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AP A car bomb exploded outside a mosque Sunday, killing at least 37 people and wounding another 141 in a mostly Shiite Muslim neighborhood in the southern Pakistan city of Karachi — the third mass-casualty attack on the minority sect in the country this ...
A Scottish cardinal Sunday acknowledged having engaged in unspecified sexual misbehavior, apologized for his actions, and promised to stay out of the church’s public life in a statement that comes at an awkward time for the Vatican. Cardinal Keith O’Brien had been Britain’s highest-ranking ...
A baby born with the virus that causes AIDS appears to have been cured, scientists announced Sunday, describing the case of a child from Mississippi who’s now 2½ years old and has been off medication for about a year with no signs of infection. ...
The International Olympic Committee’s Evaluation Commission began its four-day inspection tour of Tokyo on Monday, with metropolitan officials expressing confidence about the capital’s ability to host the 2020 Summer Games. At a morning ceremony in Tokyo, Gov. Naoki Inose said: “We’d like to foster ...
The military intervened Sunday in clashes between thousands of protesters and police in a restive Egyptian canal city, the latest in a cycle of violence that killed two security members and two civilians, and which continues to rock Egypt two years after the uprising ...
Moktar Belmoktar, the terrorist who orchestrated the attack on a natural gas plant in Algeria that left 36 foreigners dead, including 10 Japanese, is killed in northern Mali.
Manchester United's Shinji Kagawa becomes the first Asian to score a hat trick in the Premier League.
Japan's atomic power plants are unlikely to be restarted by the end of the year because of the time it will take to complete safety checks under new the regulatory framework, a survey shows.
Japan's whaling fleet has left the Antarctic Ocean whale sanctuary and appears to be heading home following its smallest catch on record, the Sea Shepherd environmental group says.
Michael Thompson felt like he was playing in a U.S. Open whenever he saw his golf ball in the rough or the scores on the leaderboard at the Honda Classic. No one was going anywhere Saturday at PGA National. In cool, blustery conditions on ...
Ichiro Suzuki was unhurt in a car crash Saturday after the Yankees’ game against the Detroit Tigers at the team’s spring training complex in Tampa, Florida, according to New York media reports. “He is fine,” Yankees general manager Brian Cashman told the New York ...
Eight people died amid heavy snowfall in Hokkaido over the weekend, including a woman and her three children trapped in their car, police reported. Kazuyo Miyashita, 40, her son, Daiki, 11, and her two daughters, Misa, 17, and Sayo, 14, have died of carbon ...
Training flights for tilt-rotor Osprey aircraft over Japan’s main islands this week will be conducted on existing routes used by U.S. military planes while abiding by domestic aviation regulations, a U.S. Marine Corps officer said Sunday. The American military will ensure that controversial low-altitude ...
A Japanese businessman was shot to death during a robbery early Sunday on a street in Phnom Penh, local police reported. Kosei Kitakura, 43, was attacked by two unidentified men on a motorbike who fired at him as he tried to fight them off, ...
Kenta Maeda shook off worries about his form with five shutout innings as Japan beat China 5-2 in first-round Pool A of the World Baseball Classic on Sunday at Fukuoka Dome. Japan improved to 2-0 following a tough win over Brazil in Saturday evening’s ...
On the eve of Japan’s World Baseball Classic opener against Brazil, Masahiro Tanaka said that one stellar outing would change people’s perception. But it didn’t work out that way. The impression he gave on Saturday night was not what he wanted. After a couple ...
Standing at the free-throw line, Chiba Jets big man Joe Werner appeared relaxed and confident during Sunday’s game against the host Tokyo Cinq Reves. After all, it’s a familiar place for him to be. Werner has attempted 209 free throws in the season’s first ...
Sara Takanashi won the large hill of the Miyasama International on Sunday. The 16-year-old Takanashi, who also won the normal hill on Friday, managed 136 meters on her first jump and 101 meters on her second. The Sochi Olympic gold medal hopeful totaled 213.6 ...
Coming off one of the best performances of his career, Joakim Noah did all he could to match it. He came up short, but not by much. Noah finished with 21 points and 10 rebounds, Carlos Boozer scored 20 and the Chicago Bulls beat ...
Kenya’s Vincent Kipruto emerged victorious in a shoulder-to-shoulder battle against Tariku Jufar of Ethiopia in the last 200 meters to win the Lake Biwa Marathon on Sunday. Kipruto, running alone with Jufar after Japan-based Kenyan James Mwangi slowed down in the last 2 km, ...
Michel Therrien got another up-close look at the Pittsburgh Penguins’ high-powered offense. Only this time, the longtime coach watched from the opposing bench and didn’t really like what he saw. Therrien and his Montreal Canadiens went back and forth all night with the Penguins ...
