Tokyo - Japan on Saturday (Aug 6) marked 71 years since the city of Hiroshima was destroyed by a US atomic bomb, as its mayor urged the world to unite in abolishing nuclear weapons.The annual ceremony came just months...
A superb imperial matchlock musket will be sold at Sotheby's in London in November with an estimated price of 1.5 million pounds (S$2.5 million).
This rare and exquisitely produced musket is the first Chinese firearm with an imperial reign mark...
Marriage lies far in the future for many children, but one non-profit organisation in Japan has launched an initiative to have youngsters think about the prospect by watching mock weddings.
Other organisations are also trying to make young people consider...
GUJARAT - A CCTV camera caught a gang in India's Gujarat state stealing a cow - by forcing the animal into the back of a small white hatchback car, reported the Daily Mail.
Police are now hunting for the gang...
TOKYO - Protocol-conscious Japanese were on faux pas alert Thursday with Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte due to meet Emperor Akihito, the nation's most revered figure.
Duterte, who has made a habit of hurling sharp, even profane, insults at world figures,...
A British man and an Australian woman accused of violently bludgeoning a policeman to death on a popular Indonesian tourist strip will soon stand trial for his murder, an official said Tuesday.
David Taylor and Sara Connor face three separate...
BANGKOK - Thailand is making preparations for Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn to ascend the throne on Dec 1, two senior military sources with knowledge of the matter said.
The death of King Bhumibol Adulyadej on Oct 13 at the age...
RESIDENTS in Nellore district in Andra Pradesh, India, are living in fear after experiencing 24 earthquakes in the last six months, reported Malaysia Nanban.Nellore city is located on the banks of one of the major rivers in the state...
TAIPEI - A Taiwanese court has sentenced a former intelligence officer to 18 years in prison for reportedly working as a double agent and spying for China as relations worsen with Beijing.
Major Wang Tsung-wu was sentenced Thursday by Taiwan's...
China's top health authority will take steps in the next few years to improve maternal health, as mortality rates have risen following the adoption of the universal second-child policy in January.
The National Health and Family Planning Commission said that...
