An 80-year-old Japanese man on Thursday became the oldest man to reach the top of Mt. Everest, officials said.

At least three people who attacked a building in the Afghan capital of Kabul on Friday were gunned down by security forces, the city's police chief said.

A UK fighter jet was scrambled to escort a Pakistan International Airlines flight as it was diverted Friday from northwestern England's Manchester Airport to London's Stansted Airport.

Japan's main trading index, the Tokyo Nikkei, plunged more than 7% Thursday, ending a red-hot rally that saw the bourse climb nearly 50% since the start of the year.

Fifteen teens on a hiking trip in a Canadian park are missing, police in Ontario said Friday..

Pakistan on Friday welcomed President Barack Obama's stance that "force alone cannot make us safer" in battling terrorism.

A suicide blast in Peshawar, Pakistan, on Friday killed two people and the bomber, authorities said.

Every eight minutes, a child goes missing in India. Parents say reports of missing children from poor families are often ignored by police.

The parents of American Shane Todd, found hanging in his Singapore apartment last June, tell CNN they may exhume their son's body to conduct an autopsy in the United States.

The anti-shark's fin campaign is crusading on in Asia Pacific as New Zealand becomes latest airline to suspend shark's fin cargo to Hong Kong.