Asia Pacific
South Korean Prime Minister resigns over Sewol ferry disaster
South Korean Prime Minister Chung Hong Won said he offered to resign over the government\'s failure to properly handle a ferry sinking ...Obama in first US presidential visit to Malaysia since 1966
President Barack Obama has become the first U.S. president to visit Malaysia in nearly half a century. Obama on Saturday arrived in ...Drunk passenger causes hijack alert on Australian flight to Bali
A passenger who caused a hijack scare on a flight from Australia to Indonesia has been arrested at Bali airport, officials say.Obama warns North Korea on nuclear test
U.S. President Barack Obama warned North Korea on Friday against conducting another nuclear test, saying that it would draw a firm international ...Obama says Senkaku Islands fall under US-Japan treaty
The disputed Senkaku Islands fall under the scope of the Japan-United States security alliance, President Barack Obama told a news conference Thursday ...Death toll in South Korea ferry disaster crosses 150
The toll in last week\'s South Korean ferry capsize off the country\'s southwestern coast reached 150 Wednesday as divers searched intensively inside ...Militants kill second Somali lawmaker, threaten more attacks
Unidentified gunmen shot dead a Somali lawmaker in Mogadishu Tuesday, the second Somali member of parliament (MP) killed since Monday, media reported.South Korea ferry disaster death toll passes 100
The confirmed death toll from South Korea\'s ferry disaster crossed 100 Tuesday, as dive teams, under growing pressure from bereaved relatives, accelerated ...Japanese lawmakers visit controversial war shrine
A group of Japanese lawmakers has visited a controversial Tokyo war shrine that many see as a symbol of Japan\'s imperialist past. ...Suspected communist guerrillas kill Philippine mayor
Gunmen have shot and killed a town mayor and two of his bodyguards during a brazen attack in the northern Philippines early ...