Japan records its highest temperature ever at 41.2 degrees as South Korea endures 23 nights in a row above 25 degrees.

The geopolitical impact of the Arab state on the trajectory of Asian history was enormous: it swept away old states and ...

The global fertility rate was 2.2 births per woman last year, down from five in the 1960s and 3.3 in 1990, according to the ...

Russia's far eastern region of Kamchatka Peninsula was hit by a devastating 8.8 magnitude earthquake early on July 30, which ...

Washington needs to do a better job of coordinating its private sector partnerships and investments in the Greater Central ...

Many of the world’s biggest earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and tsunamis occur along a chain of seismologically active ...

Compared with China's more export-oriented eastern and southern coastal regions, the western region has long been regarded as ...

With dozens dead and hundreds of thousands displaced, the region teetered on the edge of wider war. Hospitals and gas ...

Intelligence reveals China has built island bases capable of launching nuclear bombers from the South China Sea.

The quasi-allies are increasing their presence on the continent, raising concerns about the peaceful research reserve's ...

North America and parts of China and Africa among regions set to be hit hardest by extreme wind droughts, find researchers ...

A new “Great Game” is unfolding in the Caucasus and Central Asia, echoing the 19th-century rivalry between empires, with a ...