Asia Pacific
Gaza toll nears 100, militants threaten Israeli airport
A fourth day of Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip killed 11 more Palestinians on Friday, raising the death toll in ...North Korea again fires missiles into sea
North Korea launched two short-range ballistic missiles Wednesday morning into the sea off its east coast, a South Korean defense official said, ...Indonesia votes for new president
Indonesians voted Wednesday in the tightest and most divisive presidential election since the downfall of dictator Soeharto, pitting Jakarta governor Joko "Jokowi" ...Merkel says U.S spying allegations are serious
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Monday allegations that a German man worked as a double agent for U.S. intelligence were serious ...North Korea fires more short-range missiles
North Korea has fired two missiles off its eastern coast, according to the South Korean military. It comes just days after Pyongyang ...Search for missing Malaysian plane to shift south
The search area for the missing Malaysian Airlines Fligh MH370 has been shifted further south in the Indian Ocean after fresh review ...Australia summons Egyptian ambassador over Jazeera verdicts
Australia summoned a senior Egyptian diplomat on Tuesday to protest against the sentencing of an Australian reporter, one of three Al Jazeera ...South Korean soldier kills 5 comrades at border
A South Korean conscript soldier shot and killed five of his fellow unit members and injured five others late on Saturday at ...Chinese police shoot dead 13 attackers in Xinjiang
Chinese police have shot dead 13 people in the restive Xinjiang province after attackers drove into a public building and set off ...China executes 13 for terror, violent crimes in Xinjiang
China executed 13 people on Monday for "terrorist attacks" in the far western region of Xinjiang, state media said, while another three ...