East Asia Pacific

Third summit may be 'helpful,' Trump says, even as Pyongyang downplays another meeting

She left home, cut off communication with her parents, and is not giving up hope

Top officials from the three neighboring countries meet via video link to discuss Afghan peace efforts

Driver escapes injury during high-speed encounter with deadly brown snake

City posts biggest one-day spike of new COVID-19 patients for second-day in a row

While eyeball to eyeball confrontation may end, the massive military deployment by both sides could continue   

Decision by Chinese-based app follows decisions by Facebook, Google and Twitter to briefly suspend review of Beijing requests for user data in semi-autonomous city 

Three days of heavy rains have triggered floods and mudslides that has wrecked roads and bridges, hampering rescue efforts

Facebook, WhatsApp, Telegram, Google and Twitter will deny law enforcement requests for user data in Hong Kong as they assess the effect of a new national security law enacted last week

Pyongyang dismisses ‘untimely rumor’ of another Trump-Kim summit

UNAIDS says most of world not on course to meet 2020 goals, and COVID-19 is pushing them further off course

Moon Jae-in invests his political capital in keeping diplomacy with North Korea going; Washington and Pyongyang remain far apart

Kevin Mayer, a former Disney executive, recently started his new role at the popular Chinese social media site

Agreement between self-governing territories seen as mainly symbolic victory for Taiwan

Tong Ying-kit, who carried a banner that read 'Liberate Hong Kong', was arrested last week