Asia Pacific
South Korea reports sixth MERS death, surge in infections
South Korea recorded its sixth death and biggest single day jump in Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) infections on Monday, with 23 ...Thousands protest G7 summit in southern Germany
Thousands of demonstrators packed the German Alpine resort of Garmisch-Partenkirchen on Saturday, protesting over a wide range of causes before the arrival ...Death toll rises following ferry sinking in China
A total of 396 people have been confirmed dead after a cruise ship capsized in China, state media said, making it the ...South Korea test-fires longer-range ballistic missile
South Korea on Wednesday test-launched a new ballistic missile that can hit all of North Korea, the president\'s office said, developed under ...Divers comb capsized China ship, 400 still missing
Scores of divers searched a capsized ship in the Yangtze River on Wednesday for more than 400 missing people, many of them ...Sepp Blatter resigns as FIFA president
Sepp Blatter resigned as FIFA president on Tuesday in the face of a U.S.-led corruption investigation that has plunged world soccer\'s governing ...South Korea announces first two MERS deaths
South Korea on Tuesday confirmed the country\'s first two deaths from Middle East Respiratory Syndrome as it fights to contain the spread ...Bad weather casts doubt on solar Pacific flight
Solar Impulse 2 was in a holding pattern near Japan on Monday as organisers warned that bad weather in the days ahead ...Solar plane heads across Pacific on historic journey
The revolutionary Solar Impulse 2 aircraft took off early Sunday for a six-day, six-night flight over the Pacific Ocean, the most ambitious ...Powerful earthquake shakes Japan
A 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck off the Japanese coast Saturday, geologists said, shaking buildings in Tokyo and setting off car alarms.




