HONG KONG - Two Chinese activists who supported pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong were jailed by a court in southern China on Friday for subverting state power, but their lawyer said their heavy sentences were part of an ongoing...
BEIJING - Glamorous, popular and passionate about fighting AIDS, Chinese first lady Peng Liyuan is Beijing's diplomatic not-so-secret weapon spreading Chinese soft power around the world. A former singing star in the People's Liberation Army, "Mother Peng", as she is...
BEIJING - China has announced bans on beards and burkas in its remote violence-wracked Xinjiang region as part of tighter 'anti-extremism' regulations that also prohibit refusing to watch government propaganda. Xinjiang is the homeland of the Uighurs - a traditionally Muslim...
HONG KONG - China, the world's largest importer and end user of elephant ivory tusks, is shutting a third of its ivory factories and retail stores on Friday, the first major step ahead of a formal ban on ivory sales...
KUALA LUMPUR - Two - and possibly three - North Koreans wanted for questioning over the murder of the estranged half-brother of their country's leader were believed to have accompanied the coffin of the victim on a flight from...
It feels strange, but a few times each year Vietnamese bodybuilder Kendy Nguyen must strap a bikini top over his rock-hard pecs and pretend for a day he is once again a woman. ...
Chaohu in East China's Anhui province has appointed 39 "toilet chiefs" to ensure high standards at all public restrooms, with Hu Qisheng, the city's Party chief, tasked with overseeing their work. "As the city has 280,000 urban residents, we should...
A nationwide survey has revealed that at least one third of women in the country have experienced violence in their lives, inflicted mostly by their spouses and those who are closest to them. The survey, commissioned by the Women's Empowerment...
MANILA - A young fisherman flew home to the Philippines on Wednesday after being given up for dead at sea. He had battled hunger, thirst and despair for nearly two months on a tiny boat that drifted all the...
Kuala Lumpur - The body of Kim Jong-Nam will be sent to North Korea and nine Malaysians in Pyongyang will be allowed to leave, Malaysia Prime Minister Najib Razak said Thursday. North Korean citizens in Malaysia will also be allowed...
