BANGKOK (AP) – In a single-party communist state one would expect the process of picking the country’s new leaders to be a smooth-sailing affair with no dramas. Not so this time. Despite the veil of secrecy that the party pulls around its inner workings, it is clear that the Communist …

IRBIL, Iraq (AP) – The oldest Christian monastery in Iraq has been reduced to a field of rubble, yet another victim of the Islamic State group’s relentless destruction of ancient cultural sites. For 1,400 years the compound survived assaults by nature and man, standing as a place of worship recently …

CHARSADDA, Pakistan (AP) – Taliban gunmen stormed a university in northwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, killing at least 19 people and triggering a heavy gunbattle with police and army troops who rushed to the scene in a town near the city of Peshawar, officials said. The brazen assault harked back to …

BEIRUT (AP) – In Syria’s eastern city of Deir el-Zour, supplies are running so short that desperate residents are selling their gold, valuables and even their homes for food or an exit permit allowing them to escape a siege by both government troops and Islamic State militants. The extremists have …

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) – With many barriers to dealing with Iran suddenly lifted as part of a deal to curb its nuclear activities, some European companies are ready to seize business opportunities in a tempting market of 78.5 million people. At first glance, the allure is obvious – the second-largest …

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – As its U.S. subscriber growth tapers off, Netflix’s Internet video service is setting out to conquer the rest of the world in an audacious expansion likely to sway the company’s stock and the prices it pays for TV shows and movies. The stakes riding on Netflix’s …

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When NRIs from Canada arrive in India for various reasons: to avoid Canadian winter or family matters, they are sure they are leaving one seasoned democratic country to step into another one. In Canada, we have basic freedoms based on four fundamental principles: individual liberty, faith equality, gender equality and …

BEIJING (AP) – China’s slowdown is ratcheting up financial stress on companies while the country’s leaders scramble to avoid a spike in job losses. Full-year 2015 growth of 6.9 percent was the lowest in 25 years, posing different challenges for investors, companies and the Chinese government. GOVERNMENT Chinese leaders want …

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) – Iran said Tuesday it successfully transferred some of the billions of dollars’ worth of frozen overseas assets following the implementation of the nuclear deal with world powers. But ordinary Iranians are still waiting to see how their daily lives will improve and how fast Iranian companies …