MANILA - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday (July 1) urged communist rebels to start killing drug traffickers, adding another layer to a controversial war on crime in which he has warned thousands will die.Duterte won May's election in...
IKEA China has issued a statement denying that it had orchestrated a nude publicity stunt, after a half-naked woman was snapped walking around the store.The snaps uploaded online to micro-blogging site Weibo showed the bare-bottomed woman sitting on a...
A contest on facial recognition between an artificial intelligent biometric machine and a man took place on Thursday in Hangzhou, capital of East China's Zhejiang province."Mark", the AI biometric machine, lost to Wang Yiheng, a former contestant in the...
She may be 76, but don't underestimate her because she will likely kick your butt.The septuagenerian, named Meenakshiamma, has become well-known across India after a video of her sparring with a man who appears to be much younger was...
YANGON - A former monk and influential leader of Myanmar's 2007 anti-junta uprising has been freed from jail and charges against him dropped, his lawyer said on Friday, just a day after new charges were levelled against him.Nyi Nyi...
BEIJING - Heavy rain unleashed a landslide Friday that killed one person and left 20 others missing in China, state media said.The landslide hit early morning and buried 29 people in the village of Pianpo, in the southwestern province...
Taipei - A Taiwanese warship mistakenly launched a supersonic "aircraft carrier killer" missile towards China on Friday, the navy said, as ties between the island and its once bitter rival deteriorate.The domestically developed Hsiung-feng III (Brave Wind) missile, with...
AFP update: A Taiwanese warship mistakenly launched a supersonic "aircraft carrier killer" missile towards China on Friday (July 1), hitting a fishing boat and killing one person, the navy said.The domestically developed Hsiung-feng III (Brave Wind) missile flew about...
BEIJING - Chinese President Xi Jinping warned on Friday that the biggest threat to the ruling Communist Party is corruption, as he used the party's 95th birthday to also warn against any threats to China's security and Taiwan independence.Since...
HLAING THAR YAR, Myanmar - Enticed by work in China, hundreds of poor young Myanmar women are instead being duped into marriage, and left to scramble to get back across remote borders before they are forced into life with...
