Washington says a war crimes suspect from the Democratic Republic of Congo has handed himself over to the US embassy in Kigali. Officials say General Bosco Ntaganda, who goes by the nickname "The Terminator", has asked to be transferred to the jur...

As more than 100 Guantánamo Bay prisoners enter the fifth week of their hunger strike, the Obama administration has defended their detention at a hearing before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. A number of prisoners have been ...

North Korea has posted a video to YouTube that shows a person having a dream about travelling in space aboard the "Shining Star21" spaceship and seeing New York turning into a sea of fire. This comes amid growing international tension as the Commu...

US, South Korean and Japanese officials are warning of a serious response to any "provocative" moves by North Korea, which may launch a new nuclear test as early as today, CNN is reporting. The North must understand that it will "face significant ...

Hillary Clinton says goodbye to the State Department today, to be replaced by John Kerry. In her final public address as Secretary of State, she hailed US foreign policy successes, reflected on the changing nature of diplomacy -- and hinted at wha...

The timing of Bill Richardson and Eric Schmidt's trip to North Korea took many by surprise, including the US State Department, which called it "unhelpful". LinkAsia speaks with Andray Abrahamian, executive director of the NGO Choson Exchange, abou...

It's been a year since North Korea's Kim Jong-il died, pushing his inexperienced 28-year-old son onto center stage. To assess Kim Jong-un's first year, LinkAsia speaks with Philip Yun, COO of the anti-nuke group Ploughshares Fund and a former Stat...

An independent review board has ripped the State Department for leadership and management failures in the Benghazi attack that killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans, though isn't recommending disciplinary action. Hillary Clinto...

The US State Department says Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, who skipped an overseas trip this past week because of a stomach virus, sustained a concussion after fainting.

The US has declared Syrian rebel group Jabhat al-Nusra a terrorist organization, which will tie up its assets in America. The move is a bid to bolster moderate rebel factions, but it may backfire, warn some Syrians. The group, which offi...