Myanmar quake death toll passes 1,000 as rescuers dig for survivors

Tokyo, 29 March, /AJMEDIA/ The death toll from a huge earthquake that hit Myanmar and Thailand passed 1,000 on Saturday, as rescuers dug through the rubble of collapsed buildings in… Read more

Powerful quake in Southeast Asia kills several: Myanmar declares state of emergency

Tokyo, 28 March, /AJMEDIA/ A powerful earthquake rocked Southeast Asia on Friday, killing several people, bringing down a skyscraper under construction in Bangkok and toppling buildings in neighbouring Myanmar, where… Read more

South Korea hopes to use break in weather to contain deadly wildfires

Tokyo, 28 March, /AJMEDIA/ Light rain offered some relief to South Korean authorities tackling the country’s worst wildfires on record, with exhausted firefighters making another push on Friday to contain… Read more

Russia and Ukraine accuse each other of breaking ceasefire terms protecting energy sites

Tokyo, 27 March, /AJMEDIA/ Russia and Ukraine have accused each other of breaking the terms of a tentative U.S-brokered deal to pause strikes on energy infrastructure, underscoring the challenges to… Read more

South Korea battles worst ever wildfires as death toll hits 26

Tokyo, 27 March, /AJMEDIA/ Wildfires raging in South Korea doubled in size on Thursday from a day earlier, as authorities called the blazes the country’s worst natural fire disaster with… Read more

Secretive Chinese network tries to lure fired U.S. federal workers, research shows

Tokyo, 26 March, /AJMEDIA/ A network of companies operated by a secretive Chinese tech firm has been trying to recruit recently laid-off U.S. government workers, according to job ads and… Read more

Trump downplays national security team texting military operation plan on Signal as minor ‘glitch’

Tokyo, 26 March, /AJMEDIA/ U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday downplayed the texting of sensitive plans for a military strike against Yemen’s Houthis this month to a group chat that… Read more

South Korea struggles to contain deadly wildfires

Tokyo, 25 March, /AJMEDIA/ Deadly wildfires in South Korea worsened overnight, officials said Tuesday, as dry, windy weather hampers efforts to contain one of the country’s worst-ever fire outbreaks. More… Read more

Families of victims mark 10 years since Germanwings plane crashed in the French Alps

Tokyo, 24 March, /AJMEDIA/ Hundreds of victims’ families will commemorate on Monday the 10th anniversary of the crash of Germanwings Flight 9525 in the French Alps, which killed all 150… Read more

Palestinian death toll in Gaza war passes 50,000 as Israel expands new airstrikes

Tokyo, 24 March, /AJMEDIA/ More than 50,000 Palestinians have now been killed in the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, the territory’s Health Ministry said Sunday, as new Israeli… Read more