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North Korea says open to talks with U.S. but condemns sanctions
Senior officials from Pyongyang visiting South Korea on Sunday said North Korea was open to talks with the United States, according to ...Deadly mudflows threaten residents near erupting Philippine volcano
Millions of tonnes of ash and rocks from an erupting Philippine volcano could bury nearby communities due to heavy rain, authorities said ...Dozens dead in South Korea hospital blaze
A huge fire tore through a South Korean hospital on Friday killing at least 37 people, the government said, in the country\'s ...North Korea says new U.N. sanctions an act of war
The latest U.N. sanctions against North Korea are an act of war and tantamount to a complete economic blockade against it, North ...Philippines storm leaves 182 dead and tens of thousands displaced
Tens of thousands have been forced from their homes by a tropical storm that battered the southern Philippines leaving at least 182 ...Three missing, thousands flee as storm heads for Philippines
Tens of thousands were driven from their homes by floods and three fishermen were missing Saturday as Tropical Storm Kai-Tak barrelled towards ...North Korea fires ballistic missile
North Korea fired a ballistic missile early Wednesday, South Korean military officials said, the first such launch in two months and just ...Xi Jinping becomes most powerful leader since Mao after change to China constitution
China\'s ruling Communist Party enshrined President Xi Jinping\'s political thought into its constitution on Tuesday, putting him in the same company as ...Floods and landslides kill 43, leave 34 missing in Vietnam
Floods and landslides caused by a tropical depression have killed at least 43 people, left 34 others missing and damaged homes and ...Nissan recalls 1.2 million Japan vehicles for re-inspections
Nissan is recalling 1.2 million vehicles in Japan that were produced between October 2014 and September this year to re-inspect them because ...