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Taiwan votes in historic presidential election
Taiwanese voted for a new president Saturday, with the China-friendly Nationalist Party likely to lose power to the pro-independence opposition amid concerns ...Indonesian police arrests 12 people linked to Jakarta attack
Indonesia\'s police chief said on Saturday security forces have arrested 12 people linked to this week\'s attack by Islamic State militants in ...Trial begins for former Thai PM accused of mismanagement
Testimony has begun at the trial of former Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, who faces up to 10 years in prison on ...China shoots for first landing on dark side of the moon
China will launch a mission to land on the dark side of the moon in two years\' time, state media reported, in ...New Ebola death in Sierra Leone as WHO says epidemic over
Tropical disease experts in Sierra Leone scrambled Friday to investigate a new suspected death from Ebola announced just hours after west Africa ...Suspected Islamist gunmen hold hostages at hotel in Burkina capital
Security forces battled suspected Islamist fighters who were holding hostages at hotel used by foreigners in Burkina Faso\'s capital on Friday, gendarmes ...Pakistani boy cuts off own hand after blasphemy mistake
A 15-year-old Pakistