Asia Pacific
China holds massive military parade, to cut troop levels by 300,000
President Xi Jinping announced on Thursday he would cut troop levels by 300,000 as China held its biggest display of military might ...At least 14 killed as boat capsizes off Malaysia
A boat believed to be carrying dozens of Indonesian illegal immigrants capsized off the coast of Malaysia on Thursday, killing at least ...Thai police arrest foreign man over Bangkok bombing
Police hunting for the perpetrators of Thailand\'s deadliest bombing arrested a foreign man on Saturday they said fitted the description of a ...Tens of thousands rally in Malaysia, demand Najib resign
Thousands of Malaysians streamed into central Kuala Lumpur on Saturday to call for the prime minister\'s ouster over corruption allegations and demand ...China detains 11 in deadly Tianjin blasts
China has formally detained a dozen people over huge explosions in the city of Tianjin this month that killed at least 139 ...North, South Korea reach agreement to ease tensions
North and South Korea reached agreement early on Tuesday to end a standoff involving an exchange of artillery fire that had pushed ...South Korea slams North over submarine, artillery deployments
North Korea has mobilised dozens of submarines and doubled its artillery units along the border, South Korea said Sunday, accusing Pyongyang of ...Two Koreas to hold high-level talks as North Korea deadline looms
South and North Korea agreed to hold top-level talks on Saturday as a North Korean deadline loomed for Seoul to halt loudspeaker ...North Korea orders troops on war footing after exchange of fire with South
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered his troops onto a war footing from 5 p.m on Friday after his government issued ...North and South Korea exchange fire as tensions mount
South Korea fired tens of artillery rounds toward North Korea on Thursday after the North launched shells to protest South Korea\'s anti-Pyongyang ...