MANILA - The Philippines said Wednesday that President Rodrigo Duterte's killing of three people in the 1980s was part of a police operation, after the United Nations rights chief urged Manila to investigate him for murder. In several speeches last...
SHIJIAZHUANG, China - China's smoggiest city closed schools Wednesday, as the country suffered through its sixth day under an oppressive haze, provoking public anger about the slow response to the threat to children's health. Since Friday, a choking miasma has...
Moon Hong-nam, a pastry chef in Seoul, needs at least 15,000 eggs a day to bake cakes, but after South Korea's worst outbreak of bird flu and a surge in the prices of eggs, he is considering changing his...
A 35-year-old woman in Central China allegedly locked her crying three-year-old son in a dog cage so that she could continue playing mahjong in peace, Chinese media reported. But the woman, surnamed Jiang, denies the allegations by passers-by who claimed...
JAKARTA - Indonesian police have foiled plans for a Christmas suicide bombing after killing three suspected militants Wednesday and discovering a cache of bombs, authorities said. A firefight erupted at a house in South Tangerang 25 kilometres (15 miles) outside...
Driverless trains developed by a domestic company will start operating on a new subway line in Hong Kong on Dec 28, according to reports. The photo shows a driverless train developed by a domestic company that will start operating on...
President Rodrigo Duterte should be on the top of his own drug list after admitting that he was dependent on the drug fentanyl. This was how Senator Leila de Lima fired back on Wednesday at Duterte's latest tirade against her...
A convoy of about 20 vehicles travelled 285 kilometres yesterday from Kui Buri National Park in Prachuap Khiri Khan province to deliver sandalwood to be used for HM King Bhumibol Adulyadej's royal cremation ceremony. A sacred ritual was performed at the...
KUALA LUMPUR - Seven Islamic State militants - four of them foreigners - have been detained by Bukit Aman in a four-state swoop. Teams from the Special Branch Counter-Terrorism Division arrested the suspects after conducting raids in Malacca, Selangor, Sabah and...
SHANGHAI - Several Chinese lawyers are suing the cities of Beijing and Tianjin and the surrounding province of Hebei for what they say has been their failure to fulfil responsibilities in battling against smog, which has shrouded the region...
