Group: Fishermen target dolphins

Group: Fishermen target dolphins
Kabul restaurant oasis, now rubble
Seoul's new art museum as good as MoMA?
Earthquake hits New Zealand's North Island, USGS says
15 killed in blast at Pakistani army checkpoint
Explosions hit Thai protest in Bangkok; 28 injured
Fatal blast at Pakistani army checkpoint

Posted: 19 Jan 2014 07:55 PM PST

More than 200 bottlenose dolphins have spent a second day penned in a cove by Japanese fishermen, U.S. conservationists say, many of them stressed and bloodied from their attempts to escape.

Kabul restaurant oasis, now rubble

Posted: 19 Jan 2014 07:51 PM PST

The best chocolate cake I ever ate in Kabul was tucked away on a discreet corner near the city's diplomatic area.

Seoul's new art museum as good as MoMA?

Posted: 19 Jan 2014 05:08 PM PST

South Korea's National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MMCA) wants to be what the MoMA is to New York and the Tate is to London.

Earthquake hits New Zealand's North Island, USGS says

Posted: 19 Jan 2014 07:21 PM PST

An earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 6.3 struck the lower part of New Zealand's North Island on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

15 killed in blast at Pakistani army checkpoint

Posted: 18 Jan 2014 09:51 PM PST

A blast killed at least 15 people and injured 20 others at an army checkpoint in the northern Pakistani city of Bannu on Sunday, security officials said.

Explosions hit Thai protest in Bangkok; 28 injured

Posted: 19 Jan 2014 12:35 AM PST

At least 28 people were injured in two explosions at an opposition rally in the Thai capital of Bangkok on Sunday, authorities said.

Fatal blast at Pakistani army checkpoint

Posted: 18 Jan 2014 11:03 PM PST

A blast killed at least 15 people and injured 20 others at an army checkpoint in the northern Pakistani city of Bannu on Sunday, security officials said.