Asia / Pacific

North Korea on Thursday fired a “long-range ballistic missile”, South Korea’s military said, Pyongyang’s first weapons test since Seoul accused it of sending tens of thousands of soldiers to Russia.…

Three Chinese astronauts including the country’s only woman spaceflight engineer blasted off on a “dream” mission to the Tiangong space station in the early hours of Wednesday. The new Tiangong…

Iran on Monday executed 69-year-old German-Iranian Jamshid Sharmahd after years in captivity, media in the Islamic Republic said, sparking outrage in Germany and beyond. Berlin warned of “serious consequences” for…

Japan experienced rare political turmoil on Monday as it grappled with the results of Sunday’s snap elections that snatched away the Liberal Democratic Party’s (LDP) majority in parliament for the first…

Rescuers in the Philippines searched a lake and scoured isolated villages on Sunday to locate dozens of missing people as the death toll from Tropical Storm Trami hit 110. Trami…

Japan voted on Sunday in its tightest election in years, with new Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and his juggernaut Liberal Democratic Party facing potentially their worst result since 2009. Opinion…

Japan‘s ruling LDP party fell short of a majority in snap elections on Sunday for the first time since 2009, national broadcaster NHK projected, in a blow to new Prime…

Ten police were shot dead at a check post near the Afghan border, officials said Friday, in an attack claimed by the Pakistan Taliban. “The intense exchange of fire lasted…

Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te said Friday the island will not cede an inch of its territory, as China maintains military pressure on Taipei to accept its claim of sovereignty. Lai…

Turkey‘s Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said an attack on the premises of the Turkish aerospace and defense company TUSAS on Wednesday left a number of people dead or injured. “A…