Asia Pacific
Floods kill 21 people in Vietnam, next storm due soon
At least 21 people have been killed by floods in Vietnam\'s four central provinces in the past week and eight are still ...Powerful typhoon Chaba barrels toward Japan
Storm and heavy rain warnings were issued Wednesday as powerful typhoon Chaba barrelled toward Japan, after lashing the southern coast of South ...World leaders rage against neighbors on 2nd day of UN debate
World leaders from Pakistan to Ukraine unleashed their regional grievances Wednesday, taking the stage of the U.N. General Assembly to rage against ...North Korea flooding kills 133, displaces 107,000: U.N.
Flooding from heavy rain in North Korea has killed 133 people in its northeast while 395 are missing, with many homes and ...North Korea conducts fifth and largest nuclear test
North Korea conducted its fifth nuclear test on Friday, setting off a blast that was more powerful than the bomb dropped on ...Obama warns China over South China Sea ruling
US President Barack Obama warned Beijing Thursday it could not ignore a tribunal\'s ruling rejecting its sweeping claims to the South China ...China ratifies Paris climate pact, US tipped to follow
China ratified the Paris climate change accord on Saturday, with the US expected to do so later in a joint stand against ...Islamic militants blamed for deadly Philippine blast
Philippine authorities on Saturday blamed a notorious group of Islamic militants for the bombing of a night market in President Rodrigo Duterte\'s ...Uzbekistan buries late strongman Karimov
Uzbekistan bade farewell to President Islam Karimov at a high-security funeral on Saturday, after his death plunged the country into the greatest ...Uzbek President Islam Karimov dies at 78
Uzbek President Islam Karimov has died aged 78 after suffering a stroke, three diplomatic sources told Reuters, leaving no obvious successor to ...