Asia Pacific
North Korea sentences US citizen to 10 years in prison for espionage
North Korea on Friday sentenced a detained Korean-American, Kim Dong-Chul, to 10 years hard labour on charges of subversion and espionage, China\'s ...Activists celebrate Earth Day with service, awareness events
Organizers of Earth Day, celebrated each April 22, say more than one billion people are marking Earth Day 2016 with activities to ...Fuel-cheating scandal wipes $2.5bn off Mitsubishi stock
Mitsubishi Motors shares nosedived again Thursday as panic selling wiped about $2.5 billion off the automaker\'s market value in response to its ...Some sleep in cars after 2 nights of quakes kill 41 in Japan
The wooden home barely withstood the first earthquake. An even stronger one the next night dealt what might have been the final ...Scores trapped as Japan earthquakes toll hits 32
Scores of people were feared buried alive Saturday after two powerful quakes hit southern Japan a day apart, killing at least 32 ...New strong quake hits Japan, tsunami warning issued
A magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck southern Japan early on Saturday morning, triggering a tsunami advisory. The quake\'s epicenter was near the city ...Rescuers search for survivors after deadly Japan quake
Rescuers searched through rubble for possible survivors Friday after a powerful earthquake in southern Japan left at least nine people dead and ...North Korea deploys ballistic missiles
North Korea has deployed one or two intermediate-range ballistic missiles on its east coast, possibly preparing for launch on or around Friday, ...Strong quake in southwestern Japan kills two, topples homes
A powerful 6.5-magnitude earthquake hit southern Japan late Thursday, collapsing homes, sparking fires and killing at least two people and injuring hundreds, ...John Kerry makes historic Hiroshima visit
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday called his visit to a memorial to victims of 1945 U.S. nuclear attack on ...