March 17, 2017 Chile Pacific Trade meeting seeks new path after failed TPP Representatives from countries that signed the failed Trans-Pacific Partnership are meeting in Chile to emphasize common economic interests and discuss a possible new regional trade deal.
March 17, 2017 Pirates hijack freighter off Somalia's coast, officials say Somali officials say pirates have hijacked a ship off the coast of the Horn of Africa nation.
March 17, 2017 Scientists race to prevent wipeout of world's coral reefs There were startling colors here just a year ago, a dazzling array of life beneath the waves.
March 17, 2017 Dozens of asylum-seekers in Hungary continue hunger strike Dozens of asylum-seekers in Hungary continued their hunger strike for a second day Tuesday, demanding to be released from detention, authorities said.
March 17, 2017 Sufi leader shot, hacked to death in Bangladesh Police say assailants have shot and hacked to death a Sufi spiritual leader and his adopted daughter in northern Bangladesh.
March 17, 2017 Afghan officials: Taliban cut off accused thief's hand, foot Afghan officials say that the Taliban have carried out another brutal punishment under their interpretation of Islamic law by cutting off a suspected thief's hand and foot in public.
March 17, 2017 Philippine police face lawsuit campaign over drug killings Relatives of a father and son who were killed last year by Philippine policemen in an anti-drug raid have filed murder complaints against eight officers in what lawyers said will be the first of many lawsuits against enforcers of the president's bloody crackdown.
March 17, 2017 Clean-up work begins after moderate Myanmar earthquake Clean-up work has begun as aftershocks continue to rattle villages near Myanmar's biggest city a day after a 5.1 magnitude earthquake injured more than two dozen people and shook homes and temples.
March 17, 2017 China says rebuilding major western Buddhist learning center China says it is rebuilding a major center of Buddhist learning in the country's west, following reports last year that the complex was being demolished and its residents evicted.
