Far East

SINGAPORE: A former Indian-origin Singaporean lawyer, M Ravi was sentenced on Friday to 14 weeks' jail and fined SGD 5,500 (USD 4,120) for his latest string of crimes that involved pushing or injuring strangers and acquaintances - including…

TAIPEI: Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te said Tuesday "a threat from China to any country is a threat to the world", emphasizing to lawmakers of more than 20 countries that global democracies must unite against "authoritarian expansion".…

VIENTIANE: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday called on Laos Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone and raised the issue of trafficking of Indian nationals through cyber scam centres in the Southeast Asian country and discussed…

MANILA: A Philippine-flagged tanker carrying 1.4 million litres of industrial fuel oil capsized and sank off Manila on Thursday, authorities said, as they raced to contain a spill. The MT Terra Nova was heading for the central city of…

MANILA: After escalating South China Sea clashes with Beijing, President Ferdinand Marcos stated Monday that the Philippines "cannot yield" in territorial disputes. Manila and Beijing have long disputed portions of the key waterway that…

HANOI: Nguyen Phu Trong, Vietnam's most powerful contemporary leader and architect of the country's largest anti-corruption campaign, died Friday at the age of 80, state media said. During Trong's 13 years as general secretary of the…

Manila; Seven suspected rebels have been killed in a clash in Nueva Ecija province, north of Manila, the Philippine military said on Thursday. In a report, the military said that the fighting broke out between a band of the New…

Hanoi; Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Hanoi for a state visit following a meeting with Kim Jong Un in North Korea, the Russian presidency said. Putin is visiting the Vietnam capital at the invitation of General…

Mayor Hsu Chen-wei said 48 residential buildings were damaged in Wednesday's quake, some of which were tilting at precarious angles with their ground floors crushed.

In 2023, 13 defectors fled to the South by sea, the Unification Ministry said, noting it was indicative of "worsening situations in North Korea".

Mateen's father is Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, the world's longest-reigning monarch and once the richest man on the planet.

Having at least one son was a strong desire influencing fertility preferences in South Korea, especially up through the early years of 21st century. And the declining fertility rate posed a problem.

Recent surveys show more than half of South Koreans want dog meat banned and a majority no longer eat it. But one in every three South Koreans still opposes a ban even though they don't consume it.

South Korean media cited witnesses as saying the man used a knife-like weapon to stab Lee’s neck.

Kim said he would no longer seek reconciliation and reunification with South Korea, noting the "persisting uncontrollable crisis situation" which he said was triggered by Seoul and Washington.

The fast-food chain emphasizes it does not endorse the Middle East conflict and seeks damages for false allegations.

The navy ship KRI Bontang-907 located the boat about 63 nautical miles (72 miles) off the Indonesian coast and drove it out, "ensuring that the boat did not return to Indonesian waters."

Israel's relentless bombardment and ground invasion of the Gaza Strip have killed at least 21,110 people, mostly women and children, according to the latest toll from Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry.