Chinese among Borneo shipwreck survivors, six people missing -Malaysia
Malaysian rescuers on Sunday found 23 Chinese tourists and two crewmembers alive after their boat sank in rough seas off the coast of Borneo a day earlier, but five Chinese…
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Pakistan acquits 112 in case of torching Christian homes over blasphemy rumour
A Pakistani court acquitted 112 suspects in the 2013 torching of hundreds of Christian homes in the eastern city of Lahore over a rumour that one of the residents there…
16-year-old boy chops up 9-year-old boy and eats his body parts
Kumar, centre, with red top, allegedly confessed to the brutal killing People were shocked to learn that a teenager chopped up a young boy and ate his body parts, according…
Mother gives birth to baby boy with 4 legs and 2 manhoods
Boy born with 4 legs and 2 manhoods A young woman in India, gave birth to a deformed baby boy, who was born with extra legs and an extra manhood,…
Woman arrested in Bangkok airport for having 57 packets of cocaine in her stomach
Iuliia Makushova with the drugs A woman was taken to a hospital after an X-ray machine detected something in her stomach. 32-year-old Luliia Makushova, was arrested after she raised suspicion…
Kazakh leader says to devolve some powers to parliament, cabinet
Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev will delegate some of his sweeping powers to the Central Asian nation’s parliament and cabinet, he said on Jan. 25, a move that could facilitate an…
Indonesia to probe arms smuggling claims against peacekeepers in Sudan
REUTERS photo Indonesia will on Wednesday send a team to Sudan to investigate allegations that its peacekeepers stationed there with the United Nations tried to smuggle arms out of the…
North Korean elite ‘turning against leader Kim’
Thae Yong-ho, the former North Korean deputy ambassador to London, reacts during a news conference at the Government Complex in Seoul The North Korean elite are outwardly expressing their discontent…
After US exit, Asian nations try to save TPP trade deal
Australia and New Zealand said on Tuesday they hope to salvage the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) by encouraging China and other Asian nations to join the trade pact after US President…
Mother who found 400 pairs of stolen women’s underwear in son’s room hands them over to police
Police officers were surprised when a mother walked into their station and handed them 400 pairs of women’s underwear, according to police in Japan. Chuo police said that they have…