CHINA

Though Twitter is blocked in China, the service continues to pitch the country's advertising networks, hoping to get a crack at more than 1 billion individuals.

The IMF also said China still faced risks from unsustainable credit and investment growth.

Last year, the Philippines accused China of reclaiming land on Johnson South Reef, apparently to build an airstrip.

A white paper on Chinese military strategy also stressed protection from space weaponization and cybersecurity, amid a more assertive naval approach.

The cause of the fire was unclear, according to a local agency.

China says its campaign against "violent terrorism and religious extremism" in the restive northwestern region is winning public support.

Iran has long refused access to its military sites to United Nations inspectors, who say they need to evaluate Iran's nuclear program to see if it could develop weapons.

India's firms have seen debt levels nearly triple in the past five years.

Chinese state media say conflict is inevitable if Washington provokes Beijing by continuing overflights above disputed islands in the South China Sea.

As the country's army loses ground to the Taliban in the north, Afghanistan is forming local militias and asking warlords to fight the group, the New York Times reports.

Kansas State University scientists have developed a vaccine for two strains of avian flu.

Beijing plans to spend $193 billion on Internet infrastructure in the next three years -- but will its tighter controls drive away investors and hurt creativity?

The U.S. is optimistic a deal to set up a free trade zone across the Pacific will be concluded soon, with sensitive issues likely to be ironed out when its Congress resumes sessions.

Bus accidents, floods and landslides were reported in the country, which also killed two schoolchildren.

The former CEO of Sands China claims he was wrongfully dismissed, and alleges the company was engaged in graft, and had ties to organized crime.

Democratic opponents Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Sherrod Brown were unable to rally enough opposition.

The Ohio-based coal mining giant is reportedly set to announce layoffs of around 1,800 workers Friday at mines in West Virginia and Ohio.

The militant group took control of the ancient city Wednesday as government forces fled.

Hong Kong's stock market has become more volatile due to a new influx of buyers and investors from mainland China.

Asian countries will own between 72-75 percent of the bank, while European and other nations will own the rest.

The U.S. has said that no one can stop it from operating in international waters and airspace near disputed territories in the South China Sea.