President Rodrigo Duterte resumed his tirade against the United States and its allies who have been criticising him for his bloody war on drugs. "For the life of me, I'd rather kneel before the king of Brunei or Thailand but...
NEW DELHI -- At a time when ties with neighbour Pakistan are at their lowest ebb, India has spotted "spy" pigeons and balloons with notes threatening Prime Minister Narendra Modi that apparently crossed into its territory from the rival...
At least five people died and five more are missing after Typhoon Chaba swept through the lower part of the Korean Peninsula on Wednesday, the safety ministry said. Jeju Island and the southwestern cities of Busan and Ulsan were most...
SEOUL - South Korea cleaned up Thursday after Typhoon Chaba lashed its southern coast with powerful winds and heavy rains that triggered flash floods and left six people dead and four missing. The violent storm passed over the southern tip...
Indonesian prosecutors demanded Wednesday that a woman accused of murdering her friend by slipping cyanide into her coffee spend 20 years behind bars for the high-profile case. Jessica Kumala Wongso, an Australian permanent resident, denies the premeditated murder of college...
BEIJING - A doctor in eastern China as been stabbed to death after his assailant's baby died shortly after birth. Dr Li Baohua, 34, of Laigang Hospital in Laiwu, in Shandong province, was stabbed 15 times - 12 times in...
Hong Kong - Hong Kong democracy campaigner Joshua Wong returned home on Wednesday after being deported from junta-run Thailand, where he was due at events commemorating a massacre of student activists, as supporters blamed China for his detention. The bespectacled...
Tokyo - Young, pretty and hoping for stardom, Saki Kozai thought she had found her ticket to fame after an apparent model scout spotted her on a Tokyo street and offered her a job. Then just 24 years old, starstruck...
SEOUL - A ranking North Korean embassy official in Beijing has defected, South Korea's Yonhap news agency said Wednesday, while a separate report suggested two embassy staff had sought asylum with the Japanese mission there. If confirmed, it would mark...
TOKYO - Sexual violence targeting young women is a serious problem, with victims being forced into appearing in adult videos or falling prey to the so-called "high school girl business." Things get even worse for victims when these videos are...
