Texas, May 16 (AP/UNB) - Officials say at least six people were killed when a spring tornado outbreak devastated parts of North Texas, destroying or damaging dozens of homes and injuring dozens of people. The worst-hit ...

Beijing, May 16 (AP/UNB) - Global economic malaise has knocked the stuffing out of Luo Yan's business making toy animals.  Lou, the owner of Tongle Toy Enterprises in Foshan near Hong Kong, says sales of Hello Kitty dol...

Vietnam, May 16 (AP/UNB) - A popular Vietnamese satellite TV provider has stopped broadcasting foreign channels including BBC and CNN as the country begins enforcing a new law that foreign governments fear will limit acc...

Cambodia, May 16 (AP/UNB) - Part of a shoe factory in Cambodia has collapsed while several dozen workers were inside the building. Police say two bodies have been pulled out of the wreckage. Officer Khem Pannara says at...

Nepal, May 16 (AP/UNB) - Nepal police say a small plane with foreign tourists has crashed while attempting to land at a mountain airstrip in northern Nepal. Police say the plane was trying to land at Jomsom located some...

Kabul, May 16 (AP/UNB) - A powerful explosion has shaken buildings in Kabul and smoke is billowing east of the Afghan capital. A police official says initial reports were that a car bomb exploded Thursday morning in fro...

New Zealand, May 16(AP/UNB) - New Zealand will sell a minority stake in a second power company this year as part of a plan to balance its books. The government on Thursday announced it plans to list state-owned Meridian...

Mexico City, May 16(AP/UNB) - Seismic activity is continuing at the Popocatepetl volcano near Mexico City and authorities say they have readied shelters and identified evacuation routes in case they should be needed.  ...

Colombia, May 16(AP/UNB) - Colombia's Supreme Court has convicted a former longtime congressman of being the mastermind behind the massacre of 43 people by right-wing paramilitary fighters in the north of the country mor...

Beijing, May 16(AP/UNB) - Chinese police say they have detained a man suspected of making fake bomb threats this week against five domestic flights. Police in the southern city of Shenzhen said they arrested the man ear...