India's top court on Friday (Jan 27) rejected a petition seeking a nationwide ban on cow slaughter, a flashpoint issue for Hindus who consider the animal sacred. The Supreme Court dismissed an activist's proposal to prohibit the slaughter of cows...
Neitizens either love or hate them - the well-heeled millennials who flaunt their fanciful cars, homes, clothes and jetsetting lifestyle on social media. They probably turn most people green with envy when they post photos of luxury things that are...
BANGKOK - Former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra said on Thursday (Jan 26) that the government's order for her to pay 35 billion baht (S$1.41 billion) in compensation would leave her destitute and cause her to "suffer severely". The military government...
BEIJING - As millions in China head home to celebrate the Lunar New Year holiday with their families, 24-year-old Luoluo is busy answering messages on a mobile app from desperate men looking to hire an instant girlfriend whom they...
Denpasar, Indonesia - Indonesian police have detained a family of five, including three children, after they were deported from Turkey for allegedly seeking to travel to Syria to join the Islamic State (IS) group, an official said Thursday. The family...
BANGKOK - A new warrant has been issued for the arrest of an influential Thai Buddhist monk and Thailand's police chief said on Thursday they would do their best to bring him to justice despite previous failures. Police in the...
Beijing - Thousands of people wearing thick coats and clutching suitcases line up in freezing conditions at Beijing Railway Station in the hope of snagging a ticket home for China's Lunar New Year. They are among hundreds of millions of...
A traditional doll celebrating Girl's Day in Japan made in the likeness of US President Donald Trump was unveiled in Tokyo on Thursday (January 26). Standing 60cm (1.96 feet) tall, the doll was clad in a gold kimono and was...
BEIJING - Chinese cities must avoid looking identical in their urban development and focus on each city's unique historical value, the government said in a policy document released late on Wednesday. Rapid development over the last four decades of breakneck economic...
Many of us would have taken the wrong direction and got lost before without knowing it, but this young Chinese man takes the cake. The poor migrant worker discovered he was off course only after 30 days on his bicycle...
