Asia Pacific
Australia votes with Abbott set for landslide win
Australians are voting Saturday in national elections that are expected to return conservatives to power and end the Labor Party\'s six-year government ...G20 leaders vow to crack down on tax evasion by multinationals
The Group of 20 leading economies has decided to force the world\'s largest multinational companies to pay more taxes.Thai rubber farmers, police clash as crisis deepens
Rubber farmers clashed with security forces in southern Thailand as protesters torched cars and police fired tear gas in the latest unrest ...Chinese official jailed for smiling at accident
A work safety official in China, seen "smiling" at the scene of a multiple-fatality accident, Thursday was sentenced to 14 years in ...Syria – Count The Cost
The President and Congress will make the decisions when it comes to Syria. They and military leadership have ...Basketball star visits North Korea
Former NBA star Dennis Rodman landed Tuesday in North Korea for what he called a trip to hang out with authoritarian leader ...Japan unveils $470m plan for Fukushima water leaks
The Japanese government on Tuesday said it would spend the equivalent of $470 million to try to tackle the toxic water crisis ...China fires official in oil giant corruption probe
The Communist Party in China has fired the head of a body that oversees major state-owned companies and who is being investigated ...Radiation readings spike at Fukushima nuclear plant
Radiation at a tank holding contaminated water at a crippled Japanese nuclear power plant has increased by a factor of 18, the ...World protests as Obama prepares to strike Syria
Protesters worldwide are taking to the streets — and to social media — to express their varied views on a possible U.S.-led ...




