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.
Philippine President Benigno Aquino was under growing pressure on Thursday to speed up the distribution of food, water and medicine to desperate survivors of a super typhoon.
What a difference an ordinary person can make at a time when China and Japan are mired in the worst diplomatic deadlock since 1972.
A US aircraft carrier "strike group" started unloading food and water to the typhoon-ravaged central Philippines on Thursday, as President Benigno Aquino faced mounting pressure to speed up the distribution of supplies.
Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi will visit the Republic of Korea (ROK) from November 17 to 19, at the invitation of the ROK government.
The United States does not see China's increasing engagement in Latin America as a threat and supports more cooperation between the two countries, a US government official said.
The wealthy city-state of Singapore has for the first time lifted the death penalty given to a drug trafficker, commuting his sentence to life in prison and 15 strokes of the cane.
Police in the Pakistani port city of Karachi said that six suspected militants were killed early Thursday and foiled a big terror plan on the eve of religious processions by the Shiite Muslims.
Residents walk in a village among houses destroyed by super Typhoon Haiyan in Tanauan, Leyte in central Philippines, Nov 14, 2013.
At least seven people, including a child, were charred to death while 40 others sustained burn injuries in a fire which broke out in the wee hours of Thursday on a luxury bus in the southern Indian state of Karnataka, a senior police official said.
Thailand's Khon Kaen province will request the government to borrow another giant panda from China, the Bangkok Post reported on Thursday.
Former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has announced his retirement from politics on Wednesday night with a speech in the House of Representatives.
A department of the Guangdong provincial government is following up on reports that the deputy head of a subordinate institute has been charged with raping a university student tour guide in Australia.