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An explosion at Jakarta's international airport early Sunday wounded 11 people, two of them seriously, police said.

The Indonesian province of Aceh is littered with mass graves, resulting from more than two decades of Jakarta's brutal counter-insurgency campaign against separatist rebels of the Free Aceh movement.

Australia has decided to begin pulling its troops out of Iraq from next month with only a handful of specialists likely to remain in the Middle East after June.

Indonesian Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Ba'asyir's, the alleged spiritual leader of a regional terrorist group, has gone on trial for trying to topple the government and authorizing the bombings of churches across Indonesia on Christmas Eve 2000.

Beijing has pulled out all the stops to assure foreign businessmen and tourists that it is safe to visit China despite the outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS).

Beijing is set to appoint Iron Lady Wu Yi to head the Health Ministry as a signal to the global community that China is serious about tackling the pneumonia epidemic.

Behind tightly sealed windows in a Beijing hospital ward, SARS patients undergo intensive care.

Public relations damage-control is underway in Beijing as health officials brief the press on the SARS virus.

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has pledged China will speak the truth in disclosing facts and figures about Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS).

An explosion has ripped through the departure lounge at Jakarta's international airport, wounding 11 people, at least two of them seriously.

A radical Indonesian Muslim leader who called for a jihad against America in Iraq, has slipped out of the world's largest Muslim country.

The Chinese leadership's assessment of the war in Iraq is focused on two issues: the impending North Korean crisis, and chinks in the American armor that have been exposed in the heated campaign.

Indian authorities have reported heavy shelling from Pakistani positions across the Line of Control, the de facto international border that divides the disputed region of Kashmir.

Despite last Sunday's sacking of two ministerial-level cadres for covering up the pneumonia epidemic, the Hu Jintao leadership needs to do a lot more to promote the culture of truth-telling and full disclosure.

A radical Indonesian Muslim leader, who called for a jihad (holy war) against the U.S. in Iraq, has slipped out of the world's largest Islamic country while under house arrest to head to Baghdad on a humanitarian mission.

If Wall Street sneezes, it is often said, the rest of the world catches a cold.

Greenpeace protestors have managed to stall the departure of an Australian navy frigate which was heading to join troops in the Persian Gulf.

Saddam Hussein has gained a place on the streets of Indonesia, home to the world's largest Muslim population.

China's leader has called for unity in the fight against the deadly SARS virus, as Beijing's mayor says the situation remains severe in the capital.

Whether Beijing can make amends for its cover-up of the pneumonia outbreak is a good gauge of the Hu Jintao leadership's commitment to media reform.

Every year Hong Kong's watch industry packs up its wares and heads to the World Watch Fair in Basel, Switzerland. It's a chance to make new contacts and reel in business.

SARS patients in Singapore who have been sent to an intensive care ward are not just sick -- they are also very lonely.

The Tamil Tiger rebels say they have not ended negotiations or walked away from peace talks, and remain committed to finding a negotiated settlement with the Sri Lankan government.

One of the most frequently asked questions in Beijing's political circles is will Hu Jintao play the anti-corruption card?

A radical Indonesian Muslim leader who escaped from house arrest earlier this month has turned himself over to police after once again slipping through the hands of authorities.

Saddam Hussein is a good student of Mao Zedong's, so goes a popular saying in Beijing.

An intense air campaign was under way Thursday near southern Afghanistan's Tor Ghar Mountains after forces believed to belong to the Taliban opened fire on a U.S. Special Forces unit and an Afghan militia force, according to a U.S coalition statement.

The rigorous screening of international travelers is among measures included in a six-point plan adopted by Asian leaders to try and control the outbreak of the deadly SARS virus.

Ministers from across Asia are meeting in Malaysia to consider ordering strict new measures to deal with the threat from SARS, which has killed scores of people and disrupted life in the region.

Australia has banned six more foreign Islamic groups from operating within its borders, putting them on a list of terrorist groups.

The Australian government says it is interested in taking a leading agricultural role in the interim government running post-war Iraq.

A major hospital in Beijing has been placed under quarantine in a bid to curb the spread of the deadly SARS virus in the capital.

Beijing authorities Sunday ordered the temporary closure of public places like theaters and libraries and suspended the approval of marriages in an effort to prevent gatherings where SARS can be spread.

Beijing authorities have ordered all the city's theaters, cinemas, Internet cafes and other public entertainment venues to close as it struggles to get a grip on the SARS virus.

China has blocked a U.S. proposal that the U.N. Security Council issue a statement this week condemning North Korea over the suspected revival of its nuclear arms program, according to diplomats.

Four Islamic militants and a former paramilitary Ranger have been charged in connection with the attempted assassination last year of Pakistan's president, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, according to prosecutors.

Vietnam police have filed charges against a U.S. citizen of Vietnamese origin and 10 others over a fire in Ho Chi Minh City last year that killed 60 people.

China's government announced that it was canceling one of the country's biggest national holidays -- the week-long May 1 International Workers' Day holiday -- in an effort to prevent the SARS virus being spread further around the country.

China, where the government has admitted the number of SARS cases in Beijing is far higher than disclosed previously, is facing a very big outbreak in its provinces, the World Health Organization said Monday.

Beijing authorities have gone to staggering lengths to hide SARS patients from visiting World Health Organization (WHO) inspectors, according to TIME magazine.

China's President Hu Jintao has called on authorities to provide full support for SARS research and co-operate with international agencies, according to media reports.

Doctors from the World Health Organization have revealed that Beijing's cases of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome are largely undercounted.

Prosecutors in Japan have demanded the death penalty for a doomsday cult leader accused of masterminding the deadly 1995 sarin nerve gas attack on a Tokyo subway.

North Korea has told South Korea to mind its own business and not meddle in its standoff with Washington over its suspected nuclear weapons program.

South Korea has contradicted Japanese military claims made Tuesday saying North Korea had test-fired a short-range, surface-to-ship missile from its western coast.

Police are investigating a small explosion near a United Nations facility in Jakarta, in which two home-made pipe bombs were detonated.

A bomb ripped through a courthouse Friday in the Kashmir town of Pattan, killing three people and injuring 34 others, police said.

A ferry capsized and sank Monday in the Buriganga River near here, killing at least 20 people, a police official said.

A Pakistan court has convicted four men for involvement in last year's suicide bombing outside the U.S. Consulate in Karachi, handing down death sentences to two of the men.