At least one man suffered serious injuries on Monday (Jan 2) when locals and wildlife authorities attempted to trap a leopard which had strayed into a residential area in West Bengal, India, Indian news agency ANI said. The footage shows...
BANGKOK - Participating in a full moon party for tourists on New Year's Eve in southern Thailand, said they were burned when a fireworks display shower with hot embers. Popular Koh Phangan video on the backpacker island on the Internet, shows...
NEW DELHI - India's top court on Monday prohibited politicians from using religion and caste to garner votes, a verdict that could force political parties to change their strategy in upcoming elections. "No politician can seek vote in the...
BEIJING - China's new rules on overseas currency transfers are not capital controls, the official Xinhua news agency reported, even as some banks told customers that purchases of foreign currency for property, securities and life insurance were not allowed. Capital...
YANGON - Myanmar's government on Monday said it has detained several police officers over a video apparently showing Rohingya civilians being beaten, a rare admission that authorities may have carried out abuses against the Muslim minority. Tens of thousands of...
SEOUL - South Korea's government and airline companies will meet on Tuesday to discuss China's rejection of applications by Korean carriers to add charter flights between the two countries for early this year, a government official said on Monday. South Korean...
YANGON - The Government of Myanmar promised Monday to investigate a video that apparently shows police beaten and kicked civilians in Rohingya, a rare acknowledgment that the authorities may have been abusing Muslim minorities. Thousands of people from persecuted ethnic groups...
China's dream of building a 21st-century Silk Road spanning half the planet was already ambitious. That was before outer space became part of the vision. Countries along Beijing's flagship Silk Road Economic Belt and 21st-century Maritime Silk Road-better known as "One...
BANGKOK - Thailand will need to delay a planned general election until 2018 to allow time to pass the necessary laws, a member of the military government's national assembly said on Monday. But a spokesman for the government said it...
JAKARTA - Indonesian police said Monday they had detained the captain of a tourist boat that burst into flames en route to a holiday island, leaving 23 people dead, amid reports he was the first to jump ship. The Zahro...
