MANILA - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte suffers from back pains and migraine headaches, he has said in comments about his health, but a spokesman was quick to dismiss the ailments as not being serious. Duterte also said he suffered from...
KUPANG, INDONESIA - A man who attacked a group of school children with a knife in eastern Indonesia on Tuesday has died after an angry mob beat him to death inside his jail cell, police said. Seven children were injured...
Jakarta - The number of people left homeless after an earthquake struck western Indonesia has soared to nearly 84,000, leaving authorities struggling to care for the victims, an official said Tuesday. The shallow quake last week killed more than 100 people...
BANGKOK - Thailand's new King Maha Vajiralongkorn will pardon or commute the sentences of up to 150,000 prison inmates, including some jailed under one of the world's toughest laws against royal insult, officials said on Tuesday. King Vajiralongkorn ascended the...
Japan is postponing a summit with China and South Korea, the government said Tuesday, after the impeachment of South Korean President President Park Geun-Hye. The Asian powers were planning to hold an annual trilateral gathering this month in Japan, which...
Saenuri floor leader calls it quits Two rival factions within the ruling Saenuri Party continued to clash with one another Monday, as the conservative ruling camp's factional strife reached a boiling point following the impeachment of President Park Geun-hye. Adding more...
Students can get results confidentially, while the apparatus costs just 30 yuan Students at Southwest Petroleum University are able to purchase cheap HIV test kits from vending machines on campus, which also sell edible goods such as instant noodles. The kit,...
JAKARTA - A tearful governor of Jakarta denied on Tuesday he had intended to insult the Quran at the start of his blasphemy trial in the Indonesian capital, which is seen as a test of religious freedom in the...
Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama will receive legal assistance from 80 lawyers for his blasphemy trial, which will start on Tuesday at the North Jakarta District Court - now temporarily located at the former Central Jakarta District Court...
Hong Kong: The city's pro-democracy camp has secured more than a quarter of the seats - its most ever - on an election committee that will pick Hong Kong's next leader. In the election on Sunday, the pan-democrats, the main opposition to...
