Did actress Cecilia Cheung bar her former mother-in-law Deborah Li from visiting her sons?Last Saturday, in an interview at the Cannes Film Festival, producer Tiffany Chen caused an uproar when she said Li had complained to her about being...
BANGKOK - Thailand has ordered Uber Technologies and Grab to halt their motorcycle taxi-hailing services, a senior transport official said on Tuesday.The services are popular among city dwellers in Thailand's grid-locked cities, where bikes weaving through traffic jams get...
Jakarta - Twelve Indonesian men have died after drinking bootleg liquor, police said Tuesday, the latest deaths in the Muslim-majority country caused by homemade alcohol.The victims died in Bantul district in the main island of Java in recent days,...
BANGKOK - One of two ethnic Uighur Muslims from China accused of involvement in a deadly bombing in Thailand last year broke down and complained of mistreatment on Tuesday as he appeared in court.Twenty people were killed and more...
New Delhi - Five low-caste villagers have died trying to revive an unused well in a parched region of northern India, police said Tuesday, as the country reels under one of the worst droughts on record.The five men, from...
The mayhem of China's Cultural Revolution will never be repeated, state-run media said Tuesday, breaking their silence after the 50th anniversary of its start saw little state-sanctioned discussion.May 16 marked half a century since the 1966 internal Communist party...
DHAKA - Bangladesh police have arrested an Islamist militant charged with the murder of a professor amid a surge in deadly attacks against liberal activists and other minorities in the South Asian nation, a senior officer said on Tuesday.Rezaul...
TOKYO - A weekend gathering of G7 finance leaders may expose a rift on issues ranging from currency and fiscal policies within the close-knit group of advanced economies, dashing Japan's hopes of mustering a coordinated policy response to spur...
SEOUL - South Korean author Han Kang won the Man Booker International Prize for fiction on Monday for her novel "The Vegetarian", a dark, surreal story about a woman who gives up eating meat and seeks to become a...
Hong Kong - One of China's most powerful officials lands in Hong Kong Tuesday in an attempt to build bridges in the divided city, but the trip has already stirred anger among opponents.The three-day visit by Zhang Dejiang, who...
