Asia Pacific
Super typhoon Usagi threatens Taiwan, Northern Philippines, China
The Philippines, Taiwan and southern China are preparing for the arrival of a rapidly intensifying super typhoon.Woman survives 15 days trapped in well in China
A Chinese woman has been found alive after becoming trapped at the bottom of an abandoned well for 15 days, ...South Korean troops shoot, kill man trying to cross to North Korea
A South Korean man who was shot dead while trying to swim across a border river had sought refugee protection ...Miss World organiser lashes out at government
The billionaire media mogul who brought Miss World to Indonesia lashed out at the government on Monday for bowing to ...Philippines ceasefire collapses as fighting continues
Fighting intensified on Saturday in the southern Philippines between government troops and rogue Muslim separatists, shattering a ceasefire almost immediately ...Japan launches “Epsilon” rocket from Kagoshima
Japan\'s new solid-fuel rocket blasted off on Saturday carrying a telescope for remote observation of planets in a launch coordinated ...Twitter begins plans for Stock Market listing
Twitter has announced it has filed paperwork with US regulators ahead of a planned stock market flotation.China sentences 3 to death over Xinjiang unrest
China has sentenced three men to death over a June attack in the restive northwestern region of Xinjiang blamed on ...Fighting spreads as rebels besiege Philippine city
Philippine troops battled Muslim rebels on two fronts Thursday, after the insurgents attacked a second town near the southern port ...Japan hangs convicted murderer
Japan hanged a 73-year-old man on Thursday, bringing to six the number of inmates executed since the conservative government of ...