Asia Pacific
Japanese scientists find new dinosaur species
Japanese scientists have identified a new species of dinosaur from a nearly complete skeleton that was the largest ever discovered in the ...North Korea wants reduced UN aid presence
The United Nations said it is negotiating with impoverished North Korea over its aid presence, which Pyongyang alleges has been politicized and ...Trump switches tone on Iran, raising hopes at G7
US President Donald Trump said that he had agreed to the Iranian foreign minister flying in for a G7 summit and insisted ...North Korea fires missiles, rejects further talks with South
North Korea fired what appeared to be two short-range missiles into the sea and launched a scathing attack on "foolish" calls for ...At least 18 dead as Typhoon Lekima slams east China
At least 18 people were killed and 16 others missing in a landslide after Typhoon Lekima lashed eastern China, national television reported.US, China step up war of words over Hong Kong
The United States and China have stepped up an increasingly harsh war of words over pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong, as Beijing ...North Korea conducts new missile tests as Trump backs Kim on war games
North Korea conducted the latest in a series of missile launches to protest US-South Korean war games, just hours after US President ...At least 7 dead as quakes shake northern Philippine isles
Two strong earthquakes hours apart struck a group of sparsely populated islands in the Luzon Strait in the northern Philippines early Saturday, ...North Korea fires short-range missiles in latest provocation
North Korea fired two short-range missiles into the sea, complicating efforts to resume stalled nuclear talks with Washington and signalling its anger ...Hunger on the rise worldwide as 821 million affected, says UN
More than 821 million people suffered from hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition worldwide last year, the United Nations reported -- the third ...