A stamp designed to mark China's upcoming Year of the Dragon is drawing unusual criticism for its fang-bearing monster.

The stamp went on sale on Thursday, drawing the heavy crowds that normally floc

US military officials say the Navy has rescued an Iranian fishing boat that had been commandeered by suspected Somali pirates for more than 40 days.

The rescue comes amid escalating threats from Iran

The Afghan Taliban said Tuesday they have reached a preliminary deal with the Gulf state of Qatar to open a liaison office there in what could be the first step toward peace talks to end more than a d

Serena Williams injured her left ankle on Wednesday while playing her first tournament since September in what looms as a major setback for her Australian Open preparations.

Williams, in her first tr

The sudden death of a billionaire in southern China is causing police to ask: Was it murder by cat meat?

Long Liyuan, 49, died on December 23 in wealthy Guangdong province after sharing a dish of slo

Prominent al-Qaida and Afghan Taliban fighters asked Pakistani militants in a pair of rare meetings to set aside their differences and step up support for the battle against U.S.-led forces in Afghani

Before passing comment on someone's ‘baby bump,’ take a pregnant pause.

Likewise, give up promoting ‘shared sacrifice.’ And if you're tempted to proclaim your desire to ‘win the future,’ you've lost

Indonesians have found a new symbol for their growing frustration at uneven justice in this young, democratic nation: cheap, worn-out flip-flops.

They have been dropping them off at police stations t

The strain of bird flu that killed a Chinese bus driver won't spread to other people, a health agency said on Monday. The Shenzhen Disease Control Center appealed for calm while officials investigated

British police are treating the discovery of a body on the queen's Sandringham estate as murder.

A woman's body was found on the vast estate in eastern England on New Year's Day, and Detective Chief