TOKYO (AP) — The Japanese government announced Tuesday it will spend $470 million on a subterranean ice wall and other steps in a desperate bid to stop leaks of radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant. The decision is widely seen as an attempt to show that the nuclear accident won’t be a concern […]

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq has awarded oil drilling deals worth a combined $348 million to two Chinese firms and Swiss-based oilfield services company Weatherford. The deals approved by Iraq’s Cabinet cover work in oil fields in southern Maysan province being developed by China’s state-owned CNOOC. Weatherford won two contracts, one for nearly $95 million and […]

STOCKHOLM (AP) — President Barack Obama is seeking to use a 24-hour visit here to show a softer side of American diplomacy as the world’s gaze remains fixed on Syria. He intends to focus in the on climate change, trade and technology, a trio of issues on which there is broad consensus with European allies. […]

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The young woman worked for three years at the Afghan bank, officials say. One day she vanished. As did $1.1 million. Shokofa Salehi, 22, is suspected of transferring the sum to accounts of relatives. They believe at least 10 people aided the young woman.