North Korea launches a suspected intermediate-range ballistic missile that can reach distant US bases
North Korea fired a suspected intermediate-range ballistic missile into the sea on Sunday, South Korea’s military said, two months after the North claimed to have tested engines for a new harder-to-detect missile capable of...
Counting the days: Families of Hamas hostages prepare to mark loved ones’ 100th day...
It has become a daily ritual.Every morning, before she’s even out of her pajamas, Rachel Goldberg-Polin tears a piece of masking tape off the roll, grabs a marking pen and in thick...
Moving central Japan quake evacuees high priority as deaths rise
Local authorities are speeding up efforts to move evacuees of the powerful earthquake that rocked Ishikawa Prefecture and other central Japan areas on New Year's Day to hotels and other accommodations after...
Central Japan quake death toll tops 200, over 100 unaccounted for
The death toll from a powerful New Year's Day earthquake that struck Ishikawa Prefecture and surrounding areas in central Japan has surpassed 200 with over 100 still missing, as a large-scale search...
Woman rescued 5 days after Japan quake, as death toll tops 120
A woman was rescued from a collapsed house in Suzu, Ishikawa Prefecture on Saturday, five days after a powerful earthquake struck the prefecture on the Sea of Japan coast, as the death...
Trains collide on Indonesia’s main island of Java, killing at least 4 people
Two trains collided on Indonesia’s main island of Java on Friday, causing carriages to buckle and overturn and killing at least four people, officials said.The accident happened about 500 meters (yards) from...
Quake death toll in central Japan tops 80, with 72-hr window closing
Search and rescue operations continued in central Japan after it was struck by a powerful earthquake on New Year's Day, with the death toll rising above 80 and some 80 more unaccounted...
73 killed in Noto earthquake, search operations continue
At least 73 people were killed in the powerful earthquake that jolted the Noto Peninsula and surrounding areas in central Japan on New Year's Day as rescuers raced against time to find...
South Korean police raid house of suspect who stabbed opposition leader Lee in the...
South Korean police on Wednesday raided the residence and office of a man who stabbed the country’s opposition leader, Lee Jae-myung, in the neck in an attack that left him hospitalized in an intensive...
Earthquake off western coast of Japan leaves at least 50 dead
The 7.6 magnitude earthquake that hit the western coast of central Japan on Monday has left at least 50 dead, while rescue efforts and the search for people trapped under the rubble...