BEIJING - Hurricane-force winds, freak hailstorms, pounding rain and a tornado killed 78 people in China's eastern province of Jiangsu on Thursday and injured nearly 500 others, Xinhua reported.Whole villages were levelled and huge trees felled when winds of...
HONG KONG - A firefighter died on Thursday after battling a fire in Hong Kong that has lasted for almost three days, the second killed by the rare large blaze in the southern Chinese city.The fire broke out at...
JAKARTA/MANILA - Southeast Asian militants who claim to be fighting for Islamic State in the Middle East have said they have chosen one of the most wanted men in the Philippines to head a regional faction of the ultra-radical...
KFC in India has launched a meal box, that contains not just five food items such as its fried chicken and a burger, but also an in-built power bank to charge mobile phones.The fast food chain's limited edition 5-in-1...
MAHACHAI, Thailand - Hundreds of migrants from Myanmar gave Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi a thunderous welcome to neighbouring Thailand on Thursday on her first visit since her National League for Democracy swept to election victory in November.Thailand...
Ask her where home is, and she will be hard-pressed to give an answer.Ms Fong Foong Mei is now based in Washington, DC, where she is a fellow in a think-tank that focuses on public policy issues in the...
A "thief" feasting on doughnuts in a supermarket in downtown Bangkok was caught red-handed by a shopper who was apparently eyeing the same doughnuts.The shopper - who probably lost his appetite - promptly filmed the thief's antics.When the thief...
HONG KONG - A veteran pro-democracy lawmaker was charged Thursday by Hong Kong's corruption bureau over a payment from one of the city's best-known anti-China media tycoons, in a case he described as a political move.Leung Kwok-hung - known...
SEOUL - Leader Kim Jong-Un threatened US military bases across the Pacific after North Korea's test of a powerful new missile triggered emergency UN Security Council talks late Wednesday on curbing Pyongyang's nuclear programme.Kim, who personally monitored Wednesday's Musudan...
A woman cares for her ex-husband with her current husband in China. Sound confusing?This unconventional, but heart-warming tale in the Shaanxi province involves Xie Xiping, who has been looking after her husband Xu Xihan after a mining accident in 2002...
