Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte said Thursday he has ordered military personnel to occupy all Philippines-claimed islands in the disputed South China Sea.

He is more known for breaking records than making them, so perhaps it was always inevitable that a man accustomed to topping the charts during his sporting career is now attempting to be No.1 in the music world.

When it comes to racing, Lewis Hamilton likes to do his talking on the track.

Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi has denied that ethnic cleansing has taken place against the country's Rohingya Muslim ethnic minority.

After less than five years as China's leader, Xi Jinping has become one of the most powerful people in the nation's modern history, outshining his immediate predecessors.

North Korea warned Monday it would respond to "reckless acts of aggression" by the United States, with "whatever methods the US wants to take," as a US aircraft carrier strike group headed toward the Korean Peninsula.

"How long must we put up with this?"

A public relations disaster for United Airlines is transforming into an international incident in one of its most important markets.

Authorities in Malaysia are looking for 117 North Koreans who have overstayed their work permits, according to the country's Immigration Department.

Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai has been named the youngest ever UN Messenger of Peace, with a special focus on girls' education.

If you've tried one Vietnamese dish, it's most likely pho.

Pakistan has sentenced to death a former Indian navy officer accused of spying, further raising tensions between the two countries.

Supreet Kaur was anchoring the IBC24 news program Saturday morning when word broke of a deadly accident in northeast India.

Since succeeding his father in 2011, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has impressed and confounded with his rise from political novice to adept operator.

North Korea is a country prepared for conflict.

North Korea already may have the capability to deliver missiles equipped with sarin nerve gas, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Thursday.

Malala Yousafzai has added yet another accolade to her growing list: honorary citizen of Canada.

When it comes to China, has US President Donald Trump played a diplomatic master stroke?

Taiwan has outlawed the consumption of dog and cat meat, as the island's legislature on Tuesday passed a landmark amendment to its animal protection laws.

A suicide attacker detonated explosives Wednesday near major political offices in the Afghan capital of Kabul, killing at least five civilians and injuring 10 others, a spokesman for Afghanistan's Interior Ministry told CNN.