March 17, 2017 Afghan official: 8 police killed in an insider attack An Afghan official says at least eight members of the security forces have been killed by two other policemen in southern Zabul province.
March 17, 2017 Malaysia hopes for talks with North Korea in 'next few days' Malaysia's foreign minister says the government hopes to begin formal talks with North Korea in the "next few days" on solving a diplomatic dispute that has seen the two countries bar each other's citizens from leaving.
March 17, 2017 Trauma to lives, economy from tsunami persists 6 years on Six years ago, more than 18,000 people died or went missing as a tsunami triggered by a massive quake engulfed coastal areas of northeastern Japan.
March 17, 2017 Maoist rebel attack kills 11 paramilitary soldiers in India Police say at least 11 paramilitary soldiers have been shot and killed by Maoist rebels in an ambush in central India.
March 17, 2017 Court unanimously ousts South Korea's leader for corruption South Korea's Constitutional Court removed impeached President Park Geun-hye from office in a unanimous ruling Friday over a corruption scandal that has plunged the country into political turmoil and worsened an already-serious national divide.
March 17, 2017 AP Analysis: Upending of status quo shakes South Korea This was not supposed to happen in South Korea.
March 17, 2017 The Latest: Japan says more work needed on 'comfort women' The Latest on South Korean President Park Geun-hye's removal from office Friday by the Constitutional Court (all times local): 1:55 p.m.
March 17, 2017 Japan to end 5-year peacekeeping mission in South Sudan The Japanese government has decided to end its peacekeeping mission in South Sudan after five years.
March 17, 2017 Chinese Embassy demands apology from German T-shirt retailer The Chinese Embassy in Berlin is demanding a German online retailer stop the sale of a line of T-Shirts with slogans it says are insulting to China.
March 17, 2017 A look at key criminal defendants in South Korean scandal Formally removed from office by a historic Constitutional Court ruling Friday, Park Geun-hye has lost her presidential immunity from prosecution over a corruption scandal that has sent dozens of high-profile figures to face criminal trials.
