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.
The Philippine government said Thursday that it will try to speed up the burial of some 1,400 bodies, which remained in open mass graves almost two months after typhoon Haiyan struck the central Philippine province of Leyte.
At least five people were killed as a bus carrying 40 passengers plunged into a gorge in the western Indian state of Maharashatra Thursday morning, said local media.
Violence claimed 204 lives in the restive Indian-controlled Kashmir during 2013, a human rights group said Thursday.
Chinese helicopter Xueying 12 on board the icebreaker Xuelong has embarked on its second flight Thursday to transfer part of the passengers aboard a Russian vessel stuck in sea ice off Antarctica to an Australian rescue ship, said a Xinhua reporter aboard Xuelong.
Vietnam is projected to send about 90,000 labors abroad in 2014, up 5 percent year-on-year.
South Korea's military said on Thursday it would fight a court ruling quashing its move to kick an officer candidate out of the elite Army Academy for having sex with his girlfriend while on leave.
Maldives President Abdulla Yameen (2nd L) with his wife Fathimath Ibrahim (L) poses for a picture with his Indian counterpart Pranab Mukherjee (2nd R) and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during Yameen's ceremonial reception at the forecourt of India's presidential palace Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi Jan 2, 2014.
A planned helicopter rescue of 52 passengers on a Russian ship stranded in Antarctic ice since Christmas Eve was delayed on Thursday due to unfavourable sea ice conditions in the area.
Embattled Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra returned to Bangkok for traditional New Year celebrations in a display of unity alongside military chiefs before a looming showdown with anti-government protesters.
An Indian member of the youth wing of the ruling Congress party shouts slogans near the official residence of main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Rajnath Singh during a demonstration, in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2014. The demonstration was over BJP's decision to allow former Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa, who was allegedly involved in a mining scam, to join their party and against other convicted ministers in Gujarat state chief minister Narendra Modi's cabinet.
A Japanese Cabinet minister's visit to the Yasukuni Shrine on New Year's Day further strained relations between Tokyo and its Asian neighbors, observers said.
Chinese Foreign Ministry on Wednesday strongly criticized Japanese Internal Affairs minister Yoshitaka Shindo for his Yasukuni Shrine visit.
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