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Fire on oil tankers at South Korean port injures nine -Yonhap
SEOUL - A fire onboard two oil tankers that injured nine sailors at a South Korean...
Missiles, drones may steal the show at Beijing military parade
BEIJING - China's armed forces are expected to roll out an array of new weapons at...
Indonesia president urges police restraint after student protesters’ deaths
JAKARTA - Indonesian president Joko Widodo on Friday called for police restraint and promised an investigation...
Japan lists China as bigger threat than nuclear-armed North Korea
TOKYO - China's growing military might has replaced North Korean belligerence as the main security threat...
Taliban worries loom as Afghanistan prepares to vote for a president
KABUL - Millions of Afghans are expected to brave the threat of militant attacks to vote...
China extends pollution curbs ahead of National Day celebrations
SHANGHAI - The heavy industrial city of Xuzhou in the eastern Chinese province of Jiangsu will...
As China forges ecological future, Tibetans relinquish nomadic past
MADOI, China - Former nomad Yanglo spent his youth tending yaks and sheep in the highlands...
Hong Kong leader to hold first community talks to try to end crisis
HONG KONG - Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam will hold her first talks with the public...
Australia’s most populous state revamps law on abortions
SYDNEY - Legislators in Australia's most populous state voted on Thursday to decriminalise abortion after a...
Explainer: How Afghanistan will elect a president and potential peace maker
KABUL - Afghanistan will soon choose its next president. Whoever emerges victor will be key to...
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