North Korea on Saturday suggested holding a preparatory meeting with South Korea ahead of proposed military talks between the two foes that it said could "prevent in advance a second Korean war."The military dialogue had initially been offered by...
Foreign aid began arriving in Sri Lanka Saturday, bringing help to half a million people forced out of their homes by heavy rains and landslides that have killed at least 71 in a week of extreme weather wreaking havoc...
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Former President Ma Ying-jeou is facing investigation in several cases, including corruption allegations against him, as he has lost his presidential immunity from prosecution.The Taipei District Prosecutors Office has said it will resume investigations Saturday over...
Faced with pressure from China, Taiwan's new President Tsai Ing-wen struck a conciliatory tone in her inauguration speech, calling for both sides to "set aside the baggage of history" and engage in "positive dialogue".But Ms Tsai, 59, who was...
SEOUL - The brutal murder of a woman in Seoul's upmarket Gangnam district has triggered a public outcry and a debate over what some see as a growing streak of violent misogyny in South Korea.Hundreds attended a candlelight vigil...
A luxury night club in Zhengzhou, capital of Henan province, was raided on Thursday night for providing sex services.The Red Club Karaoke, pitching itself as a "five-star resort club in Henan province", opened about two years ago and occupies...
BANGKOK - Doctors treating Thailand's hospital-bound monarch Bhumibol Adulyadej have drained excess fluid from his spinal cord and brain, the palace said in a statement late Friday.The king, 88, is the object of an intense personality cult and his...
"WHEN are we going to carpet bomb the Abu Sayyaf?" or "Why don't the Philippine special forces wipe out the Abu Sayyaf?" are common reactions on Twitter or Facebook whenever there is a report of a kidnapping on the...
Sri Lankan troops recovered seven more bodies from piles of mud raising the death toll from rain-triggered landslides that buried two villages to 24, an official said.Soldiers and police were searching for dozens more reported missing in the landslides...
Temperatures have soared to a scorching 51 degrees Celsius in one Indian city, meteorologists said Friday, with the ferocious heat setting a new national record.Northern Phalodi wilted as the mercury reached a new high, equivalent to 123.8 Fahrenheit, beating...
