Asia

Seoul: North Korea attempted and failed to launch what experts believe was an intermediate-range ballistic missile on Friday in defiance of UN sanctions and...

Tokyo: A magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck southern Japan early on Saturday morning, triggering a tsunami advisory. The quake's epicentre was near the...

Tokyo: Chacha the chimpanzee made his own great escape on Thursday, fleeing from a zoo in northern Japan and leading authorities on a dramatic chase. The...

Paro Vallery (Bhutan): Britain's Duke and Duchess of Cambridge trekked on Friday to a Buddhist monastery on a mountainside in Bhutan, going one better...

Aboard the USS John C Stennis/Beijing: The chief US defence official visited an American aircraft carrier transiting the disputed South China Sea on Friday,...

Hiroshima(Japan): Progress on ridding the world of nuclear weapons, not an apology, is what Hiroshima would want from a visit by US President Barack Obama...

Manila: US Defence Secretary Ash Carter arrived in the Philippines on Wednesday to highlight strong and growing military relations with a crucial Southeast...

Yangon/New Delhi: An earthquake measuring 6.9 on the Richter scale hit Myanmar, sending strong tremors through Myanmar, eastern India, Bangladesh and parts...

Beijing: China's foreign ministry said on Wednesday it has summoned in envoys from the Group of Seven (G7) advanced economies to complain about a...

Beijing: A group of Taiwanese deported from Kenya to China after being acquitted in a cyber crime case are wanted for suspected fraud in China, the Chinese...