MINA, Saudi Arabia - As pilgrims from around the world symbolically stoned the devil on Monday in the last major rite of the hajj, the memory of a deadly stampede during last year's stoning ritual remains all too real...
In last week's elections, Hong Kong residents voted into the Legislative Council seven young lawmakers who espouse greater political freedom and a stronger identity for the city. The Straits Times' Hong Kong correspondent Joyce Lim takes a measure of...
BEIJING - Chinese engineers have completed the structure of what is expected to become the world's highest bridge, local authorities said. The Beipanjiang Bridge, in mountainous southwestern China, soars 565 metres (1,854 feet) above a river, the Guizhou provincial transport...
A university in East China's Jiangxi province recently launched a service that will help freshmen choose their favourite teachers based on their requests, China news services reported on Saturday. Beginning from this year, students of Metallurgy and Chemical Engineering department...
RAWALPINDI, Pakistan - At Murree Brewery, home of Pakistan's national lager, vintage copper boilers belch odorous fumes as they churn out 10 million litres of beer each year. Hundreds of tons of gin and whisky are stored in climate-conditioned cellars,...
HONG KONG - A carcinogenic substance was found in a sample of mooncakes made by a famed Hong Kong bakery, but it says it will continue to sell them. Hang Heung Cake Shop, popular with tourists including Singaporeans for its...
SEOUL - North Korea has completed preparations for another nuclear test in a previously unused tunnel at its Punggye-ri site, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported on Monday (Sept 12). The North last Friday conducted its fifth and most powerful...
BANGKOK - Thailand's 88-year-old King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the world's longest reigning monarch, is recovering after a respiratory infection, the palace said in a statement Sunday. The king has no fever and a blood test showed a decrease in inflammation, it...
TOKYO/SEOUL - North Korea said on Sunday a push for further sanctions following its fifth and biggest nuclear test was "laughable", and vowed to continue to strengthen its nuclear power. The isolated state on Friday set off its most powerful...
MANILA - The bloody crime war that has claimed nearly 3,000 lives in the Philippines in just two months was dubbed a "success" on Sunday by a spokesman for controversial President Rodrigo Duterte. Martin Andanar insisted many of those slain...
