TOKYO, June 5 — An “extremely intelligent” bear that injured four people in northern Japan remains at large as of today, after apparently unlatching a window while evading capture and […]

JAKARTA, June 5 — A highly active volcano in eastern Indonesia erupted several times today, spewing towering ash columns into the sky and forcing a local airport to close, authorities

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, June 5 — Brunei’s Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah has named one of his youngest sons as foreign minister in a major cabinet reshuffle — largely seen as a

BEIJING, June 5 — Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit North Korea next week, state media said today, the latest in a series of high-level summits as Beijing asserts its

SYDNEY, June 5 — Wildlife officers have busted an illegal cockroach-breeding operation in rural Australia, seizing a skin-crawling haul worth more than US$100,000 on the black market for exotic bugs.

SEOUL, June 5 — South Korean riot police said today they had cleared protesters from outside a Seoul polling station after a 35-hour blockade triggered by a ballot shortage. More

WASHINGTON, June 5 — US President Donald Trump is used to getting his own way with Republican lawmakers — but there are signs of dissent as his party nervously eyes

MEXICO CITY, June 5 — Just one week before the World Cup opening ceremony on June 11 at Mexico City’s Azteca Stadium, the Mexican capital is facing a wave of

WELLINGTON, June 5 — Homes in New Zealand’s capital were flooded with faeces and sanitary products today after an overnight storm blocked wastewater pipes, the city’s utilities company said. Wellington

LONDON, June 5 — Britain’s navy yesterday named its only serving woman commando as among three people killed in a helicopter accident. Lily-Mae Fisher, who died when a Merlin Mk4