SAVAR, Bangladesh - Thousands of Bangladeshi garment workers demanded justice on the third anniversary Sunday of one of the world's worst industrial disasters, the collapse of the Rana Plaza factory complex with the loss of over 1,100 lives.Survivors of...
BEIJING - China must be on guard against foreign infiltration through religion and stop "extremists"spreading their ideology, President Xi Jinping told a top-level meeting on managing religion, state media reported on Sunday.China must also manage the Internet to promote...
Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha has found nothing wrong about his nephew being given a post with the Third Army without having to undergo a recruitment exam."Every year, when posts become vacant, there are two systems for recruitment. One...
If you grew up in Singapore, you'd probably be familiar with the White Rabbit milk candy brand which not only had a strong presence in the schoolyard, it remains a mainstay of Chinese New Year goodies.While it is a...
Singapore has responded to remarks by Indonesian Vice-President Jusuf Kalla on an extradition agreement between the two countries, with a Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) spokesman yesterday describing them as "incorrect and misleading".Mr Kalla had told reporters in Jakarta...
North Korea on Saturday tested what appeared to be a submarine-launched ballistic missile in the Sea of Japan, the South Korean defence ministry said.“North Korea launched a projectile which was believed to be a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) around...
A teacher at a secondary school in Anhui, China, had to face the brunt of his students' anger, when they turned on him and beat him.A video of the incident was widely circulated on Chinese social media and video...
Beijing - A fire caused by an explosion at a chemical and fuel storage facility in the Chinese city of Jingjiang may affect thousands of nearby residents as well as key environmental resources, activists said Saturday.The initial blast Friday...
Beijing - A fire caused by an explosion at a facility storing chemicals and fuel that rocked the Chinese city of Jingjiang was finally put out on Saturday, 16 hours after it started, state media said.The initial blast, which...
PETALING JAYA - Malaysia's Health Ministry has started investigating claims by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that shrimp and prawns from Malaysia contained traces of banned antibiotics nitrofurans and chloramphenicol in shipments to the US, said...
