North Korea's recent missiles tests show it's capable of sending rockets higher and further than ever before.

In an historic mass to some 150,000 worshipers in Yangon, Myanmar, Pope Francis on Wednesday urged the country's Catholics to respond to hatred and rejection with "forgiveness and compassion."

A child abuse scandal that has rocked China took a shocking turn Tuesday, as police accused two parents for fabricating tales of their children being drugged and molested at a Beijing kindergarten.

Chinese authorities have sent the wife of a North Korean defector back to the hermit state, despite an emotional plea from her husband to Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Ash continues to blanket the area around the smoking crater of Bali's Mount Agung Wednesday, destroying crops and shuttering airports for yet another day.