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Indonesia evacuates volcano island Date August 12, 2013 - 1:20AM Mount Rokatenda spews a column of hot ash on Saturday. Photo: AFP Indonesian rescuers are battling to evacuate thousands from an island where a volcanic eruption killed six people, with the volcano still spewing out rocks and...

Afghanistan's pioneering female MP seeks asylum as progress for women unravels For years she was a symbol of a new country rising from the ashes of Taliban rule, as one of the women whose voices were finally being heard after a decade of brutal oppression in Afghanistan. Noor Zia Atmar is...

Re: Police kill man in Idaho suspected of double murder and kidnapping 16-year-old gi A police poster of James Lee DiMaggio (R), suspected of killling Christina Anderson, and kidnapping her daughter, Hannah (San Diego County Sheriff/AFP/File)

Idaho police kills kidnapper of US teen James Lee DiMaggio shot dead after officers participating in massive manhunt spotted wilderness campsite from the air. Last Modified: 11 Aug 2013 03:53 DiMaggio was suspected of killing a California woman and her son before abducting her 16-year-old...

Only 30% of Taiwan's hotels pass fire safety, construction checks CNA 2013-08-09 12:53 The Lalu Hotel by central Taiwan's Sun Moon Lake was one of the hotels which did not pass the checks. (Photo/Chuang Fu-an) Taiwan's Ministry of the Interior said Thursday that only around 30% of hotels in...

Cities in China brace for financial drought Staff Reporter 2013-08-08 11:30 Renminbi banknotes. (Photo/CFP) Many municipalities in China are feeling the squeeze on their finances, and it is not just because of the economic slowdown. A decrease in disposable funds, administrative approvals...

Chinese nannies find well-paid jobs in Canada Staff Reporter 2013-08-08 11:59 Parents play with their kids at a daycare center in Toronto. (Photo/Xinhua) Chinese babysitters working in Canada receive good salaries and are also paid for working overtime, working eight hours a day and an...

WeChat 5.0 presents a major threat to e-commerce rivals Staff Reporter 2013-08-08 12:44 Screenshots of the latest version of WeChat. (Internet photo) WeChat 5.0, the latest version of the popular messaging app developed by Chinese internet giant Tencent, finally hit the market on Aug. 5...

Overseas online shopping booming in China Staff Reporter 2013-08-08 08:44 China UnionPay credit cards and renminbi banknotes. (Photo/CFP) Buying overseas products over the internet, dubbed "haitao" in China, has become an increasingly popular way to shop for Chinese consumers, reports the...

FILE - In this Nov. 10, 2009, file photo, a memorial to victims of the Fort Hood shooting is shown before the start of a memorial service, to be attended by President Barack Obama, at Fort Hood, Texas. Osama bin Laden is dead and there hasn’t been a successful attack by al-Qaida-inspired...

FILE- In this Nov. 6, 2009, file photo, Col. (P) John Rossi, Deputy Commander General of Fires and Effects, and Col. Steven Braverman, Commander of Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center, address reporters during a news conference following a mass shooting at Fort Hood, Texas. Maj. Nidal Hasan is...

FILE- In this Nov. 10, 2009, file photo, soldiers salute as they honor victims of the Fort Hood shooting at a memorial service at Fort Hood, Texas. Maj. Nidal Hasan is charged in the 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood that left 13 dead and more than 30 others wounded. Hasan doesn’t deny that he...

FILE - This file combination image shows handout photos of the victims killed during the 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas. From top left, Michael Grant Cahill, 62, of Cameron, Texas; Maj. Libardo Eduardo Caraveo, 52, of Woodbridge, Va.; Staff Sgt. Justin M. DeCrow, 32, of Evans, Ga...

File - In this Nov. 1, 2010 file photo from Beaver Creek Ohio, U.S. Army Col. Kathy Platoni talks of the Fort Hood, Texas shooting that took 13 lives and wounded more than 30 others. After years of delays, Platoni will come face to face with Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, the man accused of the 2009...

Maj. Laura Suttinger of the 467th Combat Stress Control Detachment shows a bracelet at a press conference Saturday, Oct. 30, 2010, in Madison, Wis. The bracelet commemorates soldiers who were killed on Nov. 5, 2009, at Fort Hood in Killeen, Texas, during a shooting rampage suspect Maj. Nidal...

FILE - In this Nov. 5, 2009 file photo, the entrance to Fort Hood Army Base in Fort Hood, Texas, near Killeen is seen. Eighty-three victims and family members in the worst mass shooting ever at a U.S. military installation are seeking $750 million in compensation from the Army, alleging that...

FILE - The 2007 file photo provided by the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS) shows Nidal Malik Hasan when he undertook the Disaster and Military Psychiatry Fellowship program. Hasan is charged in the fatal 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood which killed 13 people and...

FILE - An April 9, 2010 file photo provided by the Bell County Sheriffs Department, shows U.S. Maj. Nidal Hasan at the San Antonio to Bell County Jail in Belton, Texas. Judge, Col. Gregory Gross, is to decide at a pretrial hearing Tuesday Aug. 14, 2012, whether to delay the trial of Hasan. (AP...

Fort Hood victims confront shooter in court AFP Updated August 7, 2013, 11:55 am FORT HOOD, United States / Texas (AFP) - With the one eye he has left, Staff Sergeant Alonzo Lunsford stared down the US army psychiatrist standing trial for the Fort Hood massacre, and recounted how he was...

George W. Bush receives stent for blocked heart artery Reuters August 7, 2013, 5:48 am By Marice Richter DALLAS (Reuters) - Former President George W. Bush underwent successful surgery at a Dallas hospital on Tuesday to place a stent in a blocked heart artery. Doctors discovered a blockage...