Asia Pacific
Total lunar eclipse woos sky watchers
An unusual set of celestial circumstances came together over Sunday night and the wee hours of Monday for sky watchers in Europe, ...Sydney, Hong Kong kick off 2019 parties with dazzling fireworks
Sydney and Hong Kong put on stunning fireworks displays to welcome to the New Year, among the first in a wave of ...Indonesian rescuers use drones, sniffer dogs as tsunami death toll tops 400
Indonesian rescuers on Tuesday used drones and sniffer dogs to search for survivors along the devastated west coast of Java hit by ...Death toll climbs to 222 in Indonesia tsunami
A tsunami killed at least 222 people and injured hundreds on the Indonesian islands of Java and Sumatra following an underwater landslide ...Filipino banned from China eSports tournament over alleged racism
A professional Philippine eSports player was banned on Tuesday from a million-dollar tournament in China, embroiling the world of competitive gaming in ...MBS mingles with G20 leaders as Trump fuels summit tensions
Fissures on trade, climate change and Ukraine divided world leaders Friday as US President Donald Trump came under sustained fire and Saudi ...North Korean soldier defects to South across border
A North Korean soldier defected to South Korea on Saturday across their heavily fortified land border, which the two sides have begun ...China, US showdown looms on trade at fractious G20
The United States and China, the world\'s two largest economies, will see Saturday if they can find a breakthrough to exit a ...Two Koreas, U.N. forces agree to remove weapons at border
North and South Korea and the U.N. Command agreed on Monday to withdraw firearms and guard posts in the demilitarized zone village ...Fears grow that more than 1,000 still missing in Indonesia disaster
More than a thousand people could still be missing after Indonesia\'s devastating quake-tsunami, officials said Friday, drastically upping the number of people ...