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South Korea's military said it would go ahead with a live-fire drill on a border island, despite the North's threat to strike back with deadlier firepower.

Heavy overnight snowfall disrupted air travel across western Europe, forcing more than 800 flight cancellations.

North Korea's military threatened Friday to strike back with deadly firepower if South Korea goes ahead with a live-fire drill on a border island.

Veteran CNN talk show host Larry King signed off for the last time after 25 years in the same seat.

London's High Court granted WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange bail Thursday after rejecting an appeal to keep him in jail.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange finds out Thursday if a British court will grant him bail, as he fights attempts to extradite to Sweden over allegations of sex crimes.

Nearly 200 ultimate frisbee players from more than 10 countries will play at Vietnam’s biggest ultimate tournament ever this weekend.

An American man is still HIV-free more than three years after receiving a stem cell transplant, suggesting the first-ever cure of the virus that causes AIDS, German doctors said.

Vietnam received a consolation prize in the 2010 4x4 Rainforest Challenge.

Australian rescuers scoured the seas Thursday for survivors of a horrific asylum boat tragedy that killed at least 28 people.

US cable giant Comcast pledged to step up programming geared toward Asian Americans.

Vietnam’s chances to advance to the final match of the 2010 Suzuki Cup are still ahead, yet slim, as they were defeated 2-0 by Malaysia at the first-leg semifinal game in Kuala Lumpur.

Time magazine named Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg "person of the year".

The premier of the cultural show Xin Chao! performed to a packed house on Friday at the Circus Tent, 2 Pham Ngu Lao Street in Ho Chi Minh City's District 1.

The operator of an unlicensed shelter for disabled people in southwest China sold at least 70 mentally ill workers into slavery in recent years, local authorities told state press.

At least 27 people died in a refugee boat accident off western Australia, Customs officials said Wednesday.

A new international accord on global warming has heartened environmentalists, but casting a shadow is the political shift in the US where legislative climate efforts died in 2010.

More than 30 short films produced during the film maker weekend of the first 48 Hour Film Project in Vietnam are being shown to the public for the first time December 13-15.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange remained behind bars Wednesday despite a decision by a British court to grant him bail.