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.

India has passed a landmark bill which aims to ensure equal rights for those living with HIV/AIDS.

US Vice President Mike Pence doubled down on the US commitment to Asia Pacific with a stern warning for North Korea, which he called the "most dangerous and urgent threat" to the region.

As the White House was talking about sending a naval "armada" to the Korean Peninsula, the very ships in question were on their way to participate in military exercises in the Indian Ocean, some 3,500 miles in the opposite direction.

They say they ran from murder and persecution. They've ended up in mud huts on the Bay of Bengal.

Indonesia's most populous city is on edge one day before a vote which could change the face of the nation.

The Pentagon will conduct two major high-stakes tests in May of its ability to shoot down missiles launched out of North Korea.