A man in his 30s has been arrested for the rape of his girlfriend, who ended their relationship after seeing that he was wearing an electronic tag on his ankle for a past crime. The ...

The tsunami alert level for Hawaii -- issued after the magnitude 8.8 earthquake off Russia's eastern coast -- has been downgraded to an advisory, authorities said ...

Heat waves gripping South Korea over the past weeks are expected to intensify in coming days, the state weather service said Wednesday, with daytime highs set to range from 32 C to 38 C ...

A drone boat that is virtually indistinguishable from a civilian banca, but equipped with an unguided bomb that could inflict ...

A Korean green-card holder and resident of Texas was detained by US federal agents at San Francisco International Airport and ...

SINGAPORE - Singapore is prepared in principle to recognize the State of Palestine, and the key consideration is that such a ...

Thailand accused Cambodia on Wednesday of a "flagrant violation" of a truce deal to end cross-border fighting, saying ...

Russian state television on Wednesday aired footage of a tsunami wave sweeping through a coastal town in the far east of the ...

One of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck Russia's Far East early Wednesday, causing tsunami waves to wash ashore ...

The mayor of Russia's northern Kuril islands district said Wednesday that "everyone" there had evacuated to safety following ...

Peru issued a tsunami alert on Tuesday following a massive 8.8-magnitude earthquake off the eastern coast of Russia, the Navy ...

Authorities in Russia's far eastern Sakhalin region declared on Wednesday a state of emergency in the northern Kuril Islands, where tsunami waves have damaged buildings and ...