Bangkok, May 15 (AP/UNB) - Thailand has limited the use of shackles on more than 500 prisoners who committed serious crimes in a move to conform to international human rights standards. Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatr...

Sweden, May 15 (AP/UNB) - Arctic states have agreed to let nations that are located nowhere near the Earth's north to become observers to their diplomatic council. The decision Wednesday by the Arctic Council boosts ris...

Bangkok, May 15 (AP/UNB) - Police say a 3-year-old boy has died in northeastern Thailand after a teacher left him in a car for seven hours on the child's second day of school. A police officer said Wednesday that Suriya...

New Delhi, May 15 (AP/UNB) - Air India says the cockpit door of one of its planes got jammed during a flight while the captain was using the toilet, forcing an unscheduled landing by the co-pilot in central India. An ai...

Malaysia, May 15 (AP/UNB) - Malaysia's leader has named a new Cabinet challenged with restoring confidence in a long-ruling coalition that won national elections this month with a weaker majority. Prime Minister Najib R...

Vatican City, May 15 (AP/UNB) - Two doves owe their freedom, including a soaring flight over St. Peter's Square, to Pope Francis.   As he toured the square in his open-topped popemobile at his Wednesday audience with t...

Indonesia, May 15 (AP/UNB) - Indonesian police say they have arrested three suspected Islamic militants thought to be planning terror attacks, including the nephew of a radical cleric imprisoned on terror charges. Polic...

Beirut, May 15 (AP/UNB) - Activists say Syrian rebels and Islamic fighters have joined forces in a push to reopen an arms supply route and retake a key town near Damascus that fell back to President Bashar Assad's troops...

West Bank, May 15 (AP/UNB) - Palestinians are rallying in the West Bank and Gaza Strip to mark the 65th anniversary of their displacement in the war that followed the creation of the state of Israel. Thousands marched i...

Vietnam, May 15 (AP/UNB) - Vietnam has issued a new law allowing domestically produced chemicals to be used to execute prisoners. The European Union has stopped exporting chemicals used in lethal injections because it r...