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Asia

7 Jan
The death toll has risen to 100 and over 200 people remain missing after a magnitude-7.6 earthquake hit Japan's Ishikawa prefecture on New Year's Day. Rescuers are struggling, with bad weather and...
6 Jan
In Bangladesh, five people were killed after a passenger train caught fire. The train caught fire at a place not far from the megacity's main rail terminal. And, fire service officer said at least four...
6 Jan
Soldiers and civilians in South Korea boarded a ferry heading to Yeonpyeong island, where residents were ordered on Friday to evacuate to. Yeonpyeong, with about 2,000 residents, is around 70 miles west of...
6 Jan
Thousands of tourists brave sub-zero temperatures for glimpses of ice sculptures and fireworks on the opening day of the Harbin Ice and Snow Festival in China's northern Heilongjiang province.  The...
6 Jan
India navy rescued 21 crew members from a vessel in the Arabian Sea after a hijacking distress call, the latest attack on commercial shipping in the region. The navy said that 21 crew members, including 15...
6 Jan
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said China-U.S. cooperation is no longer optional but rather imperative for each other and the world at large. Wang made the remarks during a reception commemorating the 45th...
6 Jan
Japanese workers began clearing burnt debris of a passenger jet on Friday, three days after a near terrible collision with a coast guard plane at Tokyo's Haneda Airport. Five of the six crews on the smaller...
5 Jan
A woman in her 80s is rescued from under rubble in Wajima, Ishikawa prefecture on Thursday, following a major earthquake in Japan, which killed at least 92 and has left at least 242 missing. According to...
5 Jan
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un Kim and his young daughter toured around a factory that produces transport erector launchers (TELs) used for the country's banned intercontinental ballistic missiles, before...
5 Jan
In Indonesia on Friday, three people were killed and at least 28 injured when two trains collided on main island of Java. The crash took place at 6:03 am local time near rice fields in West Java province and left...

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