Climbers rejoiced when Nepal decided to reopen its side of Mount Everest this year, but reports suggest even the world's highest peak isn't safe from the spread of Covid-19.

North Korea has celebrated the end of a rare political meeting by unveiling what appears to be a missile designed to be fired from a submarine.

The man who captained AirAsia Flight QZ8501 lived in a picturesque neighborhood in the suburbs of Surabaya, Indonesia's second-largest city.

A district court in Japan ordered a nuclear plant to stop operations on Wednesday, the first time an injunction has been issued to stop an operational nuclear reactor.

On March 11, 2011, an earthquake and tsunami hit Japan, leaving around 20,000 people dead or missing and causing hundreds of billions of dollars in damages. Five years on, the country is still dealing with the aftermath.

When it comes to desirable post-pandemic travel destinations, Hong Kong would be an obvious choice thanks to its capable handling of Covid-19 outbreaks, which has so far limited infections to just 1,300 cases in the city of 7.5 million.

At least eight people were killed after shootings at three different spas in the Atlanta area Tuesday.

In the past 30 years, Sanduk Ruit has personally restored the sight of more than 100,000 people across Asia and Africa, and taught his rapid-fire technique to countless other eye surgeons in parts of the world as isolated as North Korea and Tibet.

Bloodstains and bullet marks tell a tale of horror inside the auditorium and classrooms of the Peshawar school attacked by the Taliban in Pakistan.

A court in India's troubled northeastern region has freed a female activist who has been on hunger strike for 14 years in protest against special powers given to the military to combat rebels, her lawyer said Friday.

Peter Bergen says the leader slain by Pakistani forces played a key role in foiled plot to bomb N.Y. subways.