A Thai woman tourist died on the spot, while five other Thai tourists were trapped in the rubble when a two-storey building in Koh Chang island's Siam Beach Resort collapsed on Saturday, reported Thai media.Kotchakorn Thammachak, 37, reportedly died...
SHANGHAI - Hong Kong decided on Sunday to suspend trade in live poultry after a spot check at a local street market revealed the presence of H7N9 bird flu virus, China's official Xinhua News Service reported on Monday.The report,...
Manila - The Philippines' president elect Rodrigo Duterte urged the public to join his anti-crime crackdown, offering people huge bounties for killing drug dealers.His announcement late Saturday came as other officials began paying bounties for slain suspected criminals in...
WASHINGTON - A US Navy sailor stationed on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa has been detained by Japanese police on suspicion of drunken driving, US forces-Japan said, in an incident likely to fuel further resentment of the heavy...
Colombo - A series of explosions rocked a military ammunition depot on the edge of Sri Lanka's capital into Monday, sparking huge fires and forcing thousands to flee as debris fell into populated neighbourhoods.Police said the explosions at the...
An outspoken former property tycoon disciplined by China's ruling Communist Party for questioning its media controls made a rare public appearance on Sunday, months after authorities shut down his hugely popular microblog.The government-ordered closure in February of Ren Zhiqiang's...
ULAN BATOR - US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Mongolia Sunday, the latest senior US official to make the trip to the mineral-rich country neighboured by Russia and China.Kerry will stop in the capital Ulan Bator for...
TOKYO - A 96-year-old Japanese man is potty at the prospect of breaking more records after being recognised as the world's oldest university graduate with his degree in ceramic arts.Spritely senior Shigemi Hirata received his Guinness World Records certificate...
New Delhi - A mysterious cult at the centre of deadly clashes in India was running its own pseudo-government, army, court and a prison where torture was the norm, a senior police officer told AFP Saturday.Some 3,000 followers of...
INQUIRIES into illegal wildlife trade continued to try to find a links with international dealers, after tiger parts and 'pickled' bodies of stillborn cubs were found in the controversial Tiger Temple. To date, police have charged 22 suspects, including...
