New Zealanders are set to face new COVID-19 restrictions after nine cases of the omicron variant were detected in a single family that flew to Auckland
Three of Tonga’s smaller islands suffered serious damage from tsunami waves, officials and the Red Cross said yesterday, as a wider picture begins to emerge of the
Grappling with pandemic difficulties and U.S.-led sanctions over his nuclear ambitions, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un could be reviving his 2017 playbook of nuclear and missile
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida told parliament yesterday that fighting the pandemic and strengthening defense are his government’s top priorities. Kishida delivered a speech opening this
Novak Djokovic arrived in his native Serbia yesterday after being deported from Australia because he was not vaccinated against COVID-19, ending his hopes of defending his
The son of former Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos defeated yesterday a bid to disqualify him from the May 9 presidential race but still faces other petitions from human rights
The tsunami threat around the Pacific from a huge undersea volcanic eruption began to recede yesterday, but the massive ash cloud covering the tiny island nation
A powerful earthquake shook parts of Indonesia’s main island of Java on Friday, damaging buildings and houses and sending people into the streets, but no casualties were reported. Officials
North Korea yesterday fired what appeared to be a ballistic missile into its eastern sea, its second launch in a week, following leader Kim Jong Un’s calls
The president of debt-ridden Sri Lanka yesterday asked China for the restructuring of its loans and access to preferential credit for imports of essential goods, as
The Philippines yesterday reported a record high number of new COVID-19 cases for the third day, logging 33,169 infections. The positivity rate, or percentage of
North Korea fired a ballistic missile into the sea yesterday, the U.S. military said, its first such launch in about two months and a signal it isn’t
Indonesian prosecutors yesterday demanded a life sentence for a top terror suspect who eluded capture for 18 years and accused him of masterminding a series of
A person who crossed the border from South Korea into North Korea on New Year’s Day was likely a defector who had slipped through the same heavily
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison yesterday said his country’s health system can cope with the new wave of coronavirus infections as Victoria state reported a record
Chinese and North Korean troops are reported to be close to capturing the South Korean capital of Seoul for the second time since the war began last year.
When the young farmhand returned to his village in Myanmar, he found the still smoldering corpses in a circle in a burned-out hut, some with their
Much of Asia has largely managed to keep omicron at bay even as the variant rages in other parts of the world, but the region that is
A Japanese space tourist rejected criticism from those who questioned his decision to pay a fortune for a trip to the International Space Station, saying the “amazing”
North Korea opened a key political conference Monday to review past projects and discuss new policies amid the pandemic and a diplomatic deadlock with the United States.
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