AFP, TARANAGAR: As a truck screeches to a halt on an Indian highway in the middle of the night, devout young Hindus armed with sticks scramble inside, searching for cows they consider sacred. Almost every night, the vigilantes lie in wait for suspected cattle smugglers in the desert state of Rajasthan,…

AFP, DIYARBAKIR: Three Turkish policemen, a civilian and a soldier have been killed in new attacks in the restive southeast blamed on fighters from the rebel Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), security sources said Wednesday. The police officers were killed and another was wounded late Tuesday when…

AP, United Nations: China's ambassador to the United Nations is opposing further discussion of North Korea's human rights situation by the U.N. Security Council, telling reporters that "the Security Council is not about human rights." Ambassador Liu Jieyi spoke to reporters Tuesday.…