Developments in the Middle East have affected Islam in South-east Asia for centuries, and continue to do so today. The Jakarta blasts highlight the growing influence of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria in this region, and portend more terrorist acts and acts of political violence.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday that Israel would continue to build houses throughout Jerusalem, including east Jerusalem where the Palestinians aspire to build the capital for their future state.
Global climate change could raise the sea temperatures off the east of New Zealand's South Island by as much as 2 degrees Celsius and change the whole marine ecosystems -- a phenomenon that last occurred 125,000 years ago
Booming tourism is threatening world heritage sites in east Asian countries, including China, a UN expert told a forum in east China's Jiangxi Province on Friday.
An earthquake measuring 6.9 on the Richter scale hit east off Japan at 9:19 a.m. local time Wednesday, with strong tremor felt in Tokyo.
As many as 50 people were injured after a tour bus overturned on a major highway in east Los Angeles Thursday morning, authorities said.
Two patients have contracted Legionnaires' disease at a hospital in Australian eastern city Brisbane, with the bacteria found in the hot water system and bathrooms in the facility's east wing on Thursday.
Heavy smog that has choked Beijing for the last five days weakened slightly on Thursday due to a light rainfall, although the capital's air remains heavily polluted.
China's largest oil and gas producer announced Wednesday that its second west-to-east gas pipeline is ready to supply natural gas to Hong Kong.
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