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The improvised device went off as the bus was traveling through the crowded center of the city of Peshawar, killing at least 16 people and wounding dozens.

China Fox: Douglas Cannon - A Problem of the Creation of the Chinese Authorities

China Fox: Yan Xiaojun - Anti-Corruption is an International Project.

The mining major is looking at possible asset deals as it explores ways to revive profits apart from further cutting costs, Chief Executive Andrew Mackenzie said.

Watch a trailer for the documentary “Salam Neighbor,” which follows filmmakers Chris Temple and Zach Ingrasci as they live for one month inside Jordan’s Za’atari refugee camp. Photo: Living on One/1001 MEDIA

A sharp downturn in energy and metals prices has dented mining giant BHP Billiton's profitability and forced it to slash its dividend. The commodities slump is the result of rising production at a time when growth in China, the largest consumer of many natural resources, has been cooling. The company has warned that the period of weaker prices and heightened volatility is likely to be prolonged.

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said it would be “impossible” for China to fall short in meeting its relatively high economic-growth targets even as it pushes ahead with structural reforms.

China's Premier Li Keqiang said he ordered his cabinet ministers to be more open with reporters during the nation's top annual parliamentary meeting – then promptly awarded them high marks for their efforts.

Air India has had another embarrassing incident. A tire burst on one of the national carrier’s Airbus A320 jetliners soon after it landed in Mumbai’s international airport on Tuesday, forcing an emergency evacuation of the plane.

The establishment-led “stop Trump” movement failed to dissuade Florida voters from supporting the billionaire candidate. As Senator Marco Rubio dropped out of the race, he too took a swipe at the GOP establishment . WSJ’s Jason Bellini reports. Photo: Getty Images

Chinese Internet giant Tencent Holdings Ltd. is scheduled to release its fourth-quarter earnings results on Thursday. The social networks and online games company is expected to report that its net profit grew more than 30% from a year earlier for the three months ended Dec. 31 thanks to its solid online games business and a surge in advertising revenue.

Chinese Internet giant Tencent Holdings Ltd. is scheduled to release its fourth-quarter earnings results on Thursday. The social networks and online games company is expected to report that its net profit grew more than 30% from a year earlier for the three months ended Dec. 31 thanks to its solid online games business and a surge in advertising revenue.

Apple is working to bolster its encryption so that it won’t be able to decrypt user information stored in iCloud, but company executives are wrestling with how to strengthen iCloud encryption without inconveniencing users.

A day after a top NFL official acknowledged a connection between playing football and the brain disease CTE, a lawyer in the league’s concussion litigation filed a letter with the court saying that position is consistent with past NFL views.

Ping An’s nonstandard investments are lifting its returns. For now.

China's new charity law could encounter resistance from local government officials, and maybe even from some of the nonprofit groups it’s intended to help.

With Marco Rubio's exit from the race amid more wins for Donald Trump, the GOP remains deeply divided over who should be the nominee. Meanwhile, more Democrats are lining up behind Hillary Clinton. WSJ national politics editor Aaron Zitner explains. Photo: AP

Doug Heye: Remember that Donald Trump, the clear front-runner, has not surpassed 50% in any primary. He dismissed this point in his remarks Tuesday night, but it's an important one.

After big primary wins in four states Tuesday, Hillary Clinton has a strong delegate lead against Sen. Bernie Sanders, making it nearly impossible for him to catch up in the race to secure the Democratic party presidential nomination. Photo: Getty

Valeant Pharmaceuticals, having struggled for months to reclaim investor favor, offered a financial outlook worse than many feared, prompting an exodus from the stock that cut the market value of the company in half.

Democratic presidential hopeful defeated rival Bernie Sanders in Illinois in the Tuesday primaries, adding to her already-formidable delegate advantage in the race to her party’s nomination. The Associated Press projected Mrs. Clinton to win several hours after polls closed. With 96% of precincts reporting, Mrs. Clinton had 50.4% support, to Mr. Sanders’s 48.8%. Illinois has 156 […]

Someone using official codes stole $100 million from Bangladesh’s account at the New York Fed over a recent weekend. Authorities in four countries are still piecing together what happened.

EMC Corp. won a partial victory in a legal battle against Pure Storage Inc., an upstart competitor that EMC accused of infringing patents on data storage technology.

Asian shares were mixed Wednesday ahead of the U.S. central bank’s interest-rate decision, with China stocks edging higher after the country’s premier made upbeat comments about the economy.