Asia Pacific
Shinzo Abe in “grave condition” after being shot during Japan election campaign
Shinzo Abe, Japan’s longest-serving prime minister, was in grave condition on Friday after being shot while campaigning for a parliamentary election, with ...Thousands more evacuate in Sydney even though heavy rains ease
A wild storm system that has pounded parts of Sydney with torrential rain for four days has moved away from the city, ...Turkey lifts veto on Finland, Sweden joining NATO, clearing path for expansion
NATO ally Turkey lifted its veto over Finland and Sweden’s bid to join the Western alliance on Tuesday after the three nations ...Afghan health official warns of disease outbreak among earthquake survivors
Thousands affected by a deadly earthquake in eastern Afghanistan are in need of clean water and food and are at risk of ...Afghan authorities scramble to reach earthquake zone, toll at 1,000 dead
Afghan authorities struggled on Thursday to reach a remote area hit by an earthquake that killed 1,000 people but poor communications and ...Afghanistan earthquake kills at least 1,000 but toll expected to rise
The death toll from an earthquake in Afghanistan on Wednesday hit 1,000, disaster management officials said, with more than 600 injured and ...Strong earthquake kills at least 280 in Afghanistan
An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 killed at least 280 people in Afghanistan early on Wednesday, officials said, adding that hundreds of people ...Japan court rules same-sex marriage ban is not unconstitutional in LGBTQ rights blow
An Osaka court on Monday ruled that Japan’s ban on same-sex marriage was not “unconstitutional”, dealing a setback to LGBTQ rights activists ...Global nuclear arsenal to grow for first time since Cold War, think-tank says
The global nuclear arsenal is expected to grow in the coming years for the first time since the Cold War while the ...G7 scrambles to keep climate agenda on track as Ukraine war roils energy supplies
Ministers from the world’s wealthiest democracies will wrangle over how to keep climate change goals on track as they meet in Berlin ...














