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Wealthy businessman on way to winning Paraguayan presidency Paraguayan presidential candidate Horacio Cartes of the opposition Colorado Party, speaks to the media after voting in the presidential elections in Asuncion, April 21, 2013. Credit: REUTERS/Jorge Adorno By Daniela Desantis and...

China says investigating human-to-human spread of bird flu By Sui-Lee Wee BEIJING | Thu Apr 18, 2013 12:44am EDT (Reuters) - China is investigating the possibility of human-to-human transmission of a new strain of bird flu that has killed 17 people and is examining "family clusters" of...

Alaskan soldier caught selling secrets to 'Russian spy' From ASSOCIATED PRESS Last Updated: 10:15 AM, April 16, 2013 Posted: 10:14 AM, April 16, 2013 JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — An Alaska-based military policeman will serve 16 years in prison and will be dishonorably discharged...

US Marine helicopter carrying 21 crashes near N.Korea border From The Sun Last Updated: 9:44 AM, April 16, 2013 Posted: 9:43 AM, April 16, 2013 AP A firefighter tries to extinguish a U.S. Marine helicopter CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter after it crashed during an exercise called SsangYong...

16-year-old Jewish student makes bomb threat against his own high school in Long Island By KIERAN CROWLEY Last Updated: 5:34 PM, April 16, 2013 Posted: 2:53 PM, April 16, 2013 A 16-year-old orthodox Jewish high-school student from Long Island has been arrested for a bomb threat on Facebook...

Pakistan officials bar ex-president Musharraf from election race By Mehreen Zahra-Malik ISLAMABAD | Tue Apr 16, 2013 10:14am EDT (Reuters) - Pakistan's election authorities barred former President Pervez Musharraf from competing in next month's general elections on Tuesday, derailing his...

Kuwaiti politician jailed for five years for insulting emir: lawyer Musallam al-Barrak, an outspoken former member of parliament, waves as he leaves the Kuwait Central Jail in Sulaibiya November 1, 2012. Credit: Reuters/Stephanie Mcgehee KUWAIT | Mon Apr 15, 2013 4:23am EDT (Reuters) - A...

American submarine commander faked own death to end affair A former US submarine commander who faked his death to end an extramarital affair should be honourably discharged from the Navy, a panel of officers recommended. Cmdr. Michael P. Ward II, centre, who was relieved of his duties aboard...

Narrow escape for more than 100 airline passengers as plane crashes into sea in Bali More than 100 airline passengers escaped with their lives on Saturday when a plane crashed into the sea as it tried to land on the Far Eastern holiday island of Bali. By Harriet Alexander 12:12PM BST 13 Apr...

Female North Korean soldiers patrol along the banks of Yalu River, near the North Korean town of Sinuiju, opposite the Chinese border city of Dandong, April 11, 2013. REUTERS/Jacky Chen A North Korean soldier washes his socks as his comrade washes his hands at the banks of Yalu River, near...

A U.S. soldier is seen while escorting journalists at a guard post in the truce village of Panmunjom in the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas in Paju, north of Seoul December 28, 2011. In the background is a huge North Korean flag hung at half-mast at North Korea's propaganda village...

Former nuclear negotiator joins Iran's presidential race By Marcus George DUBAI | Thu Apr 11, 2013 8:37am EDT (Reuters) - A former Iranian nuclear negotiator announced on Thursday he would run for president, the most moderate contender so far to bid to succeed Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in a June...

HTC One review: An amazing screen but a baffling interface This beautifully designed handset matches the iPhone for build quality – but its hardware and software have their shortcomings Associated Press guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 9 April 2013 08.21 BST HTC One: one of the few phones that can...

Quake hits near Iran's nuclear city Bushehr, 30 dead A file photo of Russian built Bushehr nuclear power plant in southern Iran. Photo: AFP By Yeganeh Torbati and Marcus George DUBAI | Tue Apr 9, 2013 11:43am EDT (Reuters) - A powerful earthquake struck close to Iran's only nuclear power...

North Korea seen readying for fourth nuclear test: report SEOUL | Sun Apr 7, 2013 8:54pm EDT (Reuters) - Activity in North Korea appears to show it is preparing for a fourth nuclear test, with movement at its atomic test site similar to events preceding earlier blasts, a newspaper reported...

U.S. lawmakers say China has failed to rein in North Korea By David Morgan WASHINGTON | Sun Apr 7, 2013 12:55pm EDT (Reuters) - China has failed to use its influence to stop North Korea's warlike rhetoric against the United States and U.S.-backed South Korea, despite an escalating crisis that...

Opposition holds big rally in Venezuelan capital By Diego Ore and Eyanir Chinea CARACAS | Sun Apr 7, 2013 5:32pm EDT (Reuters) - Hundreds of thousands of Venezuelan opposition supporters rallied in a staunchly pro-government part of the capital on Sunday, answering a call by their candidate...

Russia needs active civil society, Merkel tells Putin By Maria Sheahan and Alexei Anishchuk HANOVER, Germany | Sun Apr 7, 2013 4:44pm EDT (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Germany on Sunday to protests over his human rights and democracy record and a warning from German...

China deplores Korea tension, warns against regional turmoil North Korean soldiers take part in a shooting drill in an unknown location in this picture taken on April 6, 2013 and released by North Korea's official KCNA news agency in Pyongyang on April 7, 2013. REUTERS/KCNA By Ben Blanchard...

Death toll rises to 72 in Mumbai building collapse By Vivek Prakash MUMBAI | Sat Apr 6, 2013 3:06am EDT (Reuters) - The death toll from a collapsed building in India's financial center Mumbai rose to 72 on Saturday, as an injured woman trapped for 36 hours was freed from the rubble of the...