Category: Asia Pacific

India has with withdrawn Maggi noodles from shops and markets  after tests showed the product contained high levels of lead and flavour enhancer, monosodium glutamate. India’s Federal Food Safety Authority...

South Korea struggled to contain an outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome on Monday as health authorities announced three more cases, bringing the number of infections to 18 in just...

* HSBC flash PMI signals persistent weakness in economy * Reinforces expectations of fresh policy stimulus * Output sub-index at 13-month low * New export orders at 23-month low *...

Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN)Five people were killed in an attack at a hotel in Afghanistan's capital that left guests trapped inside as gunfire erupted, police said. A U.S. citizen was among...

  (CNN)Search teams scouring the floor of the Indian Ocean for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 have come across some wreckage -- just considerably older than the airliner which disappeared...

  (CNN)At least 67 people were killed after a fire engulfed a footwear factory in the northern Philippines, authorities said Thursday. The blaze swept through a slipper and shoe factory...

2 weeks after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit Nepal, killing over 8,000 people, a 7.4-magnitude earthquake has struck the country again, this time hitting a town close to Mount Everest. Reports...

2 people have died and at least 1,680 people had been evacuated from risk areas in Cagayan alone after the powerful Typhoon Noul hit the north-east Philippines region. The deceased...

Afghanistan forces have launched a major fight against Islamist militant group, Taliban in a battle for the north-eastern provincial capital of Kunduz. The fight reportedly includes the Afghan army and...

KATMANDU, Nepal — A growing sense of despair spread through Katmandu on Sunday as the devastated Nepali capital was convulsed by aftershocks that sent residents screaming into the streets, where...