Japan's foreign minister said Sunday that no deal on relocating U.S. troops on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa can be expected during President Barack Obama's visit this week, saying the issue needs more time to resolve.

Thousands of South Korean workers rallied Sunday for a second day, demanding the government scrap plans to enforce contentious laws they say are aimed at weakening labor unions.

Two teachers and a student were injured Saturday when suspected militants hurled a hand grenade at a girls' school in insurgency-hit southwestern Pakistan, police said.

Taliban militants killed three Pakistani soldiers in an assault on a check post in the northwest as the military pressed its ground and air offensive, officials said Saturday.

The United States expects the leaders of all ASEAN nations to attend a summit in Singapore next week, a U.S. diplomat said Saturday, setting the stage for a possible meeting between Barack Obama and leaders of Myanmar's ruling junta.

U.S. President Barack Obama has delayed his visit to Japan next week by one day following a deadly shooting at a military base in Texas, Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama said Saturday.

This remote town in the Himalayan foothills spruced up its monasteries to prepare for the Dalai Lama's arrival Sunday, a trip highlighting the growing friction between China and India — two nuclear-armed giants vying for economic and political power in the region.

The United States has given its backing to a visit by the Dalai Lama to a remote Buddhist region in India that is claimed by China, reports said Saturday.

Some women strode the catwalk in vicious spiked bracelets and body armor. Others had their heads covered, burqa-style, but with her shoulders — and tattoos — exposed. Male models wore long, Islamic robes as well as shorts and sequined T-shirts.

The United States said Friday it was open to sending an envoy to Pyongyang but insisted that North Korea prove it is serious about giving up nuclear weapons for good.