Asia & Pacific

Joel Babcock, an American, is one of 49 dead after a Lao Airlines flight crashed in Laos on Wednesday. All 44 passengers and five crew members perished in the crash. ...

Michael Creighton of Norwegian People’s Aid and his father Gordon Bruce Creighton are dead after a plane crash ...

Thousands of people across Australia joined a global movement of 3 million saying no to genetically modified foods ...

A Lao Airlines plane crashed into the Mekong river in Laos on Wednesday. All 44 passengers died. There ...

A 7.1-magnitude earth quake hit off the coast of Papua New Guinea on Wednesday.  The United States Geological ...

A magnitude-7.2 earthquake hit the Philippines on Oct. 15, followed quickly by a second, 5.4-earthquake and more than ...

Three people are trapped in the rubble of the Our Lady of Light Church in Loon in Bohol, Philippines ...

The Chocolate Hills viewing deck and the leaning tower overlooking the famous Chocolate Hills in Carmen in Bohol, Philippines, ...

Almost all the residents in Tagbilaran City in the Philippines is sleeping outside as aftershocks are still being ...

Gaisano Country Mall in Cebu City, Philippines was damaged by the 7.2 magnitude earthquake and the series of ...

Dauis Church and Loay Church were damaged by the earthquakes that hit the Philippines on Tuesday, starting with ...

Two people are dead and at least 30 people were injured when the roof of the Mandaue Public ...

All classes have been canceled in Cebu City and Bohol for Wednesday after a 7.2 earthquake hit the ...

Cebu Doctors University Hospital in Mandaue City, Cebu, Philippines was evacuated after a strong 7.2-magnitude earthquake hit the ...

St. Benedict's Children Center in Talisay City has collapsed following a 7.2 magnitude earthquake, and a series of ...

Lobuc Church in Bohol in the Philippines was destroyed after a 7.2 magnitude earthquake hit the Philippines, and ...

A 7.2 magnitude earthquake hit the Philippines on Oct. 15, followed quickly by a 5.4 aftershock and more ...

Cyclone Phailin has made landfall on India's coast Saturday, where more than 400,000 people have reportedly evacuated their ...

The world on Oct. 10, 2013, through local media headlines—from increased diaper waste due to an aging Malaysian ...

A fire was reported on the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force missile destroyer Shimakaze, said the Coast Guard.

A local Epoch Times reporter was held for several hours while being questioned by security guards at the ...

Mark "Chopper" Read, a career criminal who became an Australian celebrity, has died of cancer, according to reports.

Six people are injured after a ferry crashed into a wharf at Circular Quay in Sydney, Australia on ...

A Pakistan International Airlines bound for Dubai caught on fire but landed safely at the Karachi airport on ...

Arrests were made in the Maldives on Friday amid protests over the presidential run-off election. Tanks and soldiers ...

Tanks and soldiers faced people protesting the postponed second round of elections in the Maldives on Thursday. Photos ...

Police at the Murum Dam site arrested Ngang Buling on Thursday morning and tried to disperse other protesters by ...