The trial marks the latest step by China's leadership to contain the fallout from a messy political scandal.

Pakistan's effort to cut off the flow of fertilizer to militants using it to make bombs in this key tribal sanctuary along the Afghan border has outraged local farmers.

Karzai was to have traveled to Oslo late Wednesday to sign an agreement of strategic partnership.

State media mentions China's VP without explaining his absence.

Xi was mentioned in official media for the first time since his last appearance on Sept. 1; report failed to explain the extended absence that has sparked the rumors.

Lt. Gen. William Caldwell and Maj. Gen. Gary Patton are taking issue with congressional testimony in July.

A string of long-doubtful observers have become increasingly convinced that economic change is afoot, akin to China's first flirtations with market reforms 30 years ago.

What happens if Xi Jinping is unable to assume the mantle of power?

As Xi Jinping's absence carried into an 11th day Wednesday, party officials were saying nothing.

Pakistan's Shiite minority is feeling under siege as Sunni militants who view them as heretics step up a campaign of sectarian attacks.