Asia Pacific
Heavy air pollution in 80% of Chinese cities: Greenpeace
Pollution in nearly 80 percent of Chinese cities surveyed by Greenpeace "greatly exceeded" national standards over the first nine months of this ...Myanmar signs ceasefire with rebel groups
Myanmar on Thursday signed a ceasefire with eight ethnic minority armies in a step towards ending decades of civil war, a move ...Flight MH17 shot down in Ukraine by Russian-built missile, report concludes
Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 was shot down over eastern Ukraine by a Russian-made Buk missile, the Dutch Safety Board said on Tuesday ...Seven children among 13 killed in Pakistan landslide
Thirteen people including seven children were crushed to death in Karachi Tuesday when a rare landslide struck their thatch huts as they ...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 ...