NEW DELHI - Muslim groups on Wednesday slammed a directive from India's Hindu nationalist government for participants in International Yoga Day to chant "Om", citing religious bias.The mass outdoor yoga session, to be held in June for its second...
Once a secret beach paradise attracting only few privileged tropical seekers in the know, Koh Tachai island has become too popular for its own good.The southern Thailand island, the main gem in the world-renowned Similan group of islands, will...
The death of a 25-year-old Taiwanese model who was on an underwater mermaid-themed shoot has left Taiwanese media baffled, with different eye-witnesses reporting different versions of events.On Tuesday (May 17), Taiwan's Apple Daily reported that Olivia Ku had travelled...
Hong Kong protesters angry at a visit by a top Beijing official shouted pro-democracy slogans and demanded free elections Wednesday but were kept away from talks seen as an attempt to bridge a growing political divide.The three-day trip by...
Xinzheng, China - Scarves emblazoned with red dragons draped over their black business suits, Chinese officials lit incense and bowed solemnly at the feet of a mythical ancestor known as the Yellow Emperor.The avowedly atheist Communist Party is promoting...
TOKYO - Japan's economy expanded at the fastest pace in a year in the first quarter, thanks in part to a leap year consumption boost, but analysts say the rebound was not strong enough to dispel concerns over a...
Some passengers on an AirAsia flight from Singapore to Bali were wrongly brought to the domestic terminal instead of the international one on Monday (May 16).According to Channel NewsAsia, the 47 passengers who flew on QZ509 were supposed to...
Video footage of a bulldozer rampage in a China city has emerged recently, showing a bulldozer driver crashing into cars and people intentionally.The incident reportedly happened on Sept 3 last year in the city of Shuozhou in China's Shanxi...
NEW YORK - Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Tuesday he is willing to talk to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to try to stop Pyongyang's nuclear programme, proposing a major shift in US policy toward the...
Paris - China and India are home to more than a third of people with mental illness, but only a tiny fraction of them receive medical help, according to studies released Wednesday. There are more people in the...
