Asia Pacific
North Korea conducts fifth and largest nuclear test
North Korea conducted its fifth nuclear test on Friday, setting off a blast that was more powerful than the bomb dropped on ...Obama warns China over South China Sea ruling
US President Barack Obama warned Beijing Thursday it could not ignore a tribunal\'s ruling rejecting its sweeping claims to the South China ...Islamic militants blamed for deadly Philippine blast
Philippine authorities on Saturday blamed a notorious group of Islamic militants for the bombing of a night market in President Rodrigo Duterte\'s ...Uzbekistan buries late strongman Karimov
Uzbekistan bade farewell to President Islam Karimov at a high-security funeral on Saturday, after his death plunged the country into the greatest ...China ratifies Paris climate pact, US tipped to follow
China ratified the Paris climate change accord on Saturday, with the US expected to do so later in a joint stand against ...Uzbek President Islam Karimov dies at 78
Uzbek President Islam Karimov has died aged 78 after suffering a stroke, three diplomatic sources told Reuters, leaving no obvious successor to ...Chinese embassy in Kyrgyzstan hit by suspected suicide car bomb
A suspected suicide car bomber rammed the gates of the Chinese embassy in the Kyrgyz capital Bishkek on Tuesday, killing the attacker ...Powerful quake hits Myanmar, damaging famed Bagan temples
A powerful 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck central Myanmar Wednesday, killing at least one person and damaging around 60 pagodas in the ancient ...British woman killed, man hurt in stabbings in Australia
A young British woman was killed and a British man critically hurt after a Frenchman allegedly stabbed three people while saying "Allahu ...North Korea launches ballistic missile from submarine
North Korea test-fired a submarine–launched ballistic missile on Wednesday, days after threatening a nuclear strike in retaliation at the start of large-scale ...




