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At least 112 killed, dozens missing in Japan's worst flood [PHOTOS]

"We cannot take baths, the toilet doesn't work and our food stockpile is running low," said Yumeko Matsui, whose home in the city of Mihara, in Hiroshima prefecture, has been without water since Saturday. "Bottled water and bottled tea are all gone from convenience stores and other shops," the 23-year-old nursery school worker said at an emergency water supply station. Some 1...

Asia Pacific | 2018-07-09 19:51

4 rescued from Thai cave; 9 remain inside [PHOTOS]

Expert divers Sunday rescued four of 12 boys from a flooded cave in northern Thailand where they were trapped with their soccer coach for more than two weeks, as a dangerous and complicated plan unfolded amid heavy rain and the threat of rising water underground. Eight of boys and the coach remained inside the Tham Luang Nang Non cave complex as authorities paused the interna...

Asia Pacific | 2018-07-09 10:27

At least 27 killed, 47 missing as torrential rain pounds Japan [PHOTOS]

At least 47 people were missing and five were in a critical condition as torrential rain that has killed 27 people pounds western and central Japan, public broadcaster NHK said on Saturday, with more than 1.6 million people evacuated from their homes. Japan's Meteorological Agency issued special weather warnings across four prefectures in the west of Japan's main island of Ho...

Asia Pacific | 2018-07-07 17:17

Thai rescuer in cave dies from lack of oxygen

A Thai navy diver working as part of the effort to rescue 12 boys and their soccer coach trapped in a flooded cave died Friday from lack of oxygen, underscoring risks of extracting the team. The rescuer, a former Thai SEAL, was working in a volunteer capacity and died during an overnight mission in which he was placing oxygen canisters, Thai SEAL commander Arpakorn Yookongkae...

Asia Pacific | 2018-07-06 13:56

Beijing says US has started 'the biggest trade war' in history

China's says it is ``forced to make a necessary counterattack'' to a U.S. tariff hike on billions of dollars of Chinese goods but gave no immediate details of possible retaliation.

Asia Pacific | 2018-07-06 13:37

Trump unleashes trade war with latest tariffs on China

Japanese cult leader executed for Tokyo sarin attack

The execution of Japanese doomsday cult leader Shoko Asahara leaves unanswered questions about Aum Shinrikyo, the group behind the 1995 sarin-gas attack on the Tokyo subway that killed 13 people and sickened 6,000. Japanese government spokesman Yoshihide Suga confirmed that Asahara was executed Friday. The authorities said six other cult members were hanged.

Asia Pacific | 2018-07-06 09:49

21 dead, dozens missing as tourist boat sinks in Thailand

Divers scoured the wreckage Friday of a boat with Chinese tourists that sank in a storm off Thailand's southern resort island of Phuket, as the death toll rose to 21 with about 35 others missing, officials said. Nine bodies of Chinese tourists were being brought to Phuket, where authorities had already confirmed the death of another Chinese man. The nationalities of the other...

Asia Pacific | 2018-07-06 09:39

Fresh navy video shows Thai cave boys in "good health"

A new video released Wednesday filmed in the bowels of a northern Thai cave showed members of a trapped football team laughing as they greet the camera to say they are in good health after their astonishing discovery by divers.

Asia Pacific | 2018-07-04 10:23

Boys, coach in stable health after 10 days lost in Thai cave

Boys, coach in stable health after 10 days lost in Thai cave

The 12 boys and soccer coach found in a partially flooded cave in northern Thailand after 10 days are mostly in stable medical condition and have received high-protein liquid food, officials said Tuesday, though it is not known when they will be able to go home.

Asia Pacific | 2018-07-03 14:23

Fresh navy video shows Thai cave boys in "good health"

Philippine city mayor killed by sniper

A Philippine provincial city mayor known for parading drug suspects in public but also alleged to have drug ties himself was shot and killed by a sniper Monday in a brazen attack during a flag-raising ceremony in front of hundreds of horrified employees and village leaders.

Asia Pacific | 2018-07-02 20:28

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