In a village about 150 miles from Borno state, residents decided to take action after learning of an imminent Boko Haram attack.
Protests against a Chinese oil rig in the South China Sea, which began Tuesday, continued at industrial parks in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi.
China's anti-corruption probes are going after foreign companies that are marking up prices.
Tuesday's deadly mine explosion in Turkey highlights the dangers in the coal industry.
When President Putin visits Beijing next week, China and Russia are expected to cement their energy alliance with a new deal.
For the first time, world leaders are meeting this week to consider banning “killer robots.”
Microsoft will offer the Xbox One without the Kinect for $399 starting June 9.
Lakhdar Brahimi is the second UN envoy in two years to call it quits. That makes a negotiated solution in Syria all the more unlikely.
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was forced to take refuge in a shop in Soma as furious relatives besieged him.
The row over the South China Sea and anti-China violence have raised fears of an escalation in tensions between the Communist neighbors.
China's capital city is planning to build an additional airport slated for operation in 2018 to serve rapidly increasing air traffic.
At least 15 factories were reportedly set on fire, while more than hundred were looted in southern Vietnam.
The three drones found earlier were single-engine propeller planes carrying Japan-made cameras and were set to fly over military facilities.
It is the biggest corruption scandal to hit a foreign company in China since the Rio Tinto affair in 2009.
The Chinese are shipping soil to the reef to enlarge it for an airstrip, Philippine and U.S. sources say.
A retail slowdown in April--and cuts to food stamps--may affect Wal-Mart's first quarter earnings.
The underwater archaeologist who discovered the wreck in 2003 said its location matches a description in Columbus’ diary of where the Santa Maria ran aground.
China's investment in a Kenyan railroad shows a superpower eager to capture African hearts and minds, but not quite succeeding yet.
China expanded its ban on foreign television content online to include Japanese and Korean shows.
Dozens of labor activists are facing charges over recent demonstrations. Meanwhile, two youths, including a minor, are facing 11 years for incitement.
"This is really the make or break moment.”
A team of about 30 U.S. experts comprised of FBI, defense and state department officials, and a British team, are joining the search.