Iran warns of retaliation if U.S. breaches nuclear deal

Pakistan says nine killed in Indian shelling of bus in Kashmir


MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan Indian shelling across the frontier into Pakistani-controlled Kashmir hit a bus, killing at least nine people and wounding 11, Pakistani officials said, as tensions between the nuclear-armed neighbors simmers.




Kremlin says missile deployment shouldn't hurt Russia-Japan peace talks


MOSCOW The deployment of Russian missile defense systems on the Kurile islands, where Russia and Japan have competing claims, should not influence efforts to achieve a peace deal over the territorial dispute, the Kremlin said on Wednesday.




Power vacuum weighs on South Korea as Park fights for survival


SEOUL As the chorus grows louder for South Korean President Park Geun-hye to resign over a corruption scandal, a power vacuum is weighing on her administration, leaving her political survival in doubt and its vulnerable economy exposed to political shocks.