Asia Pacific
More than 500 injured as fire hits Taiwan water park party
A fire on a music stage spread into a crowd of spectators at a Saturday night party at a Taiwan water park, ...Solar Impulse Japan take off cancelled
Mission controllers trying to fly a solar plane around the world cancelled take off from Japan early Wednesday because of weather problems ...Hollande vows fight to save Frenchman facing death in Indonesia
French President Francois Hollande said his country was doing "everything" it can to save a Frenchman accused of drug offences in Indonesia ...Japanese plane circles over China-claimed region in South China Sea
A Japanese military patrol plane circled over disputed parts of the South China Sea on Tuesday at the start of an exercise ...Chinese dog meat festival underway despite outcry
Campaigners protesting at China\'s annual dog meat festival, which sees thousands of canines butchered and eaten, were forcibly dispersed by unidentified men ...Frenchman loses death sentence appeal in Indonesia
A French drug convict lost an appeal against his death sentence Monday, but his lawyers vowed to fight on and prevent another ...Global terror death tolls soared in 2014
Islamic jihadists fuelled a huge spike in terror attacks last year with the global death toll soaring 81 percent in more than ...Thailand confirms first MERS case
Thailand confirmed its first case of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) virus on Thursday, according to the country\'s health ministry.Muslims banned from celebrating Ramadan in China
China has banned civil servants, students and teachers in its mainly Muslim Xinjiang region from fasting during Ramadan and ordered restaurants to ...North Korea says hit by worst drought in 100 years
North Korea has been hit by what it describes as its worst drought in a century, which could worsen chronic food shortages ...