U.S. citizen dies in Laos amid reports that several tourists suffered alcohol poisoning
A U.S. citizen has died in a tourist town in the Southeast Asian nation of Laos following reports that multiple...
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Japan’s oldest royal, Princess Yuriko, wartime Emperor Hirohito’s sister-in-law, dies at 101
Tokyo — Japanese Princess Yuriko, the wife of wartime Emperor Hirohito's brother and the oldest member of the imperial family, has...
Indonesian volcano Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki erupts, burning homes and killing at least 10 on Flores island
Maumere, Indonesia — Indonesia's National Disaster Management Agency said Monday that at least 10 people had died as a series of...
Canada-India diplomatic row over Sikh activist’s assassination grows as top diplomats are expelled
Toronto — Canada and India have expelled each other's senior diplomats in a growing diplomatic standoff sparked by the murder of...
North Korea accuses South of flying drones over capital, threatens
Seoul, South Korea — North Korea has accused rival South Korea of flying drones to its capital to drop anti-North Korean...
Python squeezes Thai woman in her kitchen for 2 hours before she’s rescued by police
Bangkok — A 64-year-old woman was preparing to do her evening dishes at her home outside Bangkok when she felt a...
Typhoon Bebinca slams Shanghai, China, sparking evacuation of more than 400,000 people
Taipei, Taiwan — The strongest typhoon to hit Shanghai since at least 1949 flooded roads with water and broken tree branches,...
Typhoon Yagi death toll over 200 as Vietnam searches for survivors, flooding hits Thailand and Myanmar
Hanoi — Millions of people across Southeast Asia struggled Thursday with flooded homes, power cuts and wrecked infrastructure after Typhoon Yagi...
Typhoon Yagi hits Vietnam with torrential rains, killing almost 60 as vehicles and a bridge are swept away
Hanoi, Vietnam— A bridge collapsed and a bus was swept away by flooding Monday as more rain fell after Typhoon...
Actors and directors in India’s Malayalam movie industry face sexual assault allegations, including rape
New Delhi — Police in India's southern state of Kerala have opened investigations into allegations of rape against several popular...
