As storm batters island, soldiers in south mobilised to help battle electrical fire in hospital that killed nine.At least two people have been killed...
Police say the suspect, a 37-year-old man, was taken into custody shortly after the attack in the city’s southwest.Three people have been killed and...
Austria votes as far-right Freedom Party battles conservatives amid concerns over migration, inflation, and Ukraine.Voters in Austria are casting their ballot in a general...
Judge acknowledges Iwao Hakamada was wrongfully convicted for murders at miso factory in 1966.A court in Japan has ruled that an 88-year-old former boxer...
Activists hail ‘monumental step’ as Thai king signs the country’s marriage-equality bill into law.Thailand’s king has signed a landmark marriage equality bill into law,...
First public test-launch of missile likely to raise concerns about China’s nuclear build-up.China has said it test-launched an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) into the...
UN member countries adopt blueprint for the future to tackle wars, environmental threats and technological challenges facing humanity.The United Nations General Assembly has adopted...
A dozen rivers burst their banks in Ishikawa where the meteorological agency issued its highest alert level.Japanese authorities have told tens of thousands of...
Indonesian police say Mehrtens has been flown out of mountainous Nduga and appears in good health.New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens has been freed by...
CEO of Taiwan-based Gold Apollo released after questioning over role in deadly explosions.Components used in thousands of pagers that detonated on Tuesday in Lebanon in...
Leader Kim Jong Un stresses need to augment number of centrifuges to increase country’s nuclear weapons defence.North Korea has released the first-ever photos of...