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Three men detained this week in connection with the disappearance of Daniel Pearl have been formally arrested in connection with the Wall Street Journal reporter's kidnapping, officials in Pakistan said Friday.

United States officials have dismissed suggestions by Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf that arch-enemy India has recently carried out a nuclear test.

After years of living in seclusion and amid tight security, the boy endorsed by Beijing as Tibet's 11th Panchen Lama has made a rare appearance on Chinese television.

The Pashtun leader seeking to establish peace between two rival Pashtun factions in eastern Afghanistan's Paktia province plans to ask Afghan interim leader Hamid Karzai to replace the provincial governor.

British troops have come under fire in Kabul from unidentified gunmen on Saturday.

The parents of slain Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl issued this statement Thursday:

Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, the self-confessed mastermind of the kidnapping of American reporter Daniel Pearl, has been detained for a further 14 days following his court appearance in Karachi on Monday.

The prime suspect in the killing of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl has been identified in a court hearing as the man who passed himself off as a go-between for the head of a fundamentalist group whom Pearl wanted to interview.

Slain American journalist Daniel Pearl discussed his Jewish heritage and made propaganda statements, under apparent duress, on a roughly produced videotape that also contained violent footage of his death.

Philippine soldiers have killed at least 16 suspected Muslim guerrillas in a three-day raid that began on Friday.

The Philippines' tourism secretary has earned the ire of local boxing promoters for his offer to host an upcoming heavyweight bout between Mike Tyson and Lennox Lewis.

Many people can get get a bit of a shock when they see the charges on their telephone account, but few expect to be insulted into the bargain.

Four people are confirmed dead from pneumonic plague in northern India, but officials say the disease is contained.

Indian authorities have shut down several schools and placed health workers on alert in the northern state of Punjab after three people died from suspected pneumonic plague.

I live, eat and breathe Afghanistan. I also sneeze, choke and wear it.

Police admitted Thursday that they had not heard from a Wall Street Journal reporter's abductors in more than a week, one day after Pakistani and U.S. authorities said they were bearing down on the kidnappers.

A senior Pakistani police official expressed pessimism Saturday on what had been growing hopes that kidnapped U.S. reporter Daniel Pearl would soon be released, despite having identified the man police believe is responsible for his capture.

Two weeks after Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl disappeared on the way to an interview with a Muslim fundamentalist, Karachi police Wednesday said they are closing in on his kidnappers.

Taiwan prosecutors have charged a former mayor with invading his estranged girlfriend's privacy by secretly filming her making love in the island's most gripping sex scandal.

President Bush arrived Sunday in Tokyo at the start of a three-nation East Asian trip that will focus on many tough issues, including Japan's struggling economy, North Korea's weapons programs and U.S.-Sino relations.

Here are some reactions to the news Thursday afternoon that Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl was killed by his captors in Pakistan:

The suspected ringleader in the kidnapping of slain U.S. reporter Daniel Pearl also intended to harm American interests as part of the abduction plan, The New York Times reported Saturday.

Pakistani police say they have found four rockets aimed towards the country's main international airport at Karachi, which is also used by Afghanistan's international security force.

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (CNN) -- So there I was chatting on the satellite phone to someone back in the States, describing life here. It seems there are a lot of myths floating around out there about life with the military in remote regions.

Russia's foreign affairs minister has condemned continued acts of cross-border terrorism against India and supported that country's demand Pakistan clamp down on groups India blames for the attacks.

Russia's foreign affairs minister has condemned continued acts of cross-border terrorism against India and supported that country's demand Pakistan clamp down on groups India blames for the attacks.

KABUL, Afghanistan - Russia's foreign minister has arrived in Afghanistan marking a thaw in frosty relations that began with the Soviet army invasion of the country.

Saudi Arabian officials in Kabul said Sunday that they had apprehended two of the three senior Afghan interim government officials sought in the killing of an Afghanistan minister.

Chinese high school students bent on settling a campus feud with stolen explosives might be to blame for two deadly apartment building blasts that killed at least six people.

The act of two Singaporean schoolgirls in wearing head scarves to school has escalated into an international diplomatic row.

More than 50 U.S. troops from the Army's 101st Airborne Division are searching the site of Monday's Hellfire missile strike in Afghanistan, to determine who was killed in the CIA attack, senior Pentagon officials told CNN Friday.

Pressure is mounting on Australia's Head of State Governor General Peter Hollingworth to stand down in the face of fresh allegations of sex-abuse cover-ups while he was Anglican archbishop of Brisbane.

It's amazing what you'll put up with for a shower.

Some 300 Singaporean men will have no excuse for forgetting their wedding anniversary after four times the usual number of couples tied the knot on Saturday, a day deemed lucky because of the 02-02-02 numbers in the date.

In a move that signals economic recovery may be around the corner, Singapore has raised its official growth forecast for 2002, betting on greater demand for its electronics exports.

In a follow up to last week's cabinet shake-up, South Korean President Kim Dae-jung will replace his foreign minister, reports said Monday.

Rail and power workers in South Korea are extending their strike into a second day despite government threats to take stern measures against strike organizers.

Ko Gi-Hyun became the youngest winner of an Olympic individual short short track gold medal on Wednesday as South Korea swept the top two places in the women's 1,500 metres.

Japan's troubled Snow Brand Food Co Ltd, already hit hard by a meat-labeling scandal involving beef, has also falsely labeled imported pork as domestic meat, a company official said Saturday.

Investigators looking into the kidnapping of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl believe the ringleader of his abduction was Sheik Omar Saeed, a Pakistani militant who was freed from an Indian prison in 1999 as part of a deal to end an airline hijacking, U.S. officials said Tuesday.

The death sentence handed down to Fijian coup leader George Speight has been commuted to life in prison in a quick decision by a commission set up to consider the verdict.

Sri Lanka's government and Tamil Tiger rebels have reached an agreement on an open-ended ceasefire, government officials said, and are expected to formally announce the deal soon.

Scorching heat and crippling humidity are having a huge impact on the performance of teams playing in the World Cup field hockey tournament.

KARACHI, Pakistan (CNN) -- A key suspect in the kidnapping of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl contradicted himself Thursday, telling a judge, As far as I know, Pearl is dead.

An aunt of the main suspect in Daniel Pearl's kidnapping spoke with her nephew by telephone and pleaded with him to free the Wall Street Journal reporter, Pakistan's interior minister said Sunday.

Three suspects accused of aiding and abetting in the kidnapping of an American journalist were remanded to police custody Tuesday and are scheduled to be back in Pakistan's Anti-Terrorism court in 14 days to face formal charges.

Thousands of Buddhists in Taiwan have welcomed the arrival of what they believe to be the remains of a finger that belonged to Buddha.

A 41-year-old Taiwan legislator posed for Playboy's Chinese-language magazine this month, but kept her clothes on saying she will not bare all until she is 60.

The government of Taiwan has welcomed President Bush's reiteration of Washington's commitment to defend the island should it ever come under attack.

U.S. officials say the man who served as the Taliban minister of foreign affairs has turned himself in to Afghan authorities -- a move the U.S. says it hopes will prompt other high-ranking Taliban officials to follow suit.