Pakistan

Russian lawmakers pass ban on adoption tied to gay foreign couples

2013-06-18 09:53:00

MOSCOW -- The lower house of Russia's parliament gave initial approval Tuesday to ban the adoption of Russian orphans by foreign same-sex married couples or by single persons from countries where same-sex marriages are allowed. Some lawmakers said the...

Obama calls U.S.-Taliban talks agreement 'important first step'

2013-06-18 20:03:00

KABUL, Afghanistan — For more than a decade, the U.S. and the Taliban have met almost exclusively on the battlefield of America's longest war. In coming days, both sides said, they will sit down at a negotiating table to discuss ending the bloodshed...

Tombstone shaves years off age of late New York Mayor Ed Koch

2013-06-18 11:25:00

NEW YORK -- It's widely known that former New York Mayor Ed Koch planned every detail of his funeral and burial, and for good reason. The one thing he couldn't oversee -- the final etchings on his tombstone -- is wrong. If he were alive to see it,...

Suicide bomb blast kills more than 20 in northwest Pakistan

2013-06-18 07:15:00

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- A suicide bomb blast at a funeral in northwest Pakistan killed at least 20 people Tuesday, including a newly elected provincial lawmaker, authorities said. [Updated, 7:56 a.m. PDT June 18: Authorities later revised the casualty...

Schools with fewer needy students decry California funding change

2013-06-17 04:30:00

Ah Ram Kim is a 17-year-old high school student learning to read English at a first-grade level with the book "The Little Red Hen." Newly arrived from South Korea, she is one of 170 students, who are from Mexico, Vietnam, Egypt, Japan, Pakistan, Sri...

Joyous Iranians fill Tehran streets to celebrate Rowhani victory

2013-06-15 19:04:00

TEHRAN -- Wild celebrations broke out on Tehran streets� Saturday evening when the Iranian Interior Ministry confirmed centrist cleric Hassan Rowhani’s presidential election victory,� throwing open the political order after relentless crackdowns...

Turkish protesters in park vow to stay put

2013-06-15 10:49:00

ISTANBUL, Turkey – Anti-government protesters on Saturday vowed to continue their occupation of Gezi Park in central Istanbul, spurning government calls for them to pack up and end two weeks of demonstrations. “The government has ignored...

Police attack Istanbul park protesters with water cannons, tear gas

2013-06-15 12:16:00

ISTANBUL, Turkey – Hundreds of riot police surrounded a park in central Istanbul on Saturday, firing tear gas and water cannons in a renewed push by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to restore order after two weeks of demonstrations that have...

In Pakistan, attackers bomb women's university bus, hospital

2013-06-15 15:54:00

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Militants laid siege to a hospital and bombed a women's university bus in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta in a wave of violence that killed at least 19 people and underscored the challenge facing new Prime Minister...

Hundreds protest in Hong Kong in support of Snowden

2013-06-15 08:33:00

HONG KONG -- Chanting “No extradition” and “Shame on the U.S. government,” hundreds of people took to the rainy streets of Hong Kong on Saturday to voice solidarity with Edward Snowden and denounce the United States as a...

Centrist declared winner of Iran's presidential election

2013-06-15 09:35:00

TEHRAN — Iran's interior minister announced Saturday that moderate candidate Hassan Rowhani had won outright election as the nation's next president. Mostafa Mohammad Najjar told a news conference in Tehran that Rowhani obtained more than 50% of...

Bombings, militant takeover of hospital kill at least 15 in Pakistan

2013-06-15 07:14:00

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Militants took over sections of a hospital in the southern city of Quetta on Saturday after bombing a women’s university bus and detonating a second bomb at the hospital in what authorities said were coordinated attacks...

Pakistani police detain a suspected militant taken from the site of a gun battle at the Bolan Medical Complex in Quetta.

2013-06-15 00:00:00

Pakistani security officials escort patients and hospital staff from the Bolan Medical Complex during a gun battle with militants in Quetta.

2013-06-15 00:00:00

Pakistani security officials inspect a university bus after a bomb explosion in Quetta, Pakistan.

2013-06-15 00:00:00