The top commander of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in South-east Asia has been gravely wounded in air strikes by security forces hunting him in the southern Philippines, the Philippine military said yesterday. General Eduardo Ano told...
Amid the result of a recent poll showing that 8 in 10 Filipinos want the country to assert its right on the disputed seas, the Philippine government said that it is not giving up on the issue, but just...
SHANGHAI - A tiger killed a visitor to a wildlife park in eastern China on Sunday after the man apparently entered its enclosure, the second such attack in just six months, media reports said. The incident occurred at the Youngor...
South Korean and US Marines joined in military exercises in sub-freezing temperatures, including shirtless hand-to-hand combat in the snow, prompting warnings of retaliation from the North over "madcap mid-winter" drills. More than 300 Marines took part in the training, simulating...
MANILA - Philippine soldiers killed 15 militants and seriously wounded their leader, believed to be the Islamic State's representative in the country, following air and artillery strikes in a southern province, a senior military official said on Sunday. Isnilon Hapilon,...
JAKARTA - US President Donald Trump's crackdown on Muslim immigration will damage the global fight against terrorism, Indonesia - the world's most populous Muslim-majority country - said Sunday. The foreign ministry said it "deeply regrets" Trump's order to suspend refugee...
TOKYO - Japanese graffiti artist "281 Antinuke" says his latest street art - politically-charged stickers plastered around central Tokyo - takes aim at US President Donald Trump. Amid the bustling night life of Shibuya, a major shopping and entertainment hub...
Beijing: Internet users in China are flocking to websites that allow them to generate fake tweets by @realdonaldtrump - using them to share jokes and promote goods. The fake Trump tweets circulating in China reflect how the US President's use of...
TOKYO - The number of foreign workers in Japan topped 1 million for the first time last year, the government has said, as the country looks overseas to offset labour shortages. Tokyo has moved little on loosening strict rules for...
Philippine President Rodríguez Duttle last Friday (January 27) pleaded with Muslim separatist groups in the country to deny shelter for militants linked to Iraq and the Islamic State of Syria (ISIS), warning that the war would put civilians in...
