Asia

China: US missiles in S.Korea would ‘seriously damage’ regional security

BEIJJING, China (AFP) -- The deployment of a US missile defense system in South Korea would "seriously damage" regional security…

Landslide kills 35 in northwest China

BEIJING, China (AFP) -- At least 35 have been killed in a landslide in China's northwestern Xinjiang region, state media…

US to deploy advanced missile defense system in S.Korea

SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- The US and South Korea announced Friday that they had reached an agreement to deploy an…

Over 15,000 evacuated as super typhoon hits Taiwan

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AFP) -- Super Typhoon Nepartak lashed Taiwan with powerful winds and torrential rain as it made landfall Friday,…

Attack kills 30 at Iraq Shiite shrine: spokesman

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AFP) -- Islamic State group militants killed 30 people at a Shiite shrine north of Baghdad, striking the…

Thousands evacuated as super typhoon hits Taiwan

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AFP) -- Super Typhoon Nepartak lashed Taiwan with powerful winds and torrential rain as it made landfall early…

Blast injures 25 on Taiwanese passenger train

  (Reuters) A suspected pipe bomb injured 25 people on a passenger train in the Taiwanese capital late on Thursday,…

S. Korea welcomes US blacklist for N. Korea leader

SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- Washington's move to place North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un on its sanctions blacklist for the…

Bangladesh reels from new deadly attack at start of Eid

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AFP) -- Suspected Islamists carried out another deadly attack in Bangladesh Thursday at the country's biggest prayer service…

Putin, Obama to ‘intensify’ coordination in Syria: Kremlin

MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Barack Obama agreed during a telephone call Wednesday to…

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