BEIJING: China’s navy has launched its first self-propelled floating dock, giving it the ability to repair warships far from the…

BANGKOK: Five Cambodian fisherman have confessed to raping and assaulting French tourists on an isolated Thai beach, Cambodia’s foreign ministry…

HONG KONG: Four of the five Hong Kong booksellers who went missing in October appeared on Chinese television confirming for…

KOROR, PALAU: The tiny Pacific nation of Palau has welcomed a pledge from Japanese charities to supply a large patrol…

VATICAN CITY: “Spotlight,” the Oscar-winning film about sex abuse in the Catholic Church, faithfully portrays how the Church tried to…

JAKARTA: One of Indonesia’s oldest red-light districts was demolished yesterday in an operation overseen by hundreds of police and troops,…

BEIJING: A knife-wielding assailant hacked at children outside the school gate in China yesterday, wounding 10 before killing himself, police…

GENEVA: The UN human rights chief yesterday warned that thousands may have died of starvation during sieges affecting nearly half…