Geneva: The U.N. human rights office said Friday that it will deploy a fact-finding team to Bangladesh to investigate alleged rights abuses and...
Geneva: The U.N. human rights office said Friday that it will deploy a fact-finding team to Bangladesh to investigate alleged rights abuses and...
Beijing: A quarter of all the energy China consumes now comes from non-carbon sources, according to research published Thursday, as Beijing rapidly pivots...
Baguio, Philippines: The United States has offered to escort Manila's resupply missions to outposts in the disputed South China Sea, the Philippine military...
SEOUL, South Korea: A sinkhole suddenly opened and swallowed an SUV in South Korea's capital on Thursday, injuring the two occupants, emergency workers...
Seoul: South Korea's Constitutional Court ruled Thursday that much of the country's climate goals were unconstitutional, handing a landmark victory to young environmental...
Oita, Japan: One of Japan's strongest typhoons in decades dumped torrential rain across southern regions on Thursday, with one person missing and authorities...
Magelang, Indonesia: Indonesia and Australia signed a new defence agreement Thursday, pledging closer cooperation to counter security threats in the Asia-Pacific region. The...
Hanoi: Floods submerged hundreds of hectares of dragon fruit farms in south Vietnam, residents told AFP on Thursday, with many villagers forced to...
New Delhi: Torrential rains in India caused heavy flooding that killed at least 15 people, local media reported Wednesday. Rivers across the coastal...
Tokyo: Japan braced Wednesday for its strongest typhoon of the year, with authorities advising tens of thousands of people to evacuate and issuing...
Tokyo: A strong typhoon was heading for southern Japan Tuesday, bringing heavy rain and disrupting bullet trains and flights. Typhoon Shanshan was moving...
New Delhi: Climate change is fuelling an alarming increase in deadly lightning strikes in India, killing nearly 1,900 people a year in the...
Beijing: China said on Tuesday it has "no intention" of violating foreign airspace after Japan accused a Chinese military aircraft of entering its...
Sydney: Australia plans to cap foreign student numbers from next year, the government said Tuesday, curbing a multi-billion dollar industry as it faces...
Tokyo: The threat of a "megaquake", a series of typhoons, and a week-long national holiday have some Japanese scrambling to buy rice --...
Tokyo: Authorities in central Japan are urging beachgoers to steer clear of dolphins after a sharp increase in biting incidents, with one expert...
Beijing: China said it took "control measures" on Monday against two Philippine Coast Guard ships that had entered waters near the disputed Sabina...
Lahore, Pakistan: A Pakistani man accused of spreading disinformation thought to have fuelled anti-immigration riots in Britain was released by authorities on Monday,...
