Asia &Australia

A 6.5-magnitude earthquake rattled southwest China late Tuesday, the US Geological Survey said, with early reports of collapsed houses and evacuations.

North Korea on Monday angrily insisted tough new United Nations sanctions would not stop it from developing its nuclear arsenal, and warned it would...

More than half of university students in Australia were sexually harassed last year and seven percent sexually assaulted on at least one occasion, a...

Kim Jong-Un boasted of North Korea's ability to strike any target in the US after a second ICBM test that weapons experts said Saturday...

The office of Indonesia's ombudsman has unearthed evidence of rights violations in the execution of a Nigerian drug convict last year, an official said...

Vatican finance chief Cardinal George Pell, a top advisor to Pope Francis, denied all charges of historical sexual abuse Wednesday at his first appearance...

China's Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo died Thursday after a battle with cancer, remaining in custody until the end as officials rebuffed international pleas to...

Donald Trump has criticised China following North Korea's test of a long-range missile, condemning it for increasing trade with Pyongyang. "So much for China working...

North Korea proclaimed Tuesday that it had successfully tested an intercontinental ballistic missile -- a watershed moment in its push to develop a nuclear...

President Donald Trump declared that the US had run out of patience with North Korea over its nuclear drive Friday as he welcomed South...