Thousands of residents from areas surrounding the Fukushima plant had to be evacuated The power company behind Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant disaster has asked for another 1.85tn yen ($22.4bn; £14.1bn) in aid. The Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) said it needs another 846bn yen for higher compensation claims. It wants the remaining 1tn yen to keep the company afloat, including covering the c
The last time North Korea launched a rocket-mounted satellite, the UN imposed sanctions Japan has ordered missile defence systems to be prepared in response to the planned launch of a North Korean long-range rocket next month, Japanese Defence Minister Naoki Tanaka has said. Reports said the defence systems would be deployed near the island of Okinawa to shoot down the rocket should it threaten Ja
This still from an amateur video purports to show a castle being shelled in Hama Opposition groups in Syria say at least 10 civilians on a bus trying to flee to Turkey have been killed. The group, which included women and children, was shot at in the northern town of Sermin, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR). It is not possible to verify the reports as the Syrian governme
The Red Cross says a daily ceasefire is needed to safely evacuate the wounded Russia has joined the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in calling for a daily two-hour humanitarian ceasefire in Syria. In a statement, the foreign ministry called on the government "and all armed groups who oppose it" to agree to ceasefires "without delay". Russia has twice vetoed Western-backed draft res
At least 27 people have been killed and 97 wounded in two explosions in the Syrian capital Damascus, officials say. State TV described the blasts as "terrorist" attacks. Preliminary reports suggested vehicles packed with explosives had been detonated, it said. It said intelligence and police buildings were hit and the cause was not known. Details of the reports cannot be independently verified. Fo
The army began an offensive on Idlib province on Saturday, two weeks after entering Homs Syrian government forces have taken control of the north-western city of Idlib, after days of clashes with rebel fighters, opposition activists say. Security forces are now reportedly carrying out house-to-house searches in the area, which has been a stronghold of the Free Syrian Army (FSA). It is not clear wh
Hundreds of Syrian refugees are crossing into Lebanon and other countries every day The Arab League has called for a "neutral international investigation" into crimes conducted during the Syrian government's crackdown on anti-regime protesters. League chief Nabil al-Arabi said the "horrendous elimination" of entire families could be described as crimes against humanity. The UN estimates some 8,000
Japan is marking the first anniversary of the devastating earthquake and tsunami which struck the north-eastern coast, leaving 20,000 dead or missing. The magnitude 9.0 quake, Japan's most powerful since records began, also triggered a serious nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. Thousands of people were evacuated as radiation leaked from the plant. There were memorial services
Dozens of people have been killed in a suburb of Syria's battle-scarred city of Homs, reports say, in what activists are describing as a "new massacre". Forty-four of those killed came from just a handful of families, the Local Co-Ordination Committees (LCC) said. The reported killings come a day after the UN's humanitarian chief visited Homs, saying parts had been devastated. Meanwhile a Syrian d
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