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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

After he came out of jail in 2015, Calvin started using Silk Road and other similar websites to buy drugs in bulk. It was an easy way to procure large quantities of drugs for him. (Representational image)

Indian-Origin man executed for trafficking drugs

Prabagaran Srivijayan was sentenced to death in 2014 after he was caught with 22.24 grams of diamorphine while trying to...

14 July 2017 9:22 PM GMT

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, is accompanied by Pak Pong Ju, right, Hwang Pyong So, second left, as he arrives for the official opening of the Ryomyong residential area, in Pyongyang, North Korea. (Photo: AP/File)

N Korea may have more nuclear bomb fuel than thought: US think tank

Pyongyang said its penultimate test in January 2016 was of a hydrogen bomb, something experts have treated with...

14 July 2017 2:16 PM GMT

Kim Jong Un also has said North Korea is close to an ICBM test-launch. (Photo: AP)

North Korea to take 'corresponding measures' if UN adopts sanctions

ICBM test was an exercise of its legitimate right to self-defense against nuclear threat from the United States, said N...

14 July 2017 1:19 PM GMT

Irans air force still heavily depends on domestically modified versions of long-outdated warplanes. (Photo: AFP)

China flies six warplanes over Japanese islands, says 'get used to

The Miyako Strait is between Japan's islands of Miyako and Okinawa, to the northeast of self-ruled Taiwan, which China...

14 July 2017 12:13 PM GMT

A man mourns late Chinese Nobel Peace laureate Liu Xiaobo outside the Chinese liaison office in Hong Kong. (Photo: AP)

Chinese censors scrub emoji tributes to Nobel winner

On the Weibo mobile app, however, the candle was still available but attempts to post it were blocked saying 'content is...

14 July 2017 8:51 AM GMT