Asia

Landslides, flash floods as monsoon batters southern Myanmar

MAWLAMYINE, Myanmar (AFP) -- Flooding in southern Myanmar has caused a landslide at a famed Buddhist pagoda, submerged homes and…

Updated: Three dead as strong quake shakes Japan’s Osaka

  by Shingo Ito / Sara Hussein © Agence France-Presse TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- A powerful quake rocked Japan's second city…

Koreas discuss joint teams at 2018 Asian Games

  SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- The two Koreas on Monday discussed forming unified teams for the upcoming Asian Games…

UPDATED: Three dead, 300 hurt as strong quake jolts Japan’s Osaka

by Sara HUSSEIN Agence France-Presse TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- A powerful earthquake rocked Japan's second city of Osaka on Monday, killing…

Updated: One dead after strong quake shakes Japan’s Osaka

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- A nine-year-old girl was killed and one other person feared dead after a strong quake rocked…

Strong quake hits western Japan, no tsunami risk

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- A strong quake hit western Japan early Monday, but there were no immediate reports of major…

Major US military exercises with South Korea ‘suspended indefinitely’

  by Thomas Watkins, with Ben Dooley in Beijing Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- The US military…

Yemen rebel attack kills 12 soldiers south of Hodeida

AL DURAIHMI, Yemen (AFP) -- A Yemeni rebel attack killed 12 pro-government soldiers south of the battleground Red Sea port…

China vows to retaliate ‘immediately’ to US tariffs

BEIJING, China (AFP) -- China vowed Friday to "immediately" retaliate to US tariffs as Washington moved closer to imposing duties…

S. Korea jails ex-spy chiefs for bribing former president

SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- Three South Korean former spy chiefs were sentenced to jail Friday for bribing disgraced ex-president Park…

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