WASHINGTON - China's foreign minister spoke with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry by telephone on Wednesday ahead of a key international court ruling on China's South China Sea claims and warned Washington against moves that infringe on China's...
BANGKOK - Toyota Motor Corp's Thai unit has launched a voluntary redundancy programme aimed at cutting around 800 subcontractors in Thailand due to economic problems in the southeast Asian country and abroad.Thailand's economic slowdown, along with uncertainty over the...
Warning: This article contains images and footage some readers may find disturbing.CHENNAI - Police in southern India have arrested two medical students, an inspector said Wednesday, after video of one flinging a stray dog from the balcony of a...
A Japanese politician who became an internet sensation for crying like a baby when he was accused of misusing public funds was handed a suspended sentence on Wednesday for corruption.Ryutaro Nonomura sobbed his way through a marathon three-hour press...
Sri Lanka intends to become completely demilitarised by 2018, the government said Wednesday, a significant announcement that will end the army's involvement in civilian life after decades of ethnic war.Heavy deployments from the Sri Lankan army have remained in...
Warning: This article contains images and footage some readers may find disturbing.Police in southern India are searching for two medical students after video of one flinging a stray dog from the balcony of a two-storey building went viral, sparking...
A fire that tore through a nursing home killed five people and injured another 29 in Taiwan on Wednesday.Television footage showed elderly people being evacuated from the facility, some in clothes blackened by smoke.Three bodies were found in the...
TOKYO - The Bank of Japan was once at the centre of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's audacious reflationary drive, but with little to show for three years of massive stimulus it finds itself sidelined ahead of upper house election...
DHAKA - A Bangladeshi politician is horrified to learn that his son was among the suspected gunmen who murdered foreigners at a Dhaka cafe, saying many young men from wealthy, educated families are going missing of late.Imtiaz Khan Babul...
BANGKOK - Since the Zika virus first caught the world's attention following one of the most serious outbreaks, in Brazil last year, Thai health authorities have been at pains to allay local fears that a similar outbreak could occur...
