Asia Pacific
7.3-magnitude earthquake strikes off Japan
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.3 hit northern Japan on Tuesday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said, issuing tsunami advisories for ...Thousands protest South Korean president as older conservatives grumble
Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Seoul on Saturday in the fourth straight weekend of protest against embattled ...Tsunami hits New Zealand after massive quake
An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.4 struck central New Zealand just after midnight, the U.S. Geological Survey said, generating a tsunami ...Japan executes inmate for murdering two women
Japan executed a death-row prisoner for the murders of two women on Friday, the justice ministry said, a further snub to calls ...Australian gets 15 years prison for abusing girls in Bali
An Indonesian court on Tuesday sentenced an Australian retiree to 15 years in prison for sexually abusing girls on the tourist island ...One killed, two injured in Japan park blasts
One person was killed and at least two injured by twin near-simultaneous blasts in a Japanese park on Sunday, the local fire ...Floods kill 21 people in Vietnam, next storm due soon
At least 21 people have been killed by floods in Vietnam\'s four central provinces in the past week and eight are still ...Powerful typhoon Chaba barrels toward Japan
Storm and heavy rain warnings were issued Wednesday as powerful typhoon Chaba barrelled toward Japan, after lashing the southern coast of South ...World leaders rage against neighbors on 2nd day of UN debate
World leaders from Pakistan to Ukraine unleashed their regional grievances Wednesday, taking the stage of the U.N. General Assembly to rage against ...North Korea flooding kills 133, displaces 107,000: U.N.
Flooding from heavy rain in North Korea has killed 133 people in its northeast while 395 are missing, with many homes and ...




