HONG KONG - Three people were injured Sunday after Hong Kong police fired shots to stop a knife attack on a man, in a rare case of violent street crime in one of Asia's safest cities. Police said those wounded...
HANOI - Thousands of Vietnamese protesters surrounded a Taiwanese steel plant Sunday, some scaling walls and holding signs demanding its closure, as anger flares against the firm for dumping toxic waste into the ocean killing tonnes of fish. Huge crowds...
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...
PHUKET, Thailand - Swords, axe handles, kebab skewers and even a model boat were among the bizarre array of objects pushed through devotees' cheeks on Sunday as southern Thailand's gruesome vegetarian festival got under way. Many Chinese communities across Southeast...
Police have spoken to a key female witness about the case in which a dismembered body was found in the freezer at a Bangkok building and are confident they will have significant evidence this week. Police raided the building used...
The West Nusa Tenggara Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD NTB) has called on representatives of foreign countries in Indonesia to file a report with authorities if they have citizens still missing in the climbing area of Mount Rinjani in Lombok,...
BANGKOK - Thailand's hospital-bound King Bhumibol Adulyadej is still being treated for kidney failure although an infection in his lung has eased, the palace said Saturday, in the latest update on the 88-year-old's ailing health. Bhumibol is the world's longest-reigning...
Beijing - At least eight people have died and around 19 are still missing after devastating landslides swept through two eastern Chinese villages, local authorities told the official Xinhua news agency Saturday. Heavy wind and torrential rains brought by Typhoon...
LONDON - The UN Human Rights Council on Friday appointed its first independent investigator to help protect homosexual and transgender people worldwide from violence and discrimination. The United Nations expert Vitit Muntarbhorn will have a three-year mandate to investigate abuses...
Manila - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte does not want to be branded another Hitler but he is willing to kill three million people in his crime war, his spokesman said Saturday. Duterte has faced international condemnation after on Friday likening his...
