President Donald Trump on Friday renewed US security guarantees to Japan concerning islands in the East China Sea with which it has a territorial dispute with Beijing.

Japan urged residents to take shelter early Tuesday morning after North Korea fired at least one ballistic missile over the north of the country in an escalation of Pyongyang's missile tests that prompted immediate backlash from Tokyo.

Marion Barter won plaudits for her warmth as an elementary school teacher, but in 1997 the 51-year-old mother-of-two became restless, quit her job, sold her house, and flew from Australia's beach-lined Gold Coast to start a new life in Europe.

An Indian boy born with four legs and two penises is set to return home after a successful surgery.

Finding an empty beach in Asia was a breeze a few decades ago, but it's not quite so easy anymore.

Malaysian police have confirmed the North Korean citizen killed last month in Kuala Lumpur is Kim Jong Nam, the estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, Inspector General of Police Khalid Abu Bakar told reporters on Friday.

Girls under the age of 18 can be married off by their parents in undefined special circumstances under a new Bangladesh law passed this week.

A Philippine archipelago known for tropical vacations will become the focus of political attention this week when Vice President Kamala Harris becomes the highest ranking US official to visit its main island.