North Korea leader Kim Jong Un has placed his army on what the North calls a “quasi state of war.”

After deadly blasts in the port city of Tianjin, Chinese officials are scrambling to distance themselves from the politically dicey disaster.

Fast-moving Typhoon Soudelor headed towards China Saturday after walloping Taiwan and leaving 10 people dead or missing on the island.

Rescuers struggled to reach Nepal’s more rural communities to assess the damage from a devastating earthquake that has left more than 3,700 people dead.