Beijing - At least five patients at a traditional Chinese medicine hospital in China were accidentally infected with HIV, officials said Thursday, as authorities moved to censor online discussion over the incident. A technician at the Zhejiang Provincial Hospital of...
Singapore has the Merlion and Kuching in Malaysia has the Cat Statues attracting tourists to visit and take pictures. So why should Pontianak not have its own city personification and build a statue of Kuntilanak, a mythical female ghost with...
Stunt master Ghulam Farooq was busy paving the way for the next generation of daredevil stunt artists on Sunday, as he taught children stunt performance tricks in the remote village of Mastung in Balochistan province. Students from Farooq's private academy...
Bangkok - Thai police charged an Australian man on Thursday with recklessly causing the death of his girlfriend when two jetskis they were riding on smashed into each other. Emily Jayne Collie, a 20-year-old Australian, died Sunday in a horrific...
Juhe, China - Carrying the golden statue of a revered ancient general, villagers in eastern China dash wildly through waterlogged fields in a mud-spattered celebration of a local rebel adored for stealing from the rich to give to the...
THAI POLICE have contacted their Malaysian counterparts, requesting permission to interrogate a Malaysian drug suspect to probe his possible link to Xaysana Keopimpha's alleged drug network. Kamarudin bin Awang was arrested in Malaysia's Kelantan State on Monday, weeks after Thai...
BANGKOK - Binoculars swinging around their necks, Thai punters erupt into cheers as horses round the final bend - the thrill of the race amplified by the rare chance to gamble in a Buddhist country where betting is virtually...
BEIJING - China is to begin taking fingerprints of all foreign visitors as it steps up security on its borders, the Ministry of Public Security said on Thursday. The fingerprinting of foreigners will be introduced at Shenzhen airport in the...
A roller coaster was stopped in its tracks mid-air on Monday (Feb 6) in Guangxi, China, after a girl's parents requested for help to get her off the ride. The 14-year-old snuck onto the ride without their permission on Monday...
JAKARTA - Australia's army chief has apologised for comments deemed insulting to Indonesia that were contained in teaching material found at an Australian military base, Indonesia's armed forces chief said on Wednesday. However, no decision has yet been made on...
