Taliban kill U.S. force member in northern Afghanistan
The Taliban said their fighters killed a U.S. service member in Afghanistan on Monday and posted photographs of a blood-soaked backpack and the identity card...
Chinese woman sues hospital over egg freezing in first challenge to marriage laws
An unmarried Chinese woman filed a suit against a Beijing hospital on Monday for rejecting her request to undergo a medical procedure to freeze her...
Fight or flight: Australians grapple with difficult decision as bushfires approach
It was oppressively hot, above 40 Celsius (104 Fahrenheit), and the wind was picking up. Bushfires were devastating nearby towns and now threatened Yanderra, a...
Asian shares near 18-month high, bask in trade deal afterglow
Asian markets idled near 18-month highs on Monday as trading volumes weakened ahead of the Christmas holiday break, with investors taking profit on gains made...
Exhausted kangaroo cools down in backyard pool as bushfires rage
A kangaroo has been spotted cooling off in backyard pool in a bush fire-ravaged region of Australia while elsewhere firefighters have been rescuing koalas from...
BlackRock, Temasek to take majority stake in wealth management JV with CCB: sources
U.S. asset manager BlackRock Inc, Singapore state investor Temasek Holdings (Pte) Ltd and China Construction Bank Corp (CCB) have agreed to set up a wealth...
U.S. service member killed in Afghanistan: U.S. military
A U.S. service member was killed in action in Afghanistan on Monday, the U.S. military said in a statement....
Stalled talks with U.S. not good for North Korea, South Korea tells China
Stalled denuclearization talks and a recent flare-up in tension between the United States and North Korea are not beneficial for Pyongyang, South Korean President Moon...
South Korea’s Moon says stalled talks with U.S. not good for North Korea
South Korean President Moon Jae-in said on Monday that stalled denuclearization talks and a recent flare-up in tension between the United States and North Korea...
Eleven dead, 300 treated after drinking coconut wine in Philippines
At least 11 people have been killed and more than 300 treated in hospital after drinking coconut wine in the Philippines, including some who were...