CULTURE AND SPORT

The Thai army stormed a vast protest site in Bangkok Wednesday, leaving at least five people dead.

The suspect in a botched car bombing in Times Square appeared in court Tuesday on terrorism and weapons charges.

The United Nations urged Thailand to "step back from the brink" to avoid further loss of life.

An Afghan passenger plane carrying 44 people, including six foreigners, crashed Monday in a mountainous northern region.

The largest study to date of the safety of mobile phones has found no clear link to brain cancer, although it said further study is merited given their increasingly intensive use.

Two of Europe's busiest airports closed early Monday morning as a dense cloud of volcanic ash drifted from Iceland, aviation authorities said.

A renegade Thai general allied with "Red Shirt" anti-government protesters died in hospital on Monday.

The Vietnam International Film Festival programmers are looking to select five to seven French films for a special sidebar to the 60-film program.

Thailand's government insisted Sunday a crackdown on Red Shirt protesters will continue despite their plea for U.N-mediated talks.

Troops and anti-government protesters were locked in a tense standoff Sunday after two days of urban warfare in Bangkok left at least 24 dead.

Plumes of smoke could be seen over a tense Bangkok early Saturday as the death toll from the latest clashes between the Thai army and protesters hit 16.

Indonesian police said Friday they had foiled a plot by militants to kill President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and foreigners in an attack.

Young Vietnamese directors in America address the problem of passing on their heritage in the dual culture environment.

Federal agents arrested three people suspected of funneling money to the failed Times Square car bomber.

All eyes turned to China's booming boxoffice would also do well to consider the nascent market in neighboring Vietnam.

A renegade Thai general allied with "Red Shirt" anti-government protesters was shot and seriously wounded Thursday.

The Dutch boy who miraculously survived a Libya plane crash that killed 103 people is stable but confused, a medic said Thursday.

German Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt defeated Vietnam’s national squad 2-0 in a friendly game at My Dinh National Stadium in Hanoi.

A Libyan plane disintegrated on landing at Tripoli airport, killing 103 people but leaving a boy as the sole miracle survivor.