TAIPEI, Taiwan -- The suspect involved in the commuter train explosion that injured 25 people on Thursday night is suspected of considering injecting poison into consumer drinks to trigger public panic, an investigation task force said on Saturday.Investigators found...
Karachi - A gloomy Pakistan on Saturday bade farewell to its national hero Abdul Sattar Edhi, the founder of the country's largest welfare organisation who died Friday in Karachi aged 92.Edhi, whose death was confirmed by his son Faisal,...
Durban, South Africa - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday followed in Mahatma Gandhi's footsteps in South Africa, where the liberation hero forged his famed policy of non-violent civil disobedience.Modi is on the second leg of a five-day...
Singaporean and Malaysian travellers will soon face stricter screening processes at airports while trying to enter Indonesia.The action is being taken to combat the smuggling of drugs into the country which mostly involved citizens from Indonesia's two closest neighbours,...
An Indian phone-maker has started shipping what it said was the world's cheapest smartphone after months of criticism that the offer was a scam.Ringing Bells had announced it would sell the phone for 251 rupees (S$5) five months ago...
SHANGHAI - A storm bringing heavy rain to disrupt rail travel in southeast China was all that remained on Saturday of super typhoon Nepartak, which had weakened rapidly after causing several deaths in Taiwan and damage of more than...
SHANGHAI - China is kicking off a year-long campaign this month to stamp out persistent violence in its overcrowded hospitals by angry patients targeting medical staff, state news agency Xinhua said on Saturday.Healthcare is a flashpoint for many people...
DHAKA - A Bangladeshi teenager who police say was a suspect in last week's deadly attack on a Dhaka cafe has died in custody, with his family insisting he was a hostage and alleging torture by security forces.Zakir Hossain...
Three cities, three outlooks.And it seems that Hong Kongers are the most gloomy about their homes, compared with Singaporeans and Shanghainese.A recent survey conducted by the city's top policy think-tank Civic Exchange has found that nearly half of Hong...
A few months ago, a 36-year-old European national gave birth to a boy in Hong Kong. All went smoothly but she and her husband faced one quandary.Given that the woman is of partial Chinese ethnicity - her mother is...
