- S. Korea, Japan set for showdown on 'comfort women'
- N. Korean diplomat visits London to lobby against international pressure over human rights
- Obama to host ASEAN leaders early next year
- [Newsmaker] India's Modi arrives in Pakistan
- Corsica violence injures firefighters; prayer hall damaged
- Violence clouds Christmas in Bethlehem
- Christmastime tornadoes ravage US South, killing at least 14
- 'Comfort women' photographer wins lawsuit against Nikon
- China-led AIIB to start providing loans in mid-2016
- Banks to remove over 100 bank outlets next year
- China expels French reporter who questioned terrorism
- Top Syrian rebel killed in airstrike near Damascus
- Christmas wildfire destroys more than 100 homes in Australia