Chinese actress Tang Wei is not obsessed about finding the right role for her future film project. For the "Lust, Caution" star, it is the people she works with on a
Japanese officials said yesterday that they were investigating the fatal shooting of a Japanese citizen in Bangladesh as a possible terrorist attack after the Islamic State group claimed responsibility for
A powerful bomb hidden in a parked motorcycle taxi exploded and hit the passing convoy of a vice mayor in the southern Philippines last week, killing four people and wounding
Singapore's government said yesterday that it has been holding two of its citizens since August for attempting to make their way to Syria to join the Islamic State group. Muhammad Shamin
Thousands of Filipino children, some as young as 9 years old, risk their lives by working in illegal, small-scale gold mines under terrifying conditions and the government has not done
Asia’s largest movie festival kicks off today at a time when the region’s influence on the global movie industry is on the rise. Entering its 20th year in the South Korean
Taliban gunmen fanned out in full force yesterday across a key Afghan city they captured the day before, as the U.S. military carried out an airstrike on Kunduz and President
Nepal is considering placing new age and fitness restrictions on people who want to climb Mount Everest, officials said yesterday, as the country looks to enhance safety on the mountain
China's president pledged billions in aid and said Beijing will forgive debts due this year in an effort to help the world's poorest nations, as world leaders begin to seek
The Thai captain of a seized cargo ship carrying an estimated USD2 million worth of seafood has been arrested in Indonesia on suspicion of illegal fishing, in the latest development linked
The Philippine government will investigate the reported involvement of paramilitary forces in deadly attacks against tribal communities in a conflict that has displaced hundreds of villagers in the south, the
The recent abductions of three Westerners and a Filipino woman from a southern Philippine resort are the latest reminder of the long-running security problems that have hounded a region with
A thickening, smoky haze cast a shadow over festivities in Singapore yesterday, as Muslims headed to mosques to celebrate the culmination of the annual hajj pilgrimage and Chinese readied for
When Jonathan Huynh heard the haunting story of two young Syrian boys and their mother fleeing their country and drowning when their small rubber boat capsized on its way to Greece,
Australian consumer confidence has jumped following the ouster of the country's unpopular prime minister last week by a moderate rival. The optimism of Australians rose 8.7 percent in the latest ANZ-Roy
An American charged with murder in the stabbing of a Seoul university student in 1997, who officials say had fled to the U.S., was extradited to South Korea yesterday to face
Eight people, including four believed to be ethnic Uighurs, have been detained in Malaysia for questioning in connection with last month's bombing of a shrine in Bangkok that killed 20
Bangladesh said it has met the conditions put forward by the United States for better safety and workers' rights in its factories that were essential to regain preferential trade status
Australia's new prime minister received a boost from a respected opinion poll yesterday, but the fallout lingers from a bitter party battle as the leader he ousted has attacked the
Protests against Nepal's new constitution were abating, Nepal said yesterday, just hours after police opened fire on a crowd and injured three in the east of the Himalayan nation. Curfews imposed
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