Anyone struggling to learn how to write Chinese or Japanese characters now have an excuse to be a little less hard on themselves. Why? Apparently, Chinese and Japanese youth forget how to write characters too!
North Korean leader Kim Jong-il is visiting China today with his son, who is also Kim's suspected heir, South Korean officials said.
Japanese sumo wrestlers get an unlikely gadget to help their pudgy fingers dial some digits.
An Afghan man closes the main door to the Totya Girls' School following the suspected poisoning of its students in Kabul on August 25, 2010.
With Afghanistan's upcoming parliamentary elections, the government will be watched closely for signs of reform.
Disgruntled ex-police inspector hijacked tourist bus in Manila, leaving eight (including himself) dead.
Sri Lankan firedancers perform outside the Buddhist Temple of the Tooth, as they take part in a procession during the Esala Perahera festival in Kandy on August 24, 2010.
Former President Jimmy Carter will leave today for North Korea in hopes of freeing an American man imprisoned in a North Korean jail.