Globe greets 2013 in rolling New Year's party A million people crammed into New York's Times Square on Tuesday to greet the New Year in a global party that kicked off in Australia before rolling around the world in a non-stop chain of firework displays.
Japan PM Abe wants new nuclear reactors: reports Japan's new prime minister Shinzo Abe has voiced his willingness to build new nuclear reactors, reports said Monday, despite widespread public opposition to atomic energy in light of the Fukushima crisis.
01 January 2013
East Timor bids farewell to peacekeepers after 13 years The UN ends its peacekeeping mission in East Timor Monday after 13 years of boots on the ground in Asia's youngest nation following a bloody transition to independence.
01 January 2013
World to welcome in New Year with a bangSydney will Monday kick off a wave of dazzling firework displays welcoming in 2013 from Dubai to Paris and London, with long-isolated Yangon joining the global pyrotechnics for the first time.
Philippines seeks unity after birth control law signed President Benigno Aquino's government called for reconciliation on Saturday after a "divisive" birth control act was signed into law despite bitter opposition from the influential Catholic church.
30 December 2012
Fukushima 'unprecedented challenge': new Japan PM The clean-up at Fukushima after its tsunami-sparked nuclear meltdowns is unlike anything humanity has ever tried, Japan's prime minister said Saturday during a tour of the plant.
Indian gang-rape victim dies in Singapore An Indian student whose savage gang-rape on a bus in New Delhi sparked mass protests across the country died on Saturday in a Singapore hospital after suffering severe organ failure.
29 December 2012
China launches rival GPS satellite systemChina has launched commercial and public services across the Asia-Pacific region on its domestic satellite navigation network built to rival the US global positioning system.
North Korea is nuclear test-ready: US think-tank North Korea has repaired extensive rain damage at its nuclear test facility and could conduct a detonation on two weeks notice, a US think-tank said Friday, citing satellite imagery analysis.
29 December 2012
Man injured in east Australia shark attack A man survived an attack by a shark off Australia's east coast Friday, but lost a finger and suffered a serious bite to the thigh.
28 December 2012
India set to clear IKEA retail plan: minister India is on track to approve a bid by Swedish furniture giant IKEA to open its trademark blue-and-yellow stores in the country as it seeks big new markets for its flat-pack products.
28 December 2012
New Japanese finance chief hits out at BoJ: reports Japan's new finance chief hit out at the country's under-pressure central bank, reports said Thursday, saying it was "slow" in tackling deflation that has plagued the economy for years.
28 December 2012
S. Korea cuts growth outlook for 2012, 2013 The South Korean government on Thursday slashed the nation's growth outlook for 2012 and 2013, citing the eurozone debt crisis and US fiscal woes that continue to dampen global demand.
28 December 2012
Japan's new govt to review zero-nuclear policyJapan's new leaders set to work Thursday on dismantling plans to rid the country of nuclear power by 2040, pledging to review a post-Fukushima policy.
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