Reuters news agency has called on Myanmar to immediately release two of its journalists who were arrested for possessing "important secret papers" obtained from police...

Five people have died in an east Beijing fire, underscoring the challenges for the Chinese capital as it struggles to balance building safety with providing housing for its poor...

Australian tourists who complained about being stranded on tropical Bali when volcanic ash closed its airport have been roasted online as out of touch with the hardships faced by Indonesians who fled ...

France's U.N. Ambassador Francois Delattre says the North Korean threat has changed dramatically over a few months to being global and immediate and France wants tougher sanctions to maximize pressure...

Japan's U.N. Ambassador Koro Bessho says the international community must "keep the pressure up so that North Koreans will understand that they need to change their course."...

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says the U.S. may target additional financial institutions with sanctions following North Korea's latest intercontinental missile launch...

Thailand's military government says it is fighting a new threat to public health: distorted news reports...

Two Americans who maintained a social media account called "Traveling Butts" have been arrested in Thailand after posting a photo of themselves at a famous Buddhist temple with their rear ends exposed...

A court in Myanmar has filed an additional charge against two foreign journalists who already have been sentenced to jail for illegally flying a drone over parliament...

A court in central Vietnam has sentenced an activist to seven years in prison for producing online videos and interviews related to an environmental disaster that instigated anti-government protests, ...