Turkish official: Attackers were from Russia, Central Asia
By DOMINIQUE SOGUEL and SUZAN FRASER As the death toll from the Istanbul airport attack rose Thursday to 44, a senior Turkish official said the three suicide bombers who carried…
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Tajikistan vote on allowing president to rule for life
By PETER LEONARD Tajikistan held a referendum Sunday on changing the Constitution to allow its authoritarian president to run for office indefinitely, effectively allowing him to rule for life. The…
Putin: Russian strikes in Syria killed hundreds of militants
By NATALIYA VASILYEVA and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Russian airstrikes in Syria have killed hundreds of militants, President Vladimir Putin said Friday as he called for a shared military effort of ex-Soviet…
Image of Asia: Rehearsing for India’s Republic Day parade
By The Associated Press In this photo by Saurabh Das, Indian soldiers march down Rajpath, a ceremonial boulevard, during rehearsal ahead of next week’s Republic Day parade. President Barack Obama…
2,558 complaints over Afghan presidential runoff
By RAHIM FAIEZ FILE – In this Sunday, June 15, 2014 file photo, Afghan men, who their fingers have been cut off by Taliban fighters as a punishment for voting,…
Myanmar committee’s vote a setback for Suu Kyi
By AYE AYE WIN Myanmar’s pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, left, meets Nepal’s Prime Minister Sushil Koirala at his residence in Katmandu, Nepal, Friday, June 13, 2014. A parliamentary…
Cambodian sex slavery activist quits US foundation
By SOPHENG CHEANG In this Sept. 17, 2009 file photo, Somaly Mam arrives to the Somaly Mam Foundation’s second annual benefit in New York. The Cambodian woman who has been…
Thailand’s junta bans all anti-coup protests
By THANYARAT DOKSONE Thai soldiers form a line while guarding a bus stop area to prevent an anti-coup demonstration at Victory Monument in Bangkok, Thailand Thursday, May 29, 2014. Hundreds…