In Taiwan, an effort to bring back witches

Hanmi Financial posts hefty loss, is ordered to raise $100 million

Hanmi Financial Corp., which owns the largest bank focused on the Korean American market, reported another large quarterly loss Thursday and...

Hundreds of U.N. staffers temporarily leaving Afghanistan

The United Nations is temporarily pulling hundreds of staff members out of Afghanistan while it reviews security arrangements in the wake of...

U.S. officials meet with Myanmar activist Aung San Suu Kyi

Senior U.S. officials were allowed to meet Wednesday with Aung San Suu Kyi, the leader of Myanmar's pro-democracy movement, in a further...

Obama's half brother describes abuse

He is younger and sports close-cropped hair and a gold stud in his left earlobe, but the slim build, the loping gait and the high-set...

Famed French judge Bruguiere tells of a troubled Pakistan

The Pakistani government has lost control of rogue military and intelligence officers who aid Al Qaeda and its allies and play a double game...

Afghanistan's Karzai promises an inclusive government

In his first public comments since winning a second term, President Hamid Karzai struck a conciliatory note Tuesday, pledging to form an...

Obama warns Karzai to clean up Afghanistan's government

President Obama, facing an unanticipated setback to his goals in Afghanistan as he weighs whether to send in more troops, warned the...

A training ground as beautiful as the front lines are hellish

For thousands of U.S. Marines, the road to Afghanistan goes through an isolated training facility here in the Eastern Sierra where they...

Pakistan militants kill 35 in latest attack

Militants continued Monday to exact a price on Pakistan for the government's ongoing offensive against the Taliban near the Afghan border,...

'Superfusion' by Zachary Karabell

In February, when President Obama signed a $787-billion stimulus bill, there was little question where the money would come from. The U.S....

Obama calls Afghan election 'messy' but upholds its final outcome

President Obama today called for a new chapter in Afghanistan relations after Hamid Karzai was given another term as president, ending an...