Asian stocks gained ground Tuesday afternoon after steep drops earlier in the day in response to Wall Street’s biggest plunge since 2008, with Australia’s All Ordinaries index closing in positive territory — up 1% — after declining 5% in morning trad…

Asian stocks gained ground Tuesday afternoon after steep drops earlier in the day in response to Wall Street’s biggest plunge since 2008, with Australia’s All Ordinaries index closing in positive territory — up 1% — after declining 5% in morning trad…

Coalition forces embroiled in a firefight with insurgents in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday had called for assistance, but instead had to race to the crash scene of a downed NATO helicopter carrying their reinforcements, officials said Monday.