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Explosion at a US air base in southern Japan injures 4 Japanese soldiers
TOKYO (AP) — An explosion at a storage site for unexploded ordnance at a U.S. military base on Japan's southern…
Taiwan offers Guatemala aid as it guards its diplomatic flanks from China
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan is offering aid to its lone Central American diplomatic ally, Guatemala, as it…
AP PHOTOS: The anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown
For most Chinese, the 36th anniversary of a bloody crackdown that ended pro-democracy protests in China has passed…
Takeaways from AP’s reporting on looming extinction of rare version of…
IKITSUKI, Japan (AP) — On the rural islands of Nagasaki a handful of believers practice a version of Christianity…
Outspoken liberal leader Lee elected South Korea’s president, closing period…
Liberal opposition candidate Lee Jae-myung has been elected president of South Korea. South Korean media outlets…
Meet the top candidates who hope to become South Korea’s president
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The winner of Tuesday's presidential election in South Korea will take office just a day…
India’s monsoon floods kill at least 22 people in the country’s…
GUWAHATI, India (AP) — Landslides and flash flooding triggered by days of torrential monsoon rains in India’s…
Officials say at least 10 people are dead and 6 are missing after stone quarry…
A natural stone quarry in Indonesia’s West Java province collapsed on several people who were working in it,…
Thai and Cambodian armies agree to seek peaceful solutions at disputed border…
BANGKOK (AP) — The army chiefs of Thailand and Cambodia agreed on Thursday to a withdrawal and to seek a peaceful…
East Timor deports an ex-Filipino congressman accused of masterminding a…
DILI, East Timor (AP) — East Timor on Thursday deported a former Filipino congressman charged with multiple murders…
At least 5 are dead and 19 injured after a chemical plant explodes in China,…
An explosion at a chemical plant in eastern China has killed at least five people and injured 19. That's according…
Indonesian police arrest an Australian man for allegedly smuggling cocaine to Bali
DENPASAR, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian authorities arrested an Australian man for allegedly smuggling cocaine on the…
