Asia

Tainan: A powerful earthquake struck Taiwan early on Saturday killing at least 11 people, most in a 17-storey apartment building that collapsed, with at...

Beijing: Chinese officials have issued warnings to seed dealers and farmers not to use unapproved genetically modified seeds in the country's main crop...

Yangon: Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi's party on Friday nominated Shwe Mann, one of the country's most powerful politicians, to head a...

Seoul/Tokyo: The United States has deployed missile defence systems that will work with the Japanese and South Korean militaries to track a rocket that...

Tokyo: A Japanese volcano about 50km (30 miles) from a nuclear plant erupted on Friday, shooting ash nearly 2km into the night sky along with fountains of...

Seoul/Tokyo: Japan put its military on alert on Wednesday to shoot down any North Korean rocket that threatens it, while South Korea warned the North it...

Seoul: China's envoy for the North Korean nuclear issue arrived in the capital, Pyongyang, on Tuesday, the North's KCNA news agency reported, amid a...

Beijing: More than 50,000 passengers were stranded at a railway station in the Chinese city of Guangzhou on Tuesday because of weather delays, state media...

Beijing: China's leading airlines joined forces on Monday to blacklist rowdy passengers who have become an increasing problem as the number of...

Singapore: Singapore has seized a large number of bank accounts in recent months as part of an investigation into possible money-laundering linked to...