Bangkok - Thai police are seeking ten soldiers over the fatal beating of a 22-year-old army conscript in a military prison, as the ruling junta races to limit damage from the latest abuse scandal to hit the armed forces. The April...
Manila - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte faced criticism on Wednesday for defending adultery by a powerful political ally. Duterte had said that like himself, House of Representatives Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez -- who has made public his extramarital affairs -- had...
Lahore, Pakistan - At least four people have been killed in a blast which appeared to have been an attack targeting a census team in Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore Wednesday, officials said. "It appears to have been an act...
Seoul - Nuclear-armed North Korea fired a ballistic missile into the Sea of Japan on Wednesday, in what analysts said was a warning ahead of a China-US summit at which Pyongyang's accelerating atomic weapons programme is set to top...
KUALA LUMPUR - Five researchers from Malaysia's Attorney-General's Chambers are in London, sifting through 30,000 declassified British documents, as Kuala Lumpur attempts to find evidence for its legal challenge that Pedra Branca belongs to the country and not Singapore, The...
Five people died after a barn supported by wooden stilts containing 3 tons of corn collapsed on them in Nirannuang village, Gowa regency, South Sulawesi, on Monday. The incident occurred after strong winds and rain forced Daeng Rama, 30, the...
Divorce is not the solution to extramarital affairs, a Catholic bishop said of a House appeal for a divorce law amid the ruckus raised by an official's public admission to indiscretions outside marriage. "Divorce is not a solution to an...
Despite lots of vegetation, Cibubur in East Jakarta is the area with the most polluted air in Greater Jakarta, new data reveal. Greenpeace Indonesia's climate and energy campaigner, Bondan Andriyanu, said that the fine particulate matter air pollutant, better known...
Police have issued arrest warrants for five privates allegedly involved in the death of a conscript at Vibhavadi Rangsit Military Camp in Surat Thani Province, while the family of the dead private will receive Bt230,000 (S$9,300) in compensation. Pol Maj-General...
A group from Japan mourned victims of Japan's invasion and occupation of northeastern China before and during World War II and called on their leaders to visit China to apologise for war crimes on Tuesday. The group of 41 was...
