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North Korea executes 80 in brutal public killings. (Photo: Youtube grab)

North Korea conducts public executions for theft, watching South Korea...

Defectors from the North have previously testified to having witnessed public executions and rights abuses at detention...

19 July 2017 6:55 AM GMT

Myanmar military finds wreckage of plane, bodies. (Photo: File)

Bad weather brought down Myanmar army plane, say investigators

A large-scale search and rescue operation found no survivors and at least 83 bodies were pulled from the sea.

19 July 2017 5:59 AM GMT

Police and military officials said the attack did not appear to be targeted as the unit were traveling in civilian clothes in unmarked vehicles. (Photo: Representational/AFP)

Philippine presidential guards wounded in attack by Maoist rebels

Brigadier-General Dagoy said the New People's Army guerillas opened fire on the presidential guards and were wearing...

19 July 2017 5:20 AM GMT

He said he started dressing as a woman after his mother began showing signs of mental illness following the death of her daughter, the Telegraph reported. (Representational Image)

Man dresses as dead sister for 20 years

The first time I dressed as a woman she was so happy, so I kept doing it, Chinese man said.

18 July 2017 9:00 PM GMT

Pakistans media regulator has launched a crackdown on companies airing Indian television channels and content. (Photo: AP/Representational)

Now watch Indian tele-soaps in Pak: Lahore court lifts ban

Granting permission to private television channels to screen Indian teleplays, the Lahore declared PEMRA's ban as null...

18 July 2017 3:08 PM GMT

Married couples receive state grants for first-time purchases of government apartments. (Photo: Representational/File)

Singapore voids marriage after husband's sex change: report

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has said the country is not yet ready for same-sex marriage since society is still...

18 July 2017 10:41 AM GMT

Rodrigo Duterte has said he is on the right track regarding human rights and has never instructed security forces to kill suspects who were not resisting arrest. (Photo: AP)

Philippine president asks Congress to keep martial law until end of...

Duterte has praised Marcos on numerous occasions and critics say he relishes being likened to a dictator, which plays...

18 July 2017 7:50 AM GMT

The Centre told the Supreme Court that around 3,500 websites hosting child pornographic content have been blocked. (Representational Image)

China closes 73 illegal live streaming platforms in six months

Two principal suspects, surnamed Fang and Qi, were arrested and 22 people have been put into detention.

17 July 2017 12:58 PM GMT

South Korean President Moon Jae-in, speaks during the 37th annual May 18 Democratic Uprising memorial at the Gwangju National Cemetery in Gwangju, South Korea. (Photo: AP)

South Korea makes 1st formal approach for military talks with...

The South Korean Red Cross proposed talks with the North to discuss reunions of families separated during the Korean...

17 July 2017 3:34 AM GMT

The Japanese Coast Guard said this is the first confirmed entry by Chinese government vessels into the area. (Photo: AFP/

Amid tensions, Chinese ships enter Japanese waters for first time

The Japan Coast Guard asked the ships to leave the waters, though it did not clarify whether it considered their...

16 July 2017 12:58 PM GMT

The Chinese have been eyeing the Doka La plateau since any troops stationed there will be away from visible observation and beyond artillery range of Indian forces either based in North or north-east Sikkim.

Sikkim row: No room for negotiations, situation could get worse, says...

India will face embarrassment' if it does not withdraw its troops from Dokalam region, Chinese state media said.

16 July 2017 3:59 AM GMT

China says the body of Liu Xiaobo, who died this week after a battle with liver cancer, has been cremated. The government of the city of Shenyang in northeastern China, where Liu was treated, said in a briefing that the cremation took place Saturday morning in a ceremony attended by family and friends. (Photo: AP)

China cremates body of jailed Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo

The wife and other family members of China's best-known political prisoner have been closely guarded by Chinese...

15 July 2017 3:06 AM GMT