SEOUL - North Korea has deployed one or two intermediate-range ballistic missiles on the east coast, possibly preparing for launch on or around Friday, the anniversary of the birth of the country's founder, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported.A...
YANGON - A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck Myanmar on Wednesday, causing tremors around the region, including in neighbouring Bangladesh where scores were reported injured in stampedes and buildings were damaged.The quake, which took place at a depth of 134...
BANDA ACEH - An elderly Christian woman has been caned in a conservative Indonesian province for selling alcohol, the first time someone from outside the Islamic faith has been punished there under strict religious laws.The 60-year-old was whipped nearly...
Beijing - Beijing has summoned top diplomatic representatives from the Group of Seven nations to express anger at their statement on the South China Sea, the foreign ministry said Wednesday."China summoned the diplomatic envoys of relevant countries," foreign ministry...
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Beijing - A Chinese court ruled against two men seeking to marry, it said Wednesday, as more sexual minorities push for equal rights in the country.Sun Wenlin, 27, sued a civil affairs bureau after it refused to grant him...
SHANGHAI - Police in Shenzhen have started collecting information from the city's peer-to-peer (P2P) lenders, as part of a campaign to regulate China's fast-growing but risk-fraught online financing sector, the official Securities Times reported.Shenzhen's move came after the collapse...
Beijing - Kenyan police will deport 45 Taiwanese to mainland China where they face investigation for fraud, Chinese state media said on Wednesday after Taipei blasted Beijing for "abducting" its citizens.Taipei said this week that Beijing had "illegally" pressured...
Don't get time for beauty treatment due to busy schedule? Well, here's a female who has found an ingenious way to squeeze time.A woman was spotted riding the subway wearing a black facial mask in Ningbo, Zhejiang province, reported...
Banda Aceh, Indonesia (AFP) - An elderly Christian woman has been caned in a conservative Indonesian province for selling alcohol, the first time someone from outside the Islamic faith has been punished there under strict religious laws.The 60-year was...
Hong Kong - A British lecturer who taught in Hong Kong has been found dead in mainland China and was "possibly" murdered, police said, with fears his disappearance three weeks ago was linked to a million-dollar property deal.Local media...
