ON her sixth birthday 80 years ago, Shizuko Nishio clung to her mother as US B-29 bombers started a firestorm that turned humans to ash and Tokyo into...

ON her sixth birthday 80 years ago, Shizuko Nishio clung to her mother as US B-29 bombers started a firestorm that turned humans to ash and Tokyo into...

FOR Iran's leaders, engaging with the "Great Satan" to strike a nuclear deal and ease crippling sanctions may, for once, be the lesser of two evils....

KYIV (Reuters) - When Mariia Pankova last exchanged messages with her close friend Pavlo in December, she had no idea that he was among the...

THE gentle waves off central Vietnam's Nha Trang coast obscure an open secret: the coral reefs below are dying. Read full story

Trump's demand for Ukraine's resources is not surprising; history shows that the US has always been transactional. Read full story

OVER 70,000 approved affordable housing units in Penang have been stuck in the pipeline for extended periods with no sign of any construction. Read...

YEONGYANG, South Korea (Reuters) - As the flames of a raging wildfire swept towards the town of Samui-ri in South Korea's mountainous southeast...

OF all the changes under way in Washington, one of the deepest has to do with the very language that is spoken. Read full story

Preparing for a zombie attack is remarkably similar to preparing for other natural and human-caused disasters. Read full story