Typhoon Trami injures 50, readies direct hit on Japan mainland

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A powerful typhoon hurtled toward Japan's mainland Sunday after injuring dozens on southern islands, as weather officials warned that fierce winds and torrential rain...

UN report confronts nations with tough choices on climate

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The world's nations will gather at a UN conference in South Korea on Monday to review and approve a 20-page bombshell  distilled from more...

Macedonia votes on new name to end Greek row

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Macedonians will vote Sunday on whether to re-name their country North Macedonia in a bid to settle a long-running row with Greece and unlock...

Trump says he and Kim Jong Un ‘in love’

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US President Donald Trump said he and North Korea's Kim Jong Un have fallen "in love" –- their bromance fuelled by "beautiful letters" he...

Death toll in Indonesia quake-tsunami hits 420

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The death toll from a powerful earthquake and tsunami in Indonesia rose to 420 Sunday, as stunned people on the stricken island of Sulawesi...

Typhoon Trami injures 45, direct hit on Japan mainland expected

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A powerful typhoon hurtled toward Japan's mainland Sunday after injuring dozens on southern islands, as weather officials warned that fierce winds and torrential rain...

Brexit plan critics are playing politics, says Theresa May

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Those who refuse to back the Chequers plan for Brexit are "playing politics" with the UK's future, Theresa May says.

Indonesian air traffic controller hailed as quake hero

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An Indonesian air traffic controller is being posthumously hailed as a hero for refusing to leave his post despite devastating earthquakes so that he...

Plane ditches into Pacific lagoon

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Passengers were forced to swim for their lives Friday when an airliner ditched into a lagoon after missing the runway on a remote Pacific...

Vietnam’s nascent rave scene reeling after drug deaths

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Days after seven people died after taking a cocktail of drugs at an electronic music festival, their peers partied on at a sweaty Hanoi...