LIGAO, Philippines - A powerful typhoon killed three people and threatened to bring heavy rain and wind to the heavily populated capital of the Philippines as it dragged the islands off the island on Monday, destroying the Christmas holidays. Typhoon Nouxton...
Photos of a doctor holding a 102-year-old woman patient in his arms and comforting her as she is given anaesthesia have gone viral on the internet. The patient, born in 1914, fractured her bones when she fell down and was...
Gannan, China - Huge black fertilizer stands on the cornfield, and the rancid smell from thousands of cows flows out onto the land - this is the price of a glass of milk in China today. Large dairies flourished in the...
BEIJING: According to a newspaper report, a young man from western China was forced to undergo more surgeries at the time of the circumcision, with the end of treatment costing eight times as much as he originally agreed. Chengdu Business Daily...
HEBEI - Beijing in northern China Beijing in the north of Beijing, said it will absorb lessons from the haze in the region last week to strengthen clean air efforts. Last year, Hebei is one of China's 10 most haze cities,...
BANDA ACEH - Thousands of Indonesians prayed for their loved ones at mass graves and mosques Monday (Dec 26) to mark a tsunami which devastated Aceh province 12 years ago today, one of the worst natural disasters in human...
BANGKOK - At least 400 victims of Asia's 2004 tsunami that killed 226,000 people remain unidentified in Thailand 12 years on, police said on Monday. The 9.15 magnitude Dec. 26 earthquake triggered a tsunami across the Indian Ocean in one...
According to reports, the National Police's Dread 88 anti-terrorist shot two alleged terrorists in Pulwakada, West Java on Sunday, allegedly planning terrorist acts at Christmas and New Year celebrations. The two suspects have been identified as Abu Sovi from Bandung,...
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea Monday (December 26) mobilized the armed forces to participate actively in its largest poultry, as high-communicable avian flu continues, ordering the re-destruction of 1.6 million birds in affected areas within 24 hours. In a statement...
Civilian coordination with Palestinians also cut in retaliation to UN resolution, Defence Minister Lieberman announces.
Israel is calling on ambassadors of UN Security Council members to vote in favor of condemning settlements, a foreign ministry spokesman said. Israeli Defense Minister Abdul...
