In a joint statement, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his counterpart President Taur Matan Ruak of East Timor noted their “serious concern” that the Chinese government is expanding its control over disputed territory in the South China Sea too aggressively.
An Indian family hacked to death a 22-year-old man after he married their higher caste daughter.
Dozens of Vietnamese citizens congregated in their capital, Hanoi, to commemorate the anniversary of a battle against China in the South China Sea and demand that Beijing withdraw its presence in the contested Spratly and Paracel Islands.
In a state-controlled outlet, the North Korean government threatened Sunday to use its new alleged hydrogen bomb technology to reduce Manhattan, New York, to rubble, warning that its nuclear weapon “is much bigger” than Soviet weaponry.
A 15-year-old Indian girl has died after her neighbor raped and set her on fire on the terrace of her home. The fire burned 90 percent of her body.
Two Indian men gang-raped a mother on a bus in front of her three-year-old toddler and threw her 2-week-old son, killing him.
Without mentioning any nations in particular, the Defense Minister of Taiwan, Kao Kuang-chi, told the nation’s legislature that he is concerned with the growing presence of military weapons and facilities in the South China Sea, where Taiwan makes multiple territorial claims.
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) wants the Senate to vote on the State Department’s decision to send F-16 fighter jets to Pakistan.
The government of North Korea has once again fired short-range ballistic missiles into the sea as a form of protest against new United Nations sanctions against Pyongyang and a large-scale military training exercise being conducted by American and South Korean troops.
Japan’s National Police Agency has announced the creation of a special central headquarters to address what is now being described as a “state of war” between rival factions within a yakuza organized crime syndicate. The war arrives as Japan struggles to address a growing population crisis worsened by the ongoing aftermath of the Fukushima nuclear disaster.
North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un alleges in a new report from Pyongyang that his scientists have “miniaturized” nuclear warheads, making it possible to fit them on ballistic missiles that could reach South Korea or the United States.
The chairman of Philippine Islamist separatist group the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) is warning that disenchantment over the success of peace talks between MILF and the Philippine government is aiding Islamic State recruitment in southern Mindanao.
Brothers in India burned their sister alive after she married a man in a different caste (social class) in the nation’s most recent honor killing.
North Korea has issued an unofficial response to the United Nations Security Council’s vote to implement the harshest sanctions on the communist dictatorship in years, shooting six “short-range projectiles” towards South Korea and employing increasingly absurd rhetoric against its southern neighbor in state media.
A CCTV camera caught a former Chinese official deliberately driving his car into a group of schoolchildren, killing one and injuring eleven.
Witness Meu Peou told a court during an ongoing genocide hearing in Cambodia about a woman the Khmer Rouge executed and ate in front of him.
A Chinese major general has condemned North Korea for its “ungrateful behavior” towards China, in yet another sign that Pyongyang’s most powerful ally is losing patience with the rogue communist regime.
The Japanese government signed an agreement with the Philippines that would allow it to sell a variety of military equipment to Manila, potentially starting with advanced aircraft that can be used for surveillance missions.
The North Korean government is claiming a U.S. student imprisoned in the hermit kingdom admitted to “severe crimes,” including stealing a propaganda sign.
The Chinese government has banned the construction of buildings it deems “bizarre” and “odd-shaped,” urging architects to develop more “green” models to help the environment.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told Secretary of State John Kerry that the South China Sea belongs to his country and they have every right to defend their territory, despite a lack of evidence China ever legally controlled the territory it claims in the region.
15,000 American soldiers and 290,000 of their South Korean counterparts will simulate the invasion of a collapsed North Korea in early March, as part of two military drills named Key Resolve and Foal Eagle. North Korea’s communist dictatorship has responded to the proposed largest-ever drill with threats of a preemptive strike.
Venezuelan opposition deputy José Manuel Olivares claims the country has under-reported cases of the Zika virus and the country lacks necessary medical supplies to properly combat the outbreak sweeping the region.
A mob, some dressed as attorneys, stormed a New Delhi court and beat an Indian student accused of having shouted anti-Indian government slogans at a rally, while waving Indian flags and shouting, “Glory to Mother India.”
The Philippines have appraised and approved an auction to sell $21 million worth of jewelry previously belonging to former first lady Imelda Marcos.
A 23-year-old former nursing home worker has confessed to the murder of three of the facility’s residents, a gruesome crime that is shedding light on rampant abuse of elders in Japan’s overpopulated nursing homes.
North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un reportedly encouraged the nation’s scientists to develop more rockets for the launching of alleged “satellites” into space, less than a month after receiving wide condemnation from the free world, and even some notes of concern from China, over a rocket launch.
The Indonesian city of Banda Aceh has banned celebrations of Valentine’s Day this weekend, arguing the holiday violates Islamic law.
January has seen a series of student protests throughout Hong Kong, driven by concerns over Beijing’s growing influence in Hong Kong’s domestic affairs. These political developments create several risks for investors.
U.S. Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said today he expects the Chinese government to continue its illegal construction of artificial islands in the South China Sea, as propaganda in Chinese media becomes increasingly vocal in support of efforts to cement the nation’s hold over the region.
North Korea has dropped over 300,000 propaganda leaflets over South Korea in an unprecedented air drop that also included hundreds of cigarette butts, used toilet paper, and other assorted garbage. As some of the exploding bags of garbage did not detonate, they broke cars, windows, and other targets on their way down.
A mob of 35 people attacked Father Jose Kannumkuzhy and three lay people in southern India as they sat in a car to speak with police. The priest remains in critical condition.
The Zika virus outbreak in Latin America has governments on the other half of the globe panicking. From Singapore to Taiwan to Russia, governments are taking precautionary measures to stop the virus, which experts have linked to significant neurological defects in infants, from spreading out of tropical regions across the continent.
Residents in Dudu, located in northwest India, discovered their statue of Mahatma Gandhi defaced with Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) propaganda this week.
The Chinese government has advised international media not to “over-interpret” the fact that Taiwan has staged a number of military drills off the coast of China, on the Taiwanese island of Kinmen, though the nation’s generals warn any move towards independence will mean war.
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak declared the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) poses a “very real” threat to the Asian country after the group threatened the nation as a backlash to numerous arrests.
In Pune, India, 17-year-old Savan Rathod was able to tell his father that a mob burned him alive after he admitted he was Hindu.
If President Obama thinks climate change is our greatest national security threat, he’d be wise to ponder the change in the global climate of a volley of Chinese DF-21D “carrier-killer” missiles destroying an American carrier battle group on its way to counter, say, a Chinese invasion of Taiwan.
Taiwanese officials in the coastal province of Chiayi have built a mammoth glass shoe church in hopes of attracting brides for wedding pictures and ceremonies.
A 16-year-old boy linked to the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL/IS) attempted a “lone cub” attack, trying to kidnap a woman at a mall in Malaysia.
