BEIJING - An explosion at a power station in China killed at least 21 people and injured five more on Thursday, the official Xinhua news service reported.The blast happened at a power plant in Dangyang, in the central province...
MANILA/HONG KONG - After unleashing a crackdown on drugs, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is turning his guns on a booming online gaming industry, abruptly scrapping one firm's 13-year monopoly this week and denouncing its billionaire chief as a corrupt...
TAIPEI - A seven-year-old male giraffe has died of anxiety after being caged and loaded onto a truck at a Taiwan zoo, the latest animal death to spark angry calls for tougher protection laws.The giraffe - named Hsiao Chiu...
TAIPEI - A seven-year-old male giraffe has died of anxiety after being caged and loaded onto a truck at a Taiwan zoo, the latest animal death to spark angry calls for tougher protection laws.The giraffe - named Hsiao Chiu...
BANGKOK - A new scheme that would allow Thai police to intercept telephone calls in national security cases has been put forward to cabinet for approval, police said on Thursday, a move that has alarmed rights groups.The move aims...
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan's government will face a grilling in the senate over its continued use of bogus bomb-detectors to secure high-value facilities, a lawmaker said Thursday, claiming the devices "endangered the lives of millions".A Pakistani government agency has built...
It's a heart-warming story that began more than a decade ago but is still used to inspire today - a poor construction worker in Vietnam who had little to his name used his own money to build a cemetery for...
JAKARTA - Tens of thousands of endangered Indonesian birds are being sold illegally at markets across the country, a wildlife trade watchdog warned Thursday, flouting laws aimed at protecting these species from extinction.Wildlife trade monitoring network TRAFFIC recorded nearly...
TOKYO - Japan is searching for eight Chinese crew members who went missing when their fishing boat sank after colliding with a Greek cargo vessel near disputed East China Sea islands on Thursday, the Japanese coast guard said.The coast...
Haunted by the trauma of anti-Chinese rioting in 1998, a number of residents of Tanjungbalai, North Sumatra, have fled their homes following the recent ransacking and burning of viharas and pagodas in the port city.A member of the Indonesian-Chinese...
