MANILA - The Philippines urged Beijing on Thursday to respect an international tribunal's ruling that rejected Chinese claims to most of the South China Sea, and said it would raise the issue at a regional summit.Philippine Foreign Secretary Perfecto...
A total of 150,000 people have signed a petition to free the 'world's saddest polar bear' which is in a Guangzhou mall and living in poor conditions.According to Shanghaiist, the unnamed and "dispirited" polar bear is currently kept in...
JAKARTA - Indonesia will sharply strengthen security around its South China Sea islands where there have been clashes with Chinese vessels, the defence minister said, a day after Beijing's claims in the waters were declared invalid.In an interview, Ryamizard...
BEIJING - China, backed by its richest man, has struck a deal with FIFA to host the first China Cup from next year, a competition that will pit its national side against three international "first-class" teams - and hopefully...
Indonesian police in Riau Islands yesterday lowered its terror alert levels after it was satisfied that a bomb threat last week no longer posed any immediate danger to residents and visitors in the province.The move follows police investigations that...
A Singaporean boat captain caught trespassing in Indonesia's waters and charged with netting fish ilegally has been acquitted, after a local district court found inadequate evidence.Indonesian prosecutors had demanded that Mr Choo Chiau Huat be jailed for two years,...
SYDNEY - China must accept a verdict declaring its South China Sea claims are invalid, Australia said Wednesday, and needs to halt its artificial island building in the disputed waters.Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said Beijing risked reputational harm if...
TAIWAN - A Taiwanese warship set sail for the South China Sea on Wednesday "to defend Taiwan's maritime territory", a day after an international tribunal ruled China has no historic rights in the waterway and undermined Taipei's claims to...
None of the Spratly Islands is an island, the Arbitral Tribunal at The Hague ruled yesterday.The Philippines had sought, among other things, a ruling on whether certain maritime features claimed by both China and the Philippines are islands, rocks...
TAIPEI - The workers' union for Mandarin Airlines (華信航空) on Tuesday threatened to take a "collective vacation" during the busy Mid-Autumn Festival, after talks between management and employees of the domestic carrier broke down."There was a (management-labour) schism. They...
