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Hong Kong - The daughter of one of five Hong Kong booksellers who went missing late last year has called on US authorities to help end her father's "unofficial and illegal" detention in China.Four booksellers working for a Hong...

Two children were on a warpath of destruction at a museum in China, destroying a glass sculpture while their adult minders stood by.What's worse is that two adults filmed the children wrecking the fragile artwork without bothering to intervene. According...

A 16-year-old in New Taipei City, Taiwan, killed his mother after she refused to give him NT$60,000 (S$2,540), Oriental Daily reported.The teenager, surnamed Xiang, was said to have been livid at his mother for rejecting his request at about...

A 16-year-old in New Taipei City, Taiwan, killed his mother after she refused to give him NT$60,000 (S$2,540), Oriental Daily reported.The teenager, surnamed Xiang, was said to have been livid at his mother for rejecting his request at about...

Distraught after being berated by animal activists for euthanising too many dogs, a veterinary doctor and director of an animal shelter in Taiwan has reportedly committed suicide.The threats started coming in after Jian Zhicheng, the director of the Xinwu...

SINGAPORE - Malaysia's long-haul budget airline AirAsia X swung to quarterly profit boosted by strong traffic from China, and said it would re-evaluate its operations in Indonesia due to regulatory issues.First-quarter profit totaled 179.5 million ringgit (S$60 million), compared...

JAKARTA - Indonesia has opened a string of new sectors to foreign businesses to attract more investment and help pull Southeast Asia's biggest economy out of a slowdown, an official said Tuesday.Restrictions have been eased on investing in host...

SRINAGAR, India - A suspected leader of the Pakistani militant group Jaish-e-Mohammad and another suspected militant have been killed in a shootout with security forces in Indian Kashmir, police said Tuesday.The clash happened in the regional capital Srinagar late...

PHILIPPINES - Explosive incoming Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte has launched a series of obscenity-filled attacks on the Catholic Church, branding local bishops corrupt "sons of whores" who are to be blamed for the nation's fast-growing population.Duterte also warned the...

Fancy dating North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's sister?The dictator is reportedly holding a matchmaking competition to find his sister a man.But not just anyone qualifies to marry into the ruling family of the authoritarian state.Potential candidates must have...