Asia Pacific
John Kerry makes historic Hiroshima visit
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday called his visit to a memorial to victims of 1945 U.S. nuclear attack on ...Philippine clash leaves 18 soldiers, 5 militants dead
Philippine soldiers battled a group of about 120 Muslim rebels linked to Islamic State in a ten-hour assault on a southern island ...North Korea says successfully tested ballistic missile engine
North Korea said Saturday it had successfully tested an engine designed for an inter-continental ballistic missile (ICBM) that would "guarantee" an eventual ...Worldwide executions highest since 1989: Amnesty
The number of known executions worldwide went up by more than 50 percent last year to at least 1,634, the highest figure ...Former New Zealand PM Helen Clark enters race to lead UN
New Zealand\'s former prime minister Helen Clark on Monday entered the race to be the next UN secretary-general, touting her decades of ...Massive Panama leak shows how world leader hide their money
Close aides of Russian president Vladimir Putin are among those whose assets feature in a vast expose of tax havens published Sunday ...Tsunami alert issued after large quake hits off Vanuatu
A large 7.2 quake struck off the coast of the South Pacific islands of Vanuatu on Sunday and there was a possibility ...World leaders urge action on nuclear security, terror
World leaders declared progress in safeguarding nuclear materials sought by terrorists and wayward nations, even as President Barack Obama acknowledged the task ...Suu Kyi aide sworn in as Myanmar president in historic power shift
Myanmar entered a new era on Wednesday as Aung San Suu Kyi\'s democracy movement took power after 50 years of military domination, ...10 Indonesian sailors kidnapped in Philippines
Ten Indonesian sailors have been kidnapped in waters of the conflict-wracked southern Philippines by Islamic militants who have demanded a ransom for ...




