Bangkok - The trial of two Chinese Uighurs accused of a deadly Bangkok shrine bombing was postponed for a second time Thursday as the court again failed to find a suitable translator for the suspects. The August 2015 bombing left 20...
DAVAO, Philippines - Women in burqas and those wearing surgical masks should refrain from concealing their faces in public, the Philippine president's mayor daughter said Thursday, describing the measure as aimed at preventing attacks. Sara Duterte, mayor of Davao and...
HONG KONG - Hong Kong journalists covering violent protests in the rebel Chinese village of Wukan said they were detained and beaten by police as state press slammed "foreign media" for stoking the tensions. Wukan, a 13,000-strong fishing village in...
TOKYO - Japan's main opposition Democratic Party on Thursday elected a former cabinet minister as its first female leader on Thursday, following a last-minute hiccup when she was found to hold dual citizenship in violation of Japanese law. Renho, 48,...
The recent death of a 28-year-old bridesmaid in Wenchang, Hainan province, from being forced to drink too much alcohol at a wedding banquet has stirred up public debate, the paper.cn reported on Monday. A video clip widely circulating on Chinese...
MANILA - Rodrigo Duterte shot dead a justice department employee and ordered the murder of opponents, a former death squad member told parliament Thursday, in explosive allegations against the Philippine president. The self-described assassin told a Senate hearing that he...
Hundreds of horseshoe crabs - known as "living fossils" as they are among the earth's oldest creatures - have washed ashore dead in southern Japan, confounding experts who study the alien-like sidewalkers. Horseshoe crabs, known for their blue blood, are...
BANGKOK - Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha on Thursday defended his country's rights record since he seized power in a 2014 coup, saying he acted to end months of political instability. Thailand has faced a deepening rights crisis since the...
A witness who claimed to be a former member of the Davao Death Squad (DDS) dropped a bombshell at the Senate on Thursday, accusing then-Davao-City-Mayor-and-now-President Rodrigo Duterte of ordering the bombing of a mosque in 1993 and the killing...
First of all, mosquitoes are insects, and insects are animals. Thus, mosquitoes are animals, the most dangerous animal facing mankind. Mosquitoes kill more humans worldwide in five minutes than sharks do in a year. Only female mosquitoes bite. Both male and...
