Kathmandu - Nepal has imposed a 10-year mountaineering ban on an Indian couple who faked photographs purporting to show them at the top of Mount Everest, an official said Tuesday.Dinesh and Tarakeshwari Rathod, both police constables, said they reached...
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan - A van driven by a suicide bomber exploded after ramming through a gate at the Chinese embassy in Kyrgyzstan on Tuesday, wounding three people, authorities said."As a result of the explosion, only the suicide bomber terrorist...
BANGKOK - Predominately Buddhist Thailand has opened its first halal hotel as it hopes to attract more Muslim visitors and boost one of the few bright spots in its economy.Nearly 30 million foreign tourists came to Thailand last year...
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MANILA - The Philippines is looking into operating the country's only nuclear power plant, built four decades ago at more than US$2 billion (S$2.73 billion) but never used, to ensure the long-term supply of clean and cheap electricity, its...
Satellites detected almost 700 fires across Kalimantan and Sumatra last week, as the thick haze from land burning on the two Indonesian islands began blanketing the skies over Malaysia and Singapore.However, the data from Global Forest Watch (GFW) also...
SEOUL - North Korea publicly executed two officials in early August for disobeying leader Kim Jong Un, a South Korean newspaper reported on Tuesday (Aug 30), in what would be the latest in a series of high-level purges under...
Tokyo - A strong typhoon was on course Tuesday (Aug 30) for a direct hit on northeastern Japan, with authorities warning of heavy rain and high waves along the Pacific coast.Typhoon Lionrock was 170 kilometres (105 miles) east of...
While many use tattoo to cover their scars, a father in Chengdu went in other direction. He got a long scar tattooed on his chest, reported chengdu.cn on Saturday.The father, who wishes to remain anonymous, told the tattooist the...
PUTRAJAYA - Culprits behind the human trafficking activities along the country's northern borders will be prosecuted after Thailand agreed to extradite them to face charges.Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said the Thai government had agreed...
