Change is coming even for presumptive President-elect Rodrigo Duterte who has always prided himself on being accessible to common folk.But a near fall for Duterte on Tuesday after well-wishers mobbed him for a selfie resulted in a change in...
Slammed by critics for his lack of charisma, Taiwan's unpopular outgoing president Ma Ying-jeou has released an unlikely comedy farewell video which has gone viral with more than five million views.Ma has seen support plummet since he took power...
BANGKOK - The trafficking of women to China for sex work or forced marriage is expanding across Vietnam, an expert said, predicting that more Vietnamese women will be trafficked across Southeast Asia as the region moves towards freer trade.Seventy...
AHMEDABAD, INDIA - Fifteen month-old Shivani tugs at a plastic tape her mother has wrapped around her leg and tied to a rock at a building site in western India.Barefoot and caked in dust, the toddler spends nine hours...
Two Chinese fighters have conducted an "unsafe" intercept of a US spy plane in international air space over the South China Sea, the Pentagon said Wednesday."The Department of Defence is reviewing a May 17 intercept of a US maritime...
A three-year-old girl miraculously escaped with minor injuries after getting hit by a taxi in Hong Kong on May 16.The incident, which was captured by Facebook user Jason Lau's dashboard camera, shows the toddler running across a traffic junction...
A father and son were hospitalised on Monday (May 16) after drinking hot chocolate containing disinfectant at a McDonald's in Chongqing, China.Feng Lili, 46, took his four-year-old son into a McDonald's at noon on Monday and ordered a kid's...
IN AN online world filled with celeb snaps, rants and gossip, an adorable dog has captured the hearts of people worldwide.Maru, an eight-year-old male Shiba that lives in Tokyo, has become an Instagram star, with more than 2.4 million...
BANGKOK - Thai officials on Wednesday denied that one of two ethnic Uighur Muslims from China accused of involvement in a deadly bombing in Thailand last year was beaten in custody.Twenty people were killed and more than 120 wounded...
TOKYO - Suzuki on Wednesday admitted to finding "discrepancies" in its fuel-economy and emissions testing, but the firm denied deliberately manipulating data to make cars seem more efficient.The remarks from the Japanese small-car maker came in the wake of...
