from missing AirAsia plane pulled from sea off Indonesia
Indonesian rescuers searching for a missing AirAsia plane carrying 162 people pulled bodies and wreckage from the sea off the coast of ...Malaysia flood response denounced anew as nearly quarter million flee
Malaysia\'s worst flooding in a decade has forced nearly a quarter of a million people from their homes, officials said on Tuesday, ...