Toyota says it is recalling about 437,000 Prius and other hybrid vehicles worldwide to fix brake problems — the latest in a string of embarrassing safety lapses at the world's largest automaker.

The head of Iran's atomic agency said the Islamic Republic would not enrich uranium to a higher level if the West provides the fuel it needs for a research reactor in Tehran.

Japanese authorities said Monday they are trying to identify a body found inside one of the landing gear compartments on a Delta Airlines plane flight that arrived in Tokyo from New York.

At least six soldiers are dead and 60 more are trapped following a massive avalanche that hit a training center of the Indian army at a famous ski resort town in Indian-controlled Kashmir.

Australia tightened its migration rules yesterday in favor of English speakers and professionals, saying the country has been attracting too many hairdressers and cooks and too few doctors and engineers.

North Korea warned South Korea yesterday that any attempt to bring down the communist country would draw “strong measures” from its military, a threat issued even as Pyongyang embarked on a flurry of diplomacy with Seoul, Washington and Beijing.

Thailand has started deploying about 20,000 security forces to brace for protests ahead of a widely anticipated court ruling on the US$2.2 billion fortune of deposed leader Thaksin Shinawatra, a spokesman said Monday.

Malaysian opposition leader, Anwar Ibrahim, moved yesterday to have the judge in his sodomy trial disqualified, complaining he had refused to rein in biased media coverage.

Australia will boost humanitarian aid to Myanmar while maintaining sanctions on the military regime, Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said on Monday.

A drought that has gripped the southwestern corner of Australia since the 1970s is linked with higher snowfall in East Antarctica, a phenomenon that may be rooted in global warming, scientists reported on Sunday.