BANGKOK - An heir to the Red Bull fortune failed to meet with prosecutors in Bangkok on Thursday over an alleged hit-and-run that killed a police officer five years ago -- a case that has raised questions whether the...
TONDANO, Indonesia - In a remote corner of the Indonesian archipelago, a modest synagogue stands in a tiny Jewish community that has found acceptance despite rising intolerance in the world's most populous Muslim-majority country. The red-roofed building on Sulawesi island is...
PHUKET - The distraught Thai mother of a baby girl killed by her boyfriend in a murder he broadcast on Facebook Live has described the harrowing moment she stumbled across the video and rushed to alert police. The killing on...
KATHMANDU - Rescuers on Wednesday (April 26) found two Taiwanese trekkers who went missing in a remote mountainous part of Nepal seven weeks ago, but only one survived the ordeal. Liu Chen-chun, 19, died just three days before the rescue team...
A renegade fish on a mission to destroy humans landed a direct hit on a water skier in Japan recently. A member of the Waseda Waterski Team known as Miroku was water-skiing on the Tone River near the Kantō region...
In the heat of security and logistical preparations for the 30th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit, they apparently forgot one thing: portalets. The Philippine National Police scrambled on Wednesday to produce portable toilets after a ranking police official...
Over 950 people from around the world gathered Sunday at Lotte World Tower to do one thing: climb up 123 floors -- or 2,917 stairs to be exact. Gripping banisters and taking the stairs two at a time, the climbers...
A quiet northern town has been shocked by revelations that several government officials allegedly bought sex from underage girls for years. The abuse was uncovered when a former police informant found out late last year that her daughter was among...
Hundreds of people and some 1,000 wreaths packed the front porch of City Hall and its surrounding area on Wednesday to thank Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama and his deputy Djarot Saiful Hidayat for their leadership. The visitors, which...
ANTI-HUMAN trafficking police will seek arrest warrants for at least two more persons in connection with the alleged prostitution of minors in Mae Hong Son. Kornchai Klayklueng, commander of the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Division, declined to reveal the names of...
