Pagadian, Philippines - Philippine authorities have arrested a man accused of kidnapping an Italian businessman who was held hostage for six months by Islamic militants, the military said Sunday.Retired Catholic priest Rolando Del Torchio, was abducted at his pizza...
Phrae, Thailand - On a "fighting with smiles" tour by ex-premier Yingluck Shinawatra, selfies and symbols are the weapons of choice, showing adoring fans her family are still in Thailand's treacherous political game - despite being hemmed in by...
Manila - Armed police are detaining crying children, bewildered drunks and shirtless men throughout the Philippine capital in a night-time blitz that is offering an authoritarian taste of life under incoming president Rodrigo Duterte.The incendiary lawyer won last month's...
London - Archaeologists are set to unveil further details of medieval cities hidden under jungle in Cambodia near Angkor Wat, the world's largest Hindu temple complex, the Guardian newspaper said Saturday.While the research has been going on for several...
A 19-year-old student from Kurla city in central Xinjiang, an autonomous territory in north-west China, paid a 35-year-old prostitute for sex in order to reduce his academic stress, Kwong Wah Yit Poh repor-ted.The teenager, known as Xiaojun, who is...
Seoul - Thousands marched through central Seoul Saturday during the city's annual Gay Pride parade, less than a month after a landmark court decision ruled against a homosexual couple's same-sex marriage.Some 2,000 police were deployed along the parade route...
Dhaka - Bangladesh police have arrested 37 suspected Islamist militants as part of a nationwide crackdown on extremists, an official said on Saturday (June 11), following a spate of murders of minorities and secular activists.Police officials said more than...
Manila - Dozens of fish species have disappeared or are on the verge of being lost from marine biodiversity hotspot the Philippines, an environmental group said Friday, citing a new study.Fishermen reported that 59 coral reef species had gone...
Manila - Philippine President-elect Rodrigo Duterte does not endorse extrajudicial killings, his spokesman said on Saturday (June 11) after scathing criticism from the UN chief over his plans for thousands of people to die in an unprecedented war on...
Bangkok - Eleven staff from a Bangkok elementary school were killed when their people carrier flipped over and caught on fire after a tyre burst, an official said on Saturday (June 11).The accident took place on Friday evening on...
