A study by Chinese geologists suggests the mountain where North Korea has conducted five successive nuclear bomb tests has likely collapsed
A Cambridge University professor at the heart of the Facebook privacy scandal says that the suspended CEO of data firm Cambridge Analytica lied to a British parliamentary committee investigating fake news
The American family of a prominent Chinese Christian pastor is asking for leniency after he was sentenced to prison for missionary work as the atheist ruling Communist Party exerts greater control over believers
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi is seeking international support to restore peace and prosperity in his country, torn by extremism
People who knew the 18-year-old Taiwanese exchange student charged in the U.S. with threatening to shoot up his school say he liked guns and wanted to join the police
A British student with red hair claims a teacher told her to dye her hair because "orange is not a natural color."
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has been grilled in parliament by opposition lawmakers over a widening school land sale scandal linked to his wife, as approval ratings for his Cabinet plunged to their lowest levels
Hong Kong authorities unveiled planned legislation requiring students to be taught China's national anthem and punishing anyone who insults it with up to three years in prison
Roger Bannister, the first runner to break the 4-minute barrier in the mile, has died
The #MeToo movement has not caught on in Japan, where speaking out often draws criticism rather than sympathy, even from other women
