Princess Noriko (R), second daughter of the late Prince Takamado and Princess Hisako, speaks beside fiance Kunimaro Senge at the Imperial Household Agency in Tokyo May 27, 2014.
At least nine people were killed and four others injured on Monday afternoon in a blast that hit a house in Pakistan's northwestern tribal region of Khyber Agency.
Infants who can't yet speak themselves are able to recognize that people who speak different languages use words differently, according to New Zealand research.
Thousands of anti-government protesters marched through the Thai capital on Sunday, a prelude to a broader action next week when they say they will shut down Bangkok in their bid to scuttle a February election and topple Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra.
Singapore's first community-led smoke-free zone went on trail on Sunday in the constituency of Nee Soon South, leaving only "designated points" in public areas that people could light up, local paper the Straits Times reported Monday.
At least 15 workers were killed and many feared trapped when a half-built apartment block collapsed in the Indian resort state of Goa, police and media said on Sunday, the latest disaster to draw attention to safety standards amid a construction boom.
At least seven people were killed and several others injured in separate shooting incidents in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi on Sunday.
India Sunday successfully launched its first heavy lift Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) D5 using indigenous cryogenic fuel technology, after two previous failures.
US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel urged Japan to improve relations with its neighboring countries after Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's visit to a controversial war shrine.
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has requested the US icebreaker Polar Star to assist the Russian vessel MV Akademik Shokalskiy and the Chinese vessel Xue Long which are stuck by ice in Antarctica.
At least 14 workers were killed while some 60 trapped in the debris of a building that is under construction in the western Indian state of Goa.
Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said Saturday that courts will decide the fate of former President Pervez Musharraf who currently faces high treason charges.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's visit to a controversial war shrine is a deliberate political act aimed at reversing the verdict of history on World War II.
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