BEIJING –– Two public buses exploded during the Monday morning rush hour in the city of Kunming, killing at least two people and injuring 14 others in what the authorities described as deliberate attacks as China tightens security nationwide and warns of possible terrorist threats in advance of next month's Olympic Games.

TOKYO, Japan (AP) ––An Air China passenger jet was forced to return to Japan and four others were delayed Friday after a bomb threat was e–mailed to the airline's Tokyo office, the Japanese Transport Ministry said.

BEIJING (AP) – China has executed two ethnic Uighur men and imprisoned another 15 for alleged terrorist links, a U.S–funded radio station reported Saturday.

BEIJING, China (AP) ––China said Thursday that it had uncovered a plot by members of a Muslim minority group to sabotage the Beijing Summer Olympics with suicide bombings and kidnappings of foreign visitors