Chinese prosecutors have charged the wife of disgraced former official Bo Xilai and a family employee with the murder of a British businessman, a significant development in a political scandal that has embarrassed the Chinese leadership.
SEOUL — A just-released independent, non-government report on North Korea concludes the transfer of power to Kim Jong Un is already complete.
Al-Qaida's affiliate in Iraq has claimed responsibility for the deadliest day of violence to hit the country in more than two years.
Eight senior newspaper staff members from the News of the World's paper, including Prime Minister David Cameron's ex-media chief Andy Coulson, and Rupert Murdoch's United Kingdom newspaper boss Rebekah Brooks have been charged with phone hacking.