Chinese investment in Sri Lanka will not pose a threat to other countries, including India, according to the island nation's prime minister.

Investigation shows that 13 DPRK nationals left China with valid passports in the morning of April 6.

US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter has scrubbed China from his Asia tour which started Sunday, and will only visit India and the Philippines instead.

A 19-year-old woman posing for a photo on the railroad tracks was hit and killed by a train on Saturday afternoon.

Nearly 100 hammerhead sharks, an endangered species also known as sphyrna lewinis, were recently sold for low price in Sanya, China's southern Hainan province.

South Korea's Defence Ministry confirmed on Monday that a high-ranking North Korean military intelligence officerdefected to South Korea last year.