Beijing - A Chinese detergent commercial showing a black man stuffed into a washing machine and transformed into a fair-skinned Asian provoked outrage this week, but the company behind the clip says it is foreign critics who need to...
MANILA - Ferdinand Marcos's son threatened legal action Saturday to reverse his narrow defeat in recent Philippine elections, which analysts said had been the family of the late dictator's best chance to regain the presidency.An official canvass showed Friday...
SEOUL - Passengers of a Korean Air plane recalled the terrifying moment one of the aircraft's twin engines caught fire as it was gaining speed for take-off at Tokyo's Haneda airport.All 302 passengers and 17 crew members were evacuated...
LAHAD DATU - Purported plans by certain groups to reclaim Sabah through the defunct Sulu Sultanate are a non-issue as the state is recognised internationally as part of Malaysia, said Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak on Saturday (May 28)."It...
Bangkok - A Thai man who fought off a three-metre (10-foot) python that bit his penis while he was squatting on the toilet is recovering, hospital staff said Saturday.Atthaporn Boonmakchuay was admitted after surviving the nightmare encounter with a...
ISLAMABAD - Pakistani media and activists poured scorn Friday (May 27) on a suggestion from an Islamic religious body that men should be allowed to "lightly beat" their wives, made in their draft of a women's protection bill.The Council...
Manila - The son and namesake of the late Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos has narrowly lost the election for vice president, according to an official count that was only completed Friday, almost three weeks after polls closed.The result dealt...
DHARAMSALA, India - The Dalai Lama urged Tibetans to remain united on Friday, telling an audience gathered for the swearing-in of his exiled people's new leader that they must avoid the schisms that had damaged other religions.The Buddhist spiritual...
WASHINGTON/SINGAPORE - Hackers who stole $81 million from Bangladesh's central bank have been linked to an attack on a bank in the Philippines, in addition to the 2014 hack on Sony Pictures, cybersecurity company Symantec Corp said in a...
Phnom Penh - Three soldiers from Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen's elite bodyguard unit were sentenced to one year in prison Friday for beating up two opposition lawmakers, a case a human rights group has called a "blatant cover-up".The...
