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A group of about 15 people, reportedly North Korean nationals, have entered a German diplomatic compound in Beijing in an apparent attempt to claim asylum.

On election day the contrast between Kashmir's two largest towns, Srinagar and Jammu could not be greater.

New fears of political instability are shaking Afghanistan after an assassination attempt on the president and two car bomb attacks on the capital city.

Australian courts will soon be able to seize the assets of people they reasonably believe to have profited from crime, even if the suspects have not yet been convicted.

Bangladeshi police have stepped up the hunt for the men behind two crude bomb attacks.

The CIA and FBI are hoping to get key details on al Qaeda operations now that Ramzi Binalshibh -- an al Qaeda operative who has acknowledged he participated in the September 11 terror planning -- is in their custody.

Two people were slightly wounded when a small explosive device placed in a trash can near the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, blew up Saturday night.

International flights at Australia's busiest airport in Sydney are being disrupted following a bomb threat Friday afternoon.

Borneo residents are reaching for their face masks and staying indoors in a bid to escape the effects of a choking haze caused by forest fires.

Talks between the Sri Lankan government and Tamil Tiger rebels have been hailed a success with both sides optimistic conditions for peace can be attained without dividing the country.

Fears of violence, that saw 50,000 Indian paramilitary forces summoned to Jammu and Kashmir, have been realized as polls reopen with suspected Islamic militants opening fire on a bus.

New talks have begun on the construction of a natural gas pipeline from Central Asia to the Arabian Sea, with officials from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Turkmenistan pledging to move forward on the long-delayed project.

A man wielding a knife and claiming to be driven by voices urging him to kill, slashed and injured at least 10 children at a church preschool in Seoul.

China, a key United Nations Security Council member, has hinted it would not support unilateral military action against Iraq.

Typhoon Sinlaku, the sixteenth major storm to hit mainland China this year, claimed 26 lives over the weekend and caused more than $120 million in damage, state media has reported.

Rat poison is the suspected cause of an outbreak of food poisoning in China, in which dozens of people are believed to have died.

China has released a leading AIDS activist from almost a month of detention after he confessed to leaking official secrets, state-run media reported.

Nine people were killed and three missing as Typhoon Sinlaku unleashed heavy rains and winds on China's southeast coast, state media said on Sunday.

Space officials breathed a collective sigh of relief in Japan following the successful launch of a rocket that put a satellite and test module into orbit

Envoys of the exiled Dalai Lama were in Tibet for the first time in 20 years Monday, a Tibetan government spokesman said.

Chinese and German officials say they have reached a deal on the problem of 15 North Korean asylum seekers holed up in a German diplomatic compound in Beijing.

In Nepal, dozens of soldiers are dead and many more missing after Maoist rebels struck a remote western town early this morning.

The editor of a London-based Arabic language daily newspaper Sunday repeated his claim that Osama bin Laden is alive and added that he is now back in charge of the al Qaeda terrorist network.

The tiny Southeast Asian nation of East Timor, which in May became the first country created in the 21st century, has become the 191th member of the United Nations.

Explosive experts are investigating the site of a blast in Kabul that injured four people near the U.S. Embassy and a building used by the Afghan Defense Ministry.

Authorities found an explosive device near a church in the central Pakistani town of Kohlo, according to a spokesman for the country's Interior Ministry.

One of two defendants about to face trial in South Australia's gruesome bodies-in-barrels case has changed his plea to guilty.

Automatic gunfire and grenades have punctuated a standoff between Indian security forces and armed militants holed up inside a Srinagar school that was to be used as a polling place for today's state elections.

At least 23 people, including four children, were killed when gunmen stormed a Hindu temple in India's western state of Gujarat and opened fire, a top Indian official said.

Hong Kong has reported its first locally-contracted case of dengue fever, prompting authorities to step up efforts to control the mosquito-borne disease.

Indian commandos have killed the three gunman who attacked a Hindu temple packed with worshippers, bringing a murderous seven-hour siege to an end.

At least 17 people have died after a van loaded with fireworks exploded in the southern Indian city of Attur, police and city officials say.

The Indian government has said it suspects external' involvement in a temple massacre as Hindu groups call for a nationwide response to the killing of dozens of worshippers.

A new broadcasting bill that aims to limit the broadcasting of international news programs in Indonesia has been approved by the government.

The speaker of the Indonesian parliament and head of the country's second largest political party has been found guilty of corruption and sentenced to three years in jail.

Rock star Joan Jett is in Afghanistan, where she performed for U.S. troops participating in Operation Enduring Freedom.

Violence ahead of next week's state elections in Kashmir has left nine people dead, police said.

Kashmir's only female minister has survived a second assassination bid within the past 24 hours by suspected Islamic militants -- the fourth attack overall on her life since election campaigning began in the Indian-controlled region.

Suspected militants have attacked an Indian paramilitary patrol killing a passerby and injuring 12 others, police sources say.

SRINAGAR, Indian-controlled Kashmir (CNN) – Security forces have killed three suspected Islamic militants in a day of violence in Indian-controlled Kashmir which also saw an angry protest outside Srinagar's largest mosque.

Indian police have fired tear gas and clashed with a large crowd of protesters in Kashmir on the last day of full campaigning as controversial state elections near.

Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi has arrived in North Korea for a landmark visit with hopes for a breakthrough after more than five decades of tense relations.

Military officials from North and South Korea have held their first meeting in almost two years to discuss the reconnection of road and rail links across their heavily fortified frontier.

North and South Korea have finalized a crucial military agreement clearing the way for work to begin on cross-border land links and establishing a hotline between military commanders on both sides.

Soccer teams from North and South Korea have faced each other on a football pitch for the first time in over 10 years.

Australian pop princess Kylie Minogue has made a dramatic return to her homeland after breaking down on the Paris set of her new video, a report said Saturday.

Malaysia's prime minister has ordered an investigation into allegations that a Filipino girl was raped by police during her detention in the Malaysian state of Sabah.

A turboprop plane carrying 49 heading to a resort island has crashed at Manila International Airport,.

Afghan authorities have detained 17 men for questioning about the attempted assassination of President Hamid Karzai, a government spokesman said Friday.

Tokyo residents are bracing for the onslaught of Typhoon Higos -- an extremely powerful tropical cyclone that is expected to hit the Japanese mainland late Tuesday.