HONG KONG - The driver of a van sustained head injuries after his vehicle crashed into a Dragonair plane at the Hong Kong International Airport on Thursday (Sept 8) afternoon. The rare accident occurred at about 4pm in the afternoon...
SEOUL - A seismic tremor was recorded in an area around North Korea's known nuclear site on Friday, and was suspected to be the fifth nuclear test by the isolated nation, South Korea's Yonhap news agency said. US, European and...
AirAsia Group chief executive officer Tony Fernandes yesterday issued an apology after the public raised a furore after a member of the cabin crew was forced to lie prostrate before an autistic passenger, after her mother complained of being...
A Hong Kong politician has said he was pressured to bow out of a city election to clear the field for a candidate favoured by the Chinese government, which, if confirmed, could offer rare evidence of interference by Beijing...
Thailand and Malaysia will discuss plans to build a wall along their shared border, Thai officials said on Thursday, a day before Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak is set to meet his counterpart in Bangkok. People-trafficking and the smuggling of...
SHANGHAI - China said on Thursday it opposes all racial discrimination after state-owned Air China withdrew an in-flight magazine that warned visitors to be careful in parts of London populated by members of ethnic minorities. China prides itself as a...
US President Barack Obama urged Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday to conduct his crime war "the right way", after 3,000 people were killed in the crackdown in just over two months. "As despicable as these (crime) networks may be...
China's smartphone and accessory maker Xiaomi Inc is winning hearts and minds in North Korea with its wearable fitness band, Chinese state media said on Thursday, a symbol of the isolated state's increasingly sophisticated consumer classes. The Mi Band 2,...
A Japanese bullet train driver came under fire Thursday after an online photo emerged of him operating it with his feet up. Central Japan Railway said the 29-year-old acknowledged that he operated the high speed train in that position for...
Don't get mad, get your opponent to surrender voluntarily: when Mrs Wang discovered her husband had been cheating on her for several years, she called in an elite team of Chinese "mistress hunters". Rather than seek a divorce - which...
