Asia Pacific
Police raid Save the Children offices in Nauru
The offices of Save the Children workers helping asylum-seekers on the Pacific island of Nauru have been raided by police, the aid ...North Korea says ready for war with U.S.
Isolated North Korea marked the 70th anniversary of its ruling Workers\' Party on Saturday with a massive military parade overseen by leader ...Hundreds face off in Australian town in anti-Islam protest
Hundreds of protesters faced off with left-wing opponents on Saturday in a standoff over plans to build a mosque in a rural ...1 in 3 young men in China to die from smoking, study says
One in three of all the young men in China will eventually be killed by tobacco unless a substantial proportion of them ...FIFA suspends Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini for 90 days
Sepp Blatter and UEFA President Michel Platini, the man who had been favored to take over as FIFA leader, were both suspended ...Ethnic protesting group meets Nepal government negotiators
Nepal government negotiators have met the main group opposing the new constitution but failed to reach an agreement that would end the ...4 renal patients die in Singapore hospital from hepatitis C
A top public hospital in Singapore says four renal patients have died in one of its wards from hepatitis C and 18 ...3 scientists share Nobel Prize for medicine for work on parasitic diseases
The Nobel prize in medicine went Monday to three scientists hailed as "heroes in the truest sense of the word" for saving ...Busan marks 20th anniversary with 100 best Asian film list
A new list of the best Asian films of all time was published this week, as the region\'s increasingly vibrant cinema scene ...Malaysia air pollution spikes due to Indonesian smoke
Air pollution in Malaysia\'s capital spiked to "very unhealthy" levels on Sunday as acrid smoke billowing from Indonesian agricultural fires intensified, in ...