Asian Powers -Japan, China and South Korea- 'restore' fraught ties

The leaders of Japan, China and South Korea say they have "completely restored" trade and security ties, at their first meeting in three years.

Tense Turkey returns to the polls: Erdogan's AK Party seeks majority

Turks are going to the polls in parliamentary elections for the second time in five months.

Devastating explosion in Bangkok

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Desvastated: People search for missing relatives at the scene of the explosion near Erawan Shrine, in central Bangkok, Thailand

The devastating blast in Bangkok further erodes the country’s tourist economy after a build up of political tension between warring parties and the threat of an Islamic insurgency in the south.

Nepal has issued The First Third-Gender Passport

Nepal’s Department of Passports has revealed that it has issued its first passport in which the applicant’s gender is marked ‘other’.

Typhoon Soudelor Hits Taiwan

(CNN) - Typhoon Soudelor made landfall Saturday morning just north of the Taiwanese city of Hualien on the east coast of the island, bringing fierce winds and torrential rain.

Forecasters had predicted the storm would have maximum sustained winds at landfall of about 125 mph (200 kph), the equivalent of a Category 3 hurricane.