15+ hour, 13+ min ago   (99+ words) Authorities in the Philippines say the death toll from a ferry fire that occurred on Wednesday has risen to 76. The country's Coast Guard announced on Saturday that search and rescue operations led to the discovery of more bodies. The ferry,…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago   (135+ words) South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff announced on Saturday that North Korea has fired ballistic missiles several times toward the Sea of Japan from the country's east coast. South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff announced on Saturday that North Korea…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago   (175+ words) Japan's government plans to update a procedure for repatriating the remains of people who died overseas in World War Two. The aim is to bring them back faster when possible. Welfare ministry officials presented the changes on Tuesday at a…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (283+ words) NHK has learned that a documentary film showing Hiroshima and Nagasaki in the immediate aftermath of the August 1945 atomic bombings contains scenes with a wider field of view than previously known. The documentary "Effects of the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago   (165+ words) A court in Hong Kong has sentenced the organizers of a vigil for the victims of China's 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown. They face at least five years in jail. The three defendants belonged to a civic group called the Hong Kong…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (97+ words) Authorities in Bangladesh are struggling to control an outbreak of measles. Poor communities are bearing the brunt. The World Health Organization says there were more than 57,000 cases in Bangladesh during the first half of the year. No other country fared…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (192+ words) The leader of the Alternative for Germany, or AfD, a party widely regarded as far-right, criticized the government's immigration policy in parliament. It was her first address since the party significantly increased its seats in a recent state election. AfD,…...