North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw a "successful test" of a super-large multiple launch rocket system and expressed "great satisfaction," state media said on Friday. North Korea fired two...
Bolivia's interim government announced on Thursday its foreign policy shift with the United States and Venezuela. Venezuela and Cuba were key allies for former leftist leader Evo Morales, who swept to office...
The opening ceremony of "The First Symposium on Utilization of Myanmar Mangrove Ecosystems for Human Wellbeing, Biodiversity Increase and Coastal Protection” was held in Yangon University on Thursday...
Thailand is trying out a creative solution to reduce the number of pedestrian accidents by painting on 'levitating' zebra crossings that force drivers to take a second look and stop. The painting, done by...
Forty-seven Nigerian men pleaded not guilty to a homosexuality charge in Lagos on Wednesday that could send them to jail for up to 10 years. Homosexuality is outlawed in many socially conservative African...
In Cusco, Peru, at least seven people died after a bus carrying school groups lost control and careered off the road on Wednesday. According to reports, four adults and three students were amongst the dead. Speed...
In Port Neches, Texas, security camera footage captured the moment a chemical plant exploded early on Wednesday morning.
The initial explosion at TPC Group's chemical plant, which was...
in the southern city of Najaf, Iraqi protesters stormed the Iranian consulate and set fire to the building on Wednesday bringing a new level of violence to demonstrations aimed at the downfall of a government...
German Chancellor Angela Merkel stumbled on her way to the stage to address an audience of industry and commerce representatives on Wednesday, joking that she would use the stairs the next time.
Merkel was...
The Asia Foundation launched two research papers relating People’s Finance and Local Development on Wednesday.
These research papers were named “Where Top-Down Meets Bottom-Up: Planning and...