Pentagon seeks to reassure allies

The United States plans to store heavy military equipment in Baltic countries and Eastern European nations to reassure allies made uneasy by Russian intervention in Ukraine and to deter further aggression, a senior US official said on Saturday.

Thousands protest Abe's new security bills

About 25,000 protesters on Sunday surrounded Japan's Diet building to express strong opposition to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's efforts to ram through a series of security-related bills that are considered unconstitutional by legal experts.

Hospital at epicenter of MERS suspends services

A Republic of Korea hospital suspended most services on Sunday after being identified as the epicenter of the spread of a deadly respiratory disease that has killed 15 people since being diagnosed in the country nearly four weeks ago.

Spies pulled as Snowden files read by Russia

Britain has been forced to remove some of its spies after Russia accessed the top-secret documents taken by former US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden, British media reported.

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Tougher laws will strengthen crackdown

Australia will expand a crackdown on Islamist militant groups with more tough security legislation, the attorney general told a regional summit aimed at combating violent extremism on Friday.

Hackathons take on IS in battle for young minds

In a small room close to the Sydney Opera House, 60 people representing a vast range of communities and industries are working feverishly to come up with ways to combat the Islamic State group's online propaganda machine.

Nation reports 11th fatality from MERS

South Korea reported the 11th death from the MERS virus outbreak on Friday, but officials said they are seeing fewer new infections, and that it is unlikely there will be another large outbreak.

Two women caught lying about outbreak to get time off work

Two South Korean women are in trouble with authorities after being caught lying about MERS to get time off work.

Murdoch prepares to pass empire to his sons

Rupert Murdoch will soon pass the reins of the media dynasty that began with his father's Australian newspaper nearly a century ago to his sons.

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Village pays parents 'baby bonus'

Rather than turn into a ghost town, one Portuguese village facing an exodus of young adults and dwindling birthrates came up with an answer: pay parents 5,000 euros ($5,630) for every new baby.