Asia News Headlines

Virat Kohli smashed a robust 117 to power India to a five-wicket win over the West Indies in the second one-day international on Friday despite Ravi Rampaul's record tail-end knock.

U.S. officials gave Pakistan soldiers the wrong location when asking for clearance to attack militants along the border last weekend, Pakistani military officials said Friday. The strike resulted in the deaths of 24 soldiers and a major crisis in relations between Washington and Islamabad.

The visiting head of the U.S. Agency for International Development says Taiwan has a role to play in helping Washington and other governments help disaster victims and the poor around the world.

After nearly a quarter-century of waiting, residents of Kazakhstan's largest city are able to ride the subway.

A former Buddhist monk has set himself alight in Tibet, a campaign group said Friday, citing Tibetan exiles in India and calling it the first such protest in the vast autonomous region of southwestern China.

India's finance minister on Friday blamed "narrow" politics for the storm over plans to open the nation's huge retail sector to global competition that paralysed parliament for a second week.

Global markets rose on Friday as investors welcomed German Chancellor Angela Merkel's call to enforce tighter government spending rules and a surprise drop in the U.S. unemployment rate.

A suicide bomber blew up a truck full of explosives outside a joint Afghan-NATO combat outpost in eastern Afghanistan on Friday, killing one Afghan civilian and wounding dozens of other people, officials said.

One of the main ethnic rebel groups battling Myanmar's government signed a preliminary cease-fire Friday, websites operated by exiled journalists reported.

Thailand will issue a passport for its fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra "very soon," his sister's government said Friday, angering the controversial ex-leader's opponents.

Ravi Rampaul's unbeaten 86 — a world record for a No. 10 batsman in one-day internationals — blasted West Indies to a remarkable 269-9 against India on Friday.

Confusion and a communication breakdown prevented Pakistan's airforce from scrambling to defend troops on the ground during the deadly NATO bombing last weekend of two border outposts, the military said Friday, responding to rare domestic criticism of the powerful institution.

Oil prices rose to above $101 a barrel Friday as traders awaited a U.S. jobs report for evidence about the strength of the U.S. economy and demand for crude.

A powerful truck bomb exploded near the gate of a NATO base in Afghanistan Friday, killing one person and wounding as many as 70 others, including a foreign soldier, officials said.

Afghan and NATO officials say a suicide bomber detonated a truck full of explosives outside a combat outpost in eastern Afghanistan, killing one person and wounding five people.

Away from fans' prying eyes, David Beckham took time out from football to share his experiences and listen to Filipino children struggling to rebuild their broken lives.

Former Major League Baseball outfielder Wily Mo Pena has signed a two-year contract with the new Japan Series champions the Softbank Hawks.

Stocks rose Friday around the world as markets unnerved by the eurozone's debt crisis welcomed German Chancellor Angela Merkel's call for changes to EU treaties to enforce fiscal discipline.

After years of political paralysis, the impoverished, war-scarred nation of Nepal appears finally to be moving forward.

Two Chinese state-owned telecommunications companies say they will drop their rates in an effort to end an investigation into alleged price fixing.

Japan's oldest person, 115-year-old Chiyono Hasegawa, has died.

Ricky Ponting guided Australia to 154-3 after Daniel Vettori's disciplined innings lifted New Zealand to 295 on Friday as two ex-captains led by example on day two of the first cricket test.

Ricky Ponting, searching for an elusive century to save his Test career, led an Australian fightback on the second day of the first Test against New Zealand at the Gabba on Friday.