South Korea’s foreign ministry has said a 2015 deal with Japan to compensate forced World War Two sex slaves failed to meet the needs of the...
At least 37 people are feared to have died in a fire that tore through a shopping mall in the southern Philippine city of Davao, local...
North Korea has described the latest UN sanctions imposed on the country as an “act of war”. A foreign ministry statement said the measures were tantamount...
More than 180 people are reported to have been killed as a tropical storm swept through the southern Philippines, with dozens more missing. Storm Tembin brought...
North Korea’s nuclear and missile program has advanced more aggressively in the past six years, after incumbent leader Kim Jong Un succeeded his father Kim Jong...
An attack believed to have been sparked by a succession feud has left three people dead at a well-known Shinto shrine in Tokyo. The chief priestess...
Pope Francis celebrated an open-air Mass in Suhrawardy Udyan on the second day of his visit to Bangladesh. About 80,000 Catholics from around the country were...
Several people are reported to be injured after gunmen stormed a college in the Pakistani city of Peshawar. At least two gunmen, reportedly disguised in burkas,...
North Korea says it has successfully tested a new type of intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) that can reach the whole of continental United States. State television...
Pakistan’s law minister Zahid Hamid has resigned, state media reported Monday, meeting a key demand of Islamist protesters who have clashed violently with security forces and...
Fears of an imminent major eruption of Bali’s Mount Agung have increased and the evacuation zone around the volcano has been widened. Indonesian authorities have raised...