Transport authorities launched a full-fledged investigation Sunday into the derailment of a bullet train on the Akita Shinkansen Line in Daisen, Akita Prefecture, on Saturday afternoon.
Novak Djokovic came from a break down in the first set to win his fourth Dubai Championships title in five years on Saturday, downing third-seeded Tomas Berdych 7-5, 6-3. The top-ranked Djokovic extended his unbeaten streak this year to 13 matches, which included his ...
Kevin Tsujihara spends most of his time in backroom meetings, away from the red carpets and spotlights for which the city is known. There are few photos of him online, and a few weeks ago, someone created the first page for him on Wikipedia. ...
Aspiring fisherman Cleo is quickly turning out to be something of a catch for Kashiwa Reysol. The newly signed Brazilian forward followed up his midweek Asian Champions League heroics with a double as Reysol kicked off their J. League campaign with a 3-1 thumping ...
President Barack Obama takes the most specific steps of his administration in an attempt to ensure the election of a Democratic-controlled Congress in two years.
A car that tells your insurance company how you are driving. A bathroom scale that lets you chart your weight on the Web. And a meter that warns your air conditioner when electricity gets more expensive. Welcome to the next phase of the wireless ...
Japan and the European Union are preparing to hold summit talks in Tokyo in late March, to declare the launch of formal negotiations on a free-trade accord.
Concerned about Egypt’s political instability and the U.S. budget crunch, a growing number of American lawmakers are challenging the wisdom of providing $1.3 billion a year in military aid to Cairo, arguing that the policy is overdue for a wholesale review. Lawmakers say that ...
The Sri Lankan military committed numerous war crimes during the final months of the country’s 26-year-long civil war, according to a documentary aired for the first time Friday, amid vigorous protests from Colombo. However, in an interview published Saturday, President Mahinda Rajapaksa firmly denied ...
Researchers steering a remote-controlled submarine around the world’s deepest known hydrothermal vents have collected numerous samples from sunless depths of the Caribbean Sea where blazing hot, mineral-rich fluid gushes from volcanic chimneys that look like gnarled tree stumps. Jon Copley, chief scientist for the ...
The U.S. men and Russian women didn’t leave room for anyone else on the podium at the World Junior Figure Skating Championships. Joshua Farris, Jason Brown and Shotaro Omori’s 1-2-3 finish Saturday was the first sweep in the men’s event by any country. A ...
With virtual bodyguards, panic buttons and maps to pinpoint harassment blackspots, women in urban India are using their smartphones for protection after a notorious gang rape in New Delhi. Interest in safety apps and websites has surged since the fatal December attack, in which ...
When is someone too stoned to drive? The answer, it turns out, has been anything but simple in Colorado, which last fall became one of the first states in the United States to legalize marijuana. Prosecutors and some lawmakers have long pushed for laws ...
Well-known political opposition figures stayed away from meetings with visiting Secretary of State John Kerry on Saturday, some for fear of appearing too close to the U.S. in the still-unsettled politics of Egypt two years after the fall of a U.S.-backed dictator. Kerry encouraged ...
In his first interview since losing his 2012 White House bid, Mitt Romney likened his experience as a presidential candidate to an unpredictable ride. “We were on a roller coaster, exciting and thrilling, ups and downs. But the ride ends,” Romney said, according to ...
Five Malaysian policemen and two gunmen died in a fresh clash on Borneo as fears mounted that violence linked to a deadly standoff with Filipino intruders had spread to other areas, police said Sunday. The shootout late Saturday in the town of Semporna followed ...
President Barack Obama has appointed a new coordinator for the Middle East, North Africa and the Persian Gulf, the White House announced Saturday. Philip Gordon, a veteran foreign policy expert, will take up his post on March 11. The appointment came two weeks before ...
Australia will set up an antigang task force based on the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation’s model to combat “the gangs and guns on our streets,” Prime Minister Julia Gillard said Sunday. Gillard said the task force, expected to cost 64 million Australian dollars ...
Automatic austerity measures that took effect in the U.S. at midnight Friday are likely to further delay Washington’s plans to move thousands of marines from Okinawa to Guam, and to force changes to American military programs elsewhere in the Asia-Pacific region. The spending cuts ...
Two years after the quake-tsunami disaster, prefectural and major municipal governments across the country are continuing to support affected communities in Tohoku with personnel on a large scale, a survey has found. At the end of January, 944 officials from 42 prefectures and 19 ...
Most people who have done time in jail can’t wait to get out. But New York City authorities have accused one former inmate of sneaking back in. Yonkers resident Matthew Matagrano, 36, was arraigned in Manhattan on Saturday on charges that he impersonated a ...
A judge cut $450 million from a $1 billion award to be paid by Samsung in a landmark patent lawsuit from Apple, saying a jury had wrongly calculated the damages. U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh on Friday affirmed the remainder of the award, amounting ...
Is this what Michelle Obama looks like untethered to the pressure of a campaign? Is she free to follow her whims without worries about political backlash? The first lady became the buzz of the Oscars weekend when she beamed into the Academy Awards from ...
U.S. President Barack Obama told Prime Minister Shinzo Abe that he understands China has raised tensions over the Senkaku Islands during their summit talks in Washington last month, sources close to the bilateral relationship said. In the inaugural meeting of the two leaders Feb. ...
Iran and Syria condemned a U.S. plan to assist rebels fighting to topple President Bashar Assad on Saturday and signaled the Syrian leader intends to stay in power at least until 2014 presidential elections. The remarks came against the backdrop of a strategic victory ...
You’d think that with the vast amount of information out there connecting home energy use with global warming, consumers would be more into insulation, solar power and super-efficient furnaces. Even the prospect of saving money by using less energy has not proved to be ...
Just a few salient facts are known about the Americans whose lives might be changed by a Supreme Court ruling on same-sex marriage expected this summer. About 1 in 5 gay and lesbian couples are raising children that are under age 18. Same-sex couples ...
It's a dangerous, unpredictable world. Twice in January Chinese warships in the East China Sea challenged Japan's Maritime Self Defense Forces patrols in a manner deemed threatening. And on Feb. 12 came North Korea's nuclear test.
Violent ethnic riots have rattled Macedonia’s capital, culminating on Saturday with hundreds raging through the city center, clashing with police, overturning cars and attacking a bus station. At least 22 people were injured, 13 of them police officers. Ethnic Macedonians kicked off the protests ...
Jenn Suhr set a women’s pole vault indoor record by clearing 5.02 meters Saturday at the USA Track & Field Indoor National Championships. Suhr cleared the bar with plenty to spare on her first attempt. Yelena Isinbayeva of Russia set the previous record last ...
Voters went to the polls Sunday to choose Bangkok’s new governor in a local election overshadowed by political divisiveness that has wracked Thailand for much of the past eight years. The major rivals were Democrat Party candidate and former Bangkok Gov. Sukhumbhand Paribatra and ...
Baseball commissioner Bud Selig has called for tougher penalties for major leaguers who violate the sport’s drug agreement, a move the union is willing to consider but not for the 2013 season. Speaking at a news conference Saturday at the Arizona Diamondbacks’ spring training ...
The head of an animal rescue center in China says volunteers have rescued about 900 dogs that were being transported in a truck. Chen Mingcai of the Chongqing Small Animal Protection Association said Sunday that a citizen became suspicious of the truck and called ...
Millions of Bulgarians and Romanians on Friday observed a centuries-old regional custom, handing out spring charms to loved ones as they do every March 1. The charms, called “Martenitsi” — from the Bulgarian word for March — in their simplest form are red-and-white woolen ...
Australian soldiers in southern Afghanistan shot dead two children tending cattle, officials said Saturday, in an incident likely to escalate tensions over the conduct of international troops. Civilian casualties caused by NATO-led forces have been one of the most contentious issues in the campaign ...
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is still in charge and mulling political, social and economic policies even as he receives a new round of chemotherapy, his vice president said Saturday. Vice President Nicolas Maduro said that the 58-year-old socialist leader, who is convalescing in seclusion ...
An oil leak at a North Sea platform caused it to be partially evacuated on Saturday, its Middle East operator said, the second such incident at the installation in less than two months. The Alpha Cormorant platform and the pipeline system it services were ...
Israeli President Shimon Peres on Saturday gave Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a two-week extension to form a new coalition government, after he failed to do so in an initial four-week period. After his Likud-Beitenu list emerged as the largest party in the Jan. 22 ...
Animals and insects in the vicinity of the Fukushima No. 1 plant contain high concentrations of radioactive cesium, providing a clue to how radioactivity accumulates in the food chain, a study has shown. More than 6,700 becquerels per kilogram of cesium 137 were detected ...
Pakistani Taliban have threatened to bomb a mobile phone market in the northwestern city of Peshawar for the “shameless” selling of video clips, ring tones and accessories, officials said Saturday. Some 60 shopkeepers received letters in the mail ordering them to burn the offending ...
Rescue workers announced Saturday that they have halted their search for the body of a man whose bedroom was swallowed up by a sinkhole in a Florida town. The hole opened up in the Tampa suburb of Seffner late Thursday, shattering the concrete slab ...
Green-friendly Europe has a dirty secret: It is burning a lot more coal. Europe’s use of the fossil fuel spiked last year after a long decline, powered by a surge of cheap U.S. coal on global markets and by the unintended consequences of ambitious ...
President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans refused Saturday to concede any share of the blame for failing to stave off automatic spending cuts that will slash $85 billion in federal spending. The still-fragile U.S. economy braced itself for the gradual but potentially grave impact ...
