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.
Rescuers in Thailand's Phuket island found a body off the southern coast on Friday, feared to be a Chinese student who has been missing since falling into the sea two days ago.
The extensive damage caused by typhoon Haiyan, locally named "Yolanda", in central and western Philippines have forced farmers to abandon their lands and migrate to other areas, a senior government official said Friday.
Around 5.2 million workers are now jobless after an earthquake and typhoon Haiyan, locally named " Yolanda," struck central Philippines, the International Labour Organization (ILO) said Friday.
The Philippine government and the World Health Organization launched on Friday a vaccination campaign for children to prevent the outbreak of measles and polio among survivors of typhoon Haiyan.
A Chinese tourist is missing off Thailand's Phuket island after falling from seaside rocks, the Chinese embassy said on Friday.
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A Chinese hospital ship set sail for the typhoon-ravaged Philippines on Thursday as Beijing made substantial moves to help the nation.
A fiery crater near Derweze village in Turkmenistan has baffled scientists for more than 40 years. The crater is 230 feet wide and is called "The Door to Hell" by locals, with its ever-burning flames and boiling mud inside.
A suspected US drone strike on an Islamic seminary in Pakistan killed a senior member of the Taliban-linked Haqqani network early on Thursday, Pakistani and Afghan sources said.
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has been working to help those who lost contact with their kinsfolks since supertyphoon Haiyan, or Yolanda.
Visiting Chinese Vice Premier Liu Yandong said on Wednesday that she hopes China and US will increase the depth and width of exchange.
Susan Rice, Obama's national security adviser, said Wednesday despite the differences between China and the US, their interests on many of the major challenges can and should be more closely aligned.