TOKYO - Japan's Emperor Akihito will address the nation on Monday, the Imperial Household Agency said on Friday, following a report last month that he wants to abdicate "in a few years." The 82-year-old monarch, who has had heart...
JAKARTA - The government has dismissed a rumour that the health of four out of 10 Indonesian sailors taken hostages by Abu Sayyaf militants has deteriorated.Speaking to journalists on Thursday, Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister Wiranto said...
TAIPEI - The mother of a drink-driving victim protested outside the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Thursday, demanding that the Tsai administration replace Taiwan's top envoy to Singapore after he failed a roadside sobriety test just days following his official...
JAKARTA - A lot of Indonesians do not really pay attention on privacy when it comes to applications.Indonesian netizens have ridiculed government officials for claiming that the wildly popular augmented reality game Pokemon Go posed a serious national security...
MANILA - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has issued a stern warning to lawmakers who plan to take advantage of the proposed amendment to the Philippine constitution.Change the Constitution properly or I'll close down Congress.This was the stern warning of...
MUMBAI - Graphic mobile phone clips of gang rapes are being sold in shops in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, as a spate of rapes in one of the country's most violent states has sparked anger and...
An Indian court on Thursday (Aug 4) sentenced a Bollywood director to seven years in jail for raping an American research scholar last year, the victim's lawyer said.Mahmood Farooqui, best known for co-directing the popular 2010 satire "Peepli Live"...
MANILA - Images of hellish conditions at an overcrowded Philippines jail triggered calls on Thursday (Aug 4) from lawmakers and rights groups for swift reforms to the penal system which is under strain from an anti-drugs crackdown.AFP photographs of...
BANGKOK - Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra on Thursday (Aug 4) criticised a military-backed draft Constitution as a "folly" that would perpetuate the power of the ruling junta and make it impossible for future elected governments to rule.The...
Dhaka - A British national and a student at a Canadian university have been arrested on suspicion of involvement in last month's deadly siege at a cafe in Bangladesh's capital, police said on Thursday (Aug 3).Hasnat Karim, a Bangladeshi...
