Dehradun, India - An Indian teacher beheaded a Dalit man after an argument over his use of a flour mill, a senior police officer said Friday, the latest in a spate of attacks on members of the country's lowest...
BANGKOK: A Thai real estate giant has created several oddly shaped football pitches for slum residents in Bangkok. Regular football fields are rectangular in shape but a Thai real estate giant has created unusual football fields for those living in...
TAIPEI - The wife of former Taiwanese president Ma Ying-jeou reportedly plans to leave Mega Bank after more than three decades. Former first lady Chow Mei-ching is reportedly expected to resign from her posts at Mega Bank and its financial...
Islamabad - The accused in Pakistan's most infamous blasphemy case has been granted a fresh chance to escape the gallows after the Supreme Court confirmed on Friday it will hear Asia Bibi's appeal against her execution next week. Bibi, a...
NEW DELHI - Beloved Japanese manga character Doraemon might seem to be an unlikely source of serious controversy. But in India and Pakistan, the chubby blue robotic cat has become a target of bitter criticism from some politicians and social...
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ISLAMABAD - Pakistan passed long-awaited legislation Thursday closing a loophole that allowed people who killed for "honour" to walk free, three months after the murder of a social media star by her brother sparked international revulsion. The legislation, passed unanimously...
MANILA - The president of the Philippines wants to liberate his country from a "shackling dependency" on the United States which can not guarantee its help when Philippine sovereignty is under threat, its foreign minister said. Foreign Affairs Secretary Perfecto...
"A panel of at least two doctors will provide close consultation to parents in discussing the option of pregnancy termination in microcephaly cases," Dr Tawee Chotpitayasunond, a specialist at the Queen Sirikit National Institute of Child Health, a unit...
MANILA - Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has been rated "very good" in an opinion poll on his first 90 days in office, which has been defined largely by his deadly war on drugs and vitriol against Western leaders. Only 11...
As part of the protest, the student organising committee of an event commemorating massacre on October 6, 1976 on Wednesday rallied at CU's Faculty of Political Science to read a statement regarding alleged detention of Hong Kong student activist...
