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Global outrage over North Korea rocket launch
North Korea hailed an "epochal event" but its latest long-range rocket launch Sunday prompted international anger and plans for talks on a ...Rescuers search for survivors in southern Taiwan earthquake
A powerful earthquake in Taiwan felled a 16-storey apartment complex full of families who had gathered for Lunar New Year celebrations Saturday, ...Volcano in southern Japan erupts in fiery show of nature
A volcano in southern Japan dramatically erupted Friday, with television footage showing fiery bursts of super hot rock and ash rushing down ...New era in Myanmar as parliament holds historic session
Myanmar entered a new political era on Monday as Aung San Suu Kyi\'s pro-democracy MPs took their seats in parliament, carrying the ...Indonesian police arrests 12 people linked to Jakarta attack
Indonesia\'s police chief said on Saturday security forces have arrested 12 people linked to this week\'s attack by Islamic State militants in ...Taiwan elects Tsai Ing-wen as first female president
Taiwan\'s independence-leaning opposition leader Tsai Ing-wen won a convincing victory in presidential election on Saturday and pledged to maintain peace with China, ...Taiwan votes in historic presidential election
Taiwanese voted for a new president Saturday, with the China-friendly Nationalist Party likely to lose power to the pro-independence opposition amid concerns ...Trial begins for former Thai PM accused of mismanagement
Testimony has begun at the trial of former Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, who faces up to 10 years in prison on ...China shoots for first landing on dark side of the moon
China will launch a mission to land on the dark side of the moon in two years\' time, state media reported, in ...Suicide bombers, gunmen kill at least seven in Indonesian capital
Militants launched a gun and bomb assault in the center of the Indonesian capital on Thursday, killing at least seven people, police ...