Manila - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday (Aug 17) hit out at "stupid" United Nations' criticism of his controversial crime war that has claimed 1,000 lives, warning the global body not to interfere.The political outsider, who swept to...
New Delhi - A woman gave birth to a premature but healthy baby girl mid-flight while travelling from the United Arab Emirates to the Philippines, forcing the plane to carry out an emergency landing in India.The mother, whose due...
JAKARTA - The regional haze crisis may return if tougher measures are not taken immediately to extinguish land fires affecting several areas in Indonesia's Riau province, the weather agency has warned."Currently, the wind tends to blow to the south-east....
Tokyo - A safari park employee in Japan died Tuesday after being attacked by a bear which had somehow climbed into her car, local officials and police said.An Asian black bear was seen climbing into a small vehicle at...
BANGKOK - A Thai military court issued an arrest warrant on Tuesday for a second suspect in connection with a wave of deadly bomb attacks last week that killed four people and injured dozens, police said.Explosions rocked seven provinces...
YANGON - Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi is heading to China on Wednesday for what is likely to be her government's biggest diplomatic test, with the fate of a suspended dam project, backed by China but opposed by...
SRINAGAR, India - Security forces shot dead five people and wounded another 20 during protests in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Tuesday, according to witnesses and security sources.Four people were killed in Raipanthan village after residents took to the streets to...
TAIPEI - Three soldiers were killed when a tank slipped and plunged into a river during heavy rains following an annual firing drill in southern Taiwan, officials said Tuesday.The CM11 armoured vehicle carrying five soldiers was returning to camp...
Dhaka - An elephant thought to have travelled at least 1,700 kilometres from India into Bangladesh after becoming separated from its herd by floods died on Tuesday despite last-ditch efforts to save him.The distressed animal was tranquillised three times...
Thousands of passengers on All Nippon Airways' (ANA's) domestic flights in Japan arrived at their destinations sans luggage on Friday (Aug 12), after a conveyor belt in Tokyo's Haneda Airport malfunctioned.RocketNews24 reported that, instead of their luggage, passengers arriving...
