BEIJING (AP) China's defense minister says fighting the threat of terrorism is a top concern to be discussed by a Beijing-led group of Central Asian states this week.

SYDNEY (AP) Former No. 1 draft pick Andrew Bogut confirmed Tuesday that he has retired from the NBA and plans to play the next two seasons in Australia's National Basketball League with the Sydney Kings.

SYDNEY (AP) Former No. 1 draft pick Andrew Bogut confirmed on Tuesday that he has retired from the National Basketball Association and plans to play all two years of his National Basketball League contract in Australia with the Sydney Kings.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) A U.S. appeals court on Monday favored humans over animals in a novel copyright lawsuit filed over a series of entertaining selfies taken by a monkey with a toothy grin.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) The Latest on a court ruling in a copyright lawsuit over selfies taken by a monkey (all times local):

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) U.S. copyright law does not allow lawsuits that seek to give animals rights to photographs or other original work, limiting such claims to humans, a federal appeals court ruled Monday in a novel case over a series of well-known selfies taken by a monkey in Indonesia.

WASHINGTON (AP) A veteran who lost his genitals from a blast in Afghanistan has received the world's most extensive penis transplant, and doctors said Monday he is recovering well and expected to leave the hospital this week.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) U.S. copyright law does not allow lawsuits claiming animals have copyrights to photographs, a U.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) The University of Rhode Island will try to improve fisheries management in the Philippines with a new $25 million federal grant.

LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) Police in Pakistan have arrested a Muslim man accused of burning a Christian woman to death for refusing his marriage offer, an official said Monday.

LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) A Pakistani official says police have arrested a Muslim man on charges of burning a minority Christian woman to death for refusing his marriage offer.

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) Malaysian police on Monday released images of two suspects in the killing of a Palestinian engineer and said they appeared to be European or Middle Eastern, fueling suspicion that the slaying was an Israeli assassination.

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) Cambodia's government and a major conservation group say the number of critically endangered Irrawaddy dolphins along a stretch of the Mekong River has increased for the first time in 20 years but the animals still face serious threats.

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) Taliban attacks in western Afghanistan killed 14 soldiers and policemen on Monday as Kabul residents prepared to bury their loved ones slain in a horrific bombing by the Islamic State group that targeted a voter registration center the day before, killing 57.

NEW DELHI (AP) India's vice president on Monday rejected a move by a group of opposition parties to impeach the country's top judge on grounds of misusing his office and bowing to government pressure.

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) Malaysian police on Monday released composite images of two suspects who gunned down a Palestinian engineer and said they appeared to be European or Middle Eastern, fueling suspicion that the slaying was an Israeli assassination.

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) Afghan officials say Taliban attacks on soldiers and police in western Badghis province have killed 14 troops, policemen.

SYDNEY (AP) NBA veteran Andrew Bogut is set to join the Sydney Kings in Australia's National Basketball League.

LOS ANGELES (AP) Moriya Jutanugarn knows patience. She's had ample time to learn it while pursuing her first victory on the LPGA Tour.

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) An Islamic State suicide bomber attacked a voter registration center in Afghanistan's capital on Sunday, killing 57 people and wounding more than 100 others, officials said.