Asia Pacific
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 ...Foreign role ruled out in Bangkok bomb
Thailand said Thursday international terror groups were likely not behind a deadly Bangkok shrine bombing, but appealed for Interpol help in hunting ...Thai police release sketch of Bangkok bomb suspect
Thai police released a sketch on Wednesday of the main suspect in a deadly bomb blast in Bangkok that killed at least ...Death toll rises in Bangkok bomb blast
A bomb exploded Monday outside a religious shrine in a bustling hub of the Thai capital, killing at least 19 people and ...54 feared dead in Indonesia plane crash
An aircraft with 54 people on board crashed in Indonesia\'s remote and mountainous region of Papua on Sunday, a government official said, ...Indonesian plane missing over Papua region
An Indonesian passenger plane carrying 54 people lost contact with air traffic control Sunday during a flight in the rugged easternmost province ...Death toll from China blasts rises to 104, Xi urges changes
The death toll from two massive explosions that tore through an industrial area in the northeastern Chinese port of Tianjin has risen ...China blast residents evacuated over chemical fears
Chinese authorities have ordered the evacuation of a 3-kilometer (1.8-mile) zone around the northern port city of Tianjin over chemical contamination fears ...Huge explosions rock Tianjin in northeast China
Two huge explosions tore through an industrial area where toxic chemicals and gas were stored in the northeast Chinese port city of ...




