. . OTTAWA – Canada voted for a sharp change in their government Monday, resoundingly ending Conservative Stephen Harper’s attempt to shift the nation to the...
. . SYRIA – The skies over Syria are dangerously crowded these days with the US, Russia, and the Assad regime all bombing various actors on...
. Â . YOKOSUKA – Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Sunday became the first sitting Japanese leader to set foot on a U.S. aircraft carrier when...
. . MANILA – Typhoon Koppu weakened after blowing ashore with fierce winds in the northeastern Philippines on Sunday, leaving at least two people dead, displacing...
. . MANILA – Philippine President Benigno Aquino warned Friday a strong typhoon set to hit the disaster-plagued nation over the weekend could cause severe flooding...
. . NEW DELI – Police deputy superintendent Pushpendra Kumar say’s police are searching for answers after two young girls, a Two and a Half-year-old and...
 . . BEIJING – China is claiming sovereignty on almost all of the South China Sea which is firmly opposed by Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei...
. . BEIJING – China’s Defense Minister Chang Wanquan said on Friday that he is willing to hold joint drills in the disputed South China Sea...
. . KAZAKHSTAN– President Vladimir Putin said Friday Russian airstrikes in Syria have killed hundreds of militants and he is calling for a shared military effort...
. . YANGON – President Thein Sein on Thursday signed a ceasefire with eight ethnic minority armies in a step towards ending decades of civil war,...
. . MANILA – Philippine Army Brig. Gen. Alan Arrojado said Wednesday that the three foreigners kidnapped in Samal Island last month have been forced to...
. . WASHINGTON – The United States and its Pacific ally Australia warned China that they remain committed to freedom of navigation in the waters of...
. . YANGON – Myanmar’s general election will go ahead as planned on Nov. 8 despite a proposed delay because of recent landslides and flooding, the...
. . MOSCOW – President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday at an investment conference that Russia is not striving for leadership over Syria, adding that existing...
. . JAPAN – Okinawa’s Governor, Takeshi Onaga, has revoked permission for construction work to take place at the site planned for the facility. The decision,...
. . YANGON – Government officials of Myanmar’s election commission summoned major political parties on Tuesday to discuss postponing a historic Nov. 8 general election due...
. BEIJING – China has started to operate two lighthouses on a reef on a disputed island chain in the South China Sea, a state news...
. SIDNEY – Australia is in talks with the Philippines about the possibility of that country accepting asylum seekers, currently being held on remote Pacific islands,...
. . SYRIA – Russia is launching cruise missiles as part of a coordinated ground and air attack with the Syrian regime,after four years of deadly...
. . ITALY – The Italian archdiocese has suspended a Catholic priest after he defended pedophilia in a live television interview and blamed victims for “seeking...