Indian police have arrested an American businessman accused of involvement in an international smuggling ring that illegally trades in artefacts believed looted from temples, officers said Wednesday. They detained Vijay Nanda, a US citizen of Indian origin, after finding antiques...
Beijing has played down the prospects of conflict with the United States over the South China Sea in the wake of aggressive rhetoric by Donald Trump's administration, saying both sides would lose. China asserts sovereignty over almost all of the...
Pakistan has outlawed child marriage and toughened penalties for those guilty of the crime in an effort to crack down on the practice which is estimated to affect one in five girls in the country. The legislation passed by the...
HANGZHOU - Over 500 people who share the same ancestry gathered in their hometown village in Zhejiang province last week, as they posed for a family photo that has since gone viral. The group, made up of seven living generations...
A 46-year-old woman has recently given birth to her second child after getting pregnant with an awakened embryo that had been frozen for 16 years at a hospital in Guangzhou, South China's Guangdong province. The woman surnamed Yang is infertile...
Dhaka - Bangladeshi doctors on Tuesday conducted surgery to remove bark-like growths from the skin of a young girl believed to be the first female to suffer from a condition known as " tree man syndrome". Sahana Khatun's doctors said...
Although Muslim populations in ASEAN are not high on the US's list of potential terrorism targets, Islamic State (IS) movements are likely to remain stagnant in the region, an expert on Muslim affairs. IS operations have been prominent in Muslim-majority...
PATTAYA, Thailand - A Thai court on Tuesday sentenced an Australian man to death for murdering a Hells Angels gang member in 2015, a lawyer at the trial said. Australian Antonio Bagnato, 28, and US national Tyler Gerard, 22, were...
KUALA LUMPUR - World number one Lee Chong Wei was left fuming after an injury at Malaysia's new training centre cost him what may have been his last shot at the All England Championship, reports said Tuesday. The 34-year-old, who...
Animal lovers in China have been up in arms in recent days when news about a Hong Kong businessman enjoying pangolin meat at an official banquet in southern China when (went) viral on social media. The authorities in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous...
