Singapore - Chinese construction on a South China Sea islet claimed by the Philippines would prompt "actions being taken" by the United States and other nations, US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter warned Saturday.Speaking at a security summit in Singapore,...
At their wedding 10 years ago, businessman Shi Jun and his wife had to eat an apple strung up by their friends, without using their hands. Their friends would lift the apple so that the couple had to "kiss"...
TAIPEI - On the anniversary of China's bloody crackdown on student-led protests in and around Beijing's Tiananmen Square, Taiwan's new president told China on Saturday that democracy is nothing to fear.Tsai Ing-wen said in a Facebook post on the...
DAVAO CITY, Philippines - "If you hit me, I will hit right back."President-elect Rodrigo Duterte served that warning on "paid hacks" and "lowlifes" in the media as he slammed the industry for employing crooked journalists.In a 20-minute "rant" before...
A second grade elementary school student, Evelyn Tiandy, was kidnapped by a group of three unidentified men in front of the victim's mother, Rita Tjoa, 37, next to a minimart in Bundaran Tiga, Cikupa, Tangerang.Rita said the incident took...
It's still too risky to downgrade giant pandas from endangered to vulnerable on the International Union for Conservation of Nature's Red List of Threatened Species, said an expert from a major breeding centre for the species in Sichuan province.The...
PETALING JAYA: A pastor in India revealed how serial paedophile Richard Huckle targeted his orphanage in Bangalore when he received an email volunteering his services.George Fernandes, 37, told The Daily Mail that Huckle enquired whether he could volunteer at...
TAIPEI - Taiwan's premier donned virtual reality goggles in parliament Friday to discuss the future of the island's tech industry in what looked like a debate between robots.Legislator Huang Kuo-chang of the opposition New Power Party (NPP), a former...
KANCHANABURI, Thailand - Thai police have charged 22 people, including three Buddhist monks, with wildlife trafficking and removed more dead animals including a bear and a leopard from the infamous Tiger Temple, authorities said on Friday.The temple in Kanchanaburi...
A university student in Taiwan has caused a stir after she posted photos of a certain body part online.No, it's not what you think - the images are hardly salacious.What's got everyone talking are her unusually long toes, which...
