Japanese defense officials say a navy destroyer has collided with a commercial ship off Japan's southern coast Tuesday, starting fires on both ships.

In a report to the UN general assembly committee on human rights Thai professor Vitit Muntarbhorn has referred to the situation in North Korea as 'abysmal' and estimated that nine million people are starving in the east Asian country.

North Korea fired five short-range missiles off of its east coast on Monday. This is after South Korea proposed talks with it's neighbor to the north.

The U.S. State Department has indicated that it is ready to speak directly with North Korea if that is what is required to persuade the regime in Pyongyang to return to six-nation talks aimed at addressing the issue of its nuclear program.

In a demonstration on Labor Day, protesters in support of Dr. Malachi K. York's release created a controversial protest by dressing in inmate uniforms and sitting in a prison cell with a sign 'Freedom Not Torture.'

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has discovered and seized a ship said to have been carrying an illegal cargo of North Korean weapons destined for Iran. The shipment is a violation of a UN embargo.

South Korea launches a rocket with the intention of sending a satellite into orbit. The mission failed, but North Korea was condemned for a similar action. Is this a double standard?

Following a meeting in Santa Fe with North Korean diplomats, New Mexico governor Bill Richardson has confirmed that the country whose development of a nuclear capability has caused serious concerns in many parts of the world is ready to negotiate.

Over 800 young environmentalist from 110 different countries gather Monday, to discuss possible courses of action that will lessen the effects of climate change.

A biotechnological firm in South Korea will open next year with an initial goal of producing 1,000 cloned dogs and would also operate on cloning endangered species including wolves.