Asia Pacific
Flood deaths rise to 174 in Indonesia, surge across Southeast Asia
The death toll from floods and landslides on the Indonesian island of Sumatra island has risen to 174, up from the previous ...Hong Kong high-rise blaze death toll hits 55 with 250 still missing
By Holmes Chan and Tommy Wang AFP Hong Kong firefighters were scouring scorched high-rises Thursday for over 250 people listed as missing, ...Japan regional governor to decide on restart of world’s biggest nuclear power plant
By Katya Golubkova Reuters A Japanese regional governor is expected to say on Friday whether he will allow a partial restart of ...Leaving border camps for orchards, Myanmar refugees join Thai workforce
Tun Min Lat climbs a bamboo ladder in the longan orchards of eastern Thailand, moving from tree to tree as he plucks ...Bangladesh’s ousted leader Sheikh Hasina sentenced to death
A Bangladesh court sentenced ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina to be hanged for crimes against humanity on Monday, with cheers breaking out ...Taiwan evacuates 3,000 ahead of arrival of Typhoon Fung-wong
Taiwan issued a land warning on Tuesday and evacuated more than 3,000 people ahead of the arrival of Typhoon Fung-wong which, while ...Hundreds missing as boat sinks near Malaysia-Thailand border
A boat carrying members of the Rohingya community from Myanmar has sunk near the Thai-Malaysian border, with hundreds missing, seven dead and ...Philippines evacuates hundreds of thousands as Fung-wong intensifies into super typhoon
Nearly a million people have been evacuated and floodwaters were rising in the Philippines on Sunday before Typhoon Fung-wong’s expected late-night landfall ...Typhoon Kalmaegi slams into Vietnam after unleashing deadly destruction in the Philippines
By ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL and JIM GOMEZ,Associated Press Typhoon Kalmaegi brought fierce winds and torrential rains to Vietnam on Friday, days after the powerful ...Philippine death toll tops 140 as typhoon heads towards Vietnam
By Faith Brown, Cecil Morella AFP Typhoon Kalmaegi killed at least 140 people and left another 127 missing after unleashing devastating flooding ...














