The lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community is the minority group most disliked by Muslim people in Indonesia, according to a survey conducted by the Indonesian Survey Institute and Wahid Foundation.The survey involved 1,520 respondents across all of...
TAIPEI, Taiwan - Strolling through narrow alleys near Taipei's famous Huaxi Street Night Market (華西街夜市), it is not difficult to spot prostitutes here and there. It just takes a knowing look before they initiate an approach to solicit your...
Rizki Mulyadi sits half-submerged in a steaming herbal bath, hands folded in his lap and head down.Mulyadi hopes the concoction he is bathing in - and the Islamic teacher who makes it - will help him overcome a six-year...
Due to safety reason, authority cancelled flights to and from Bali following Mount Rinjani eruption.A number of domestic and international flights to and from Bali were cancelled on Monday following the eruption of Mount Rinjani in Lombok, West Nusa...
Typhoon Nida landed at 3:35 a.m. Tuesday at the Dapeng Peninsula in the city of Shenzhen, South China's Guangdong province, local weather authorities said.The strong typhoon packing winds up to 151.2 km per hour is moving northwest at 25...
Thailand's military rulers Monday (Aug 1) said a rice subsidy scheme by the government it ousted cost the state more than US$8 billion (S$10.7 billion), adding former leader Yingluck Shinawatra should be personally sued for the loss.Yingluck, Thailand's first...
Bangkok - Thailand's hospital-bound King Bhumibol Adulyadej is still being treated for fever and water on the brain, the palace said Monday in the latest in a series of updates on the 88-year-old's health.The world's longest-reigning monarch is widely...
Bangkok - The mother of a prominent student activist was indicted by a Thai military court on royal defamation charges Monday over a one-word Facebook message in what rights groups have described as a new low for the junta's...
Jakarta - Indonesia will sink up to 71 impounded foreign boats this month on its Independence Day, a minister said Monday, ramping up a campaign to deter illegal fishing in its vast waters.The world's biggest archipelago nation has been...
Hong Kong - Hong Kong hunkered down Monday as Typhoon Nida swirled towards the coast of southern China, with more than a hundred flights cancelled and schools closed.Authorities are expected to raise a "T8" storm signal -- the third-highest...
