Kathmandu - A wild elephant killed an Indian tourist in Nepal's largest national park on Tuesday in the second deadly attack in recent months. The 22-year-old woman was returning on foot with her parents from a jungle safari in Chitwan...
BANGKOK - The new Thai king's office has requested changes to a draft constitution regarding his royal powers and the government has agreed to make them, the prime minister said on Tuesday. Thailand's military-backed constitution is central to the junta's...
BEIJING - A Chinese professor has been sacked after he criticised Chairman Mao Zedong on his 123rd birthday in an commentary he posted online that enraged leftists. Mao, who died on Sept. 9, 1976, is still officially venerated by the...
An Indonesian militant fighting alongside the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in the Middle East had used online payment services such as PayPal and bitcoin to transfer money to his comrades back home to fund terrorist activities. The...
Hong Kong's Chief Executive Office has said that the government will handle the seizure of Singapore's military vehicles according to the city's laws. A spokesman yesterday confirmed receipt of a letter from Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong to Chief...
For the past decade, concerned Chinese parents have been sending their internet-addicted teenagers to "boot camps" that claim to offer a cure. But teens have claimed that abuse is rampant in the camps; electric shock therapy and drugs are some...
Singapore has been assured that the seizure of its military vehicles in Hong Kong will be handled through proper legal process, and the issue should not be politicised, Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan told Parliament yesterday. Read also: Seizure of SAF armoured...
President Rodrigo Duterte has declared January of every year as "National Bible Month" in recognition of the "religious nature of the Filipino people and the elevating influence of religion in human society." Duterte's Proclamation No. 124 dated Jan. 5, a...
Narcomayors may consider themselves dead men walking. Rehashing his previous threats, President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday issued yet another warning to local chief executives who have refused to heed his call to stop engaging in the narcotics trade. "As long as...
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- The Judicial Yuan on Monday slapped a judge with a fine of 10 months' salary - over NT$1 million (S$44,790) - for being too rough on defendants. Tseng Yu-ming, a judge at the Taoyuan District Court, was...
