President Barack Obama and NATO allies declared Sunday that the end of the long and unpopular Afghanistan war is in sight even as they struggled to hold their fighting force together in the face of dwindling patience and shaky unity.

A long-time governing party official took the lead late Sunday in vote counting from the Dominican Republic's presidential election, leading a brash ex-president whose last term ended with the deepest economic crisis in the country's modern history.

Chen Guangcheng's departure from China raises difficult questions ranging from the fate of his extended family and allies to his ability to spur change at home.

Prosecutors questioned several people in connection to a bombing outside a school in southern Italy that killed a 16-year-old girl and has raised public fears that the country could again fall victim to extremist violence.

Chinese property conglomerate Dalian Wanda Group will acquire AMC Entertainment, a U.S. movie theater chain, in a deal worth about $2.6 billion.

South Korea urges North Korea to follow a 'different path to peace' at the start of talks with the US and Japan, amid fears of a third nuclear test.

Struggling Internet company Yahoo Inc. has agreed to sell half of its 40 percent stake in Chinese e-commerce group Alibaba for about $7.1 billion.

An annular eclipse, in which the Moon does not fully block out the light from the Sun, has moved across east Asia and the western US.

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Robin Gibb, one of three brothers who made up the disco group the Bee Gees behind "Saturday Night Fever" and other hits from the 1970s, died after a bout with cancer, according to a statement on his website.

More work must be done before NATO troops pull out of Afghanistan, U.S. President Barack Obama said as he met with Afghan President Hamid Karzai Sunday.

Two suspects who appeared in court in Cook County, Illinois, on Sunday are not believed to be part of an alleged terror plot in Chicago during the NATO summit, prosecutors said Sunday.

A look back at the life of Bee Gee Robin Gibb, founder member of one of the most commercially successful bands of all time.

Thousands of people turned out to see rock band Muse carry the Olympic flame in their Devon hometown on the second day of the torch relay.

Nato leaders are meeting in Chicago in a summit dominated by the withdrawal from Afghanistan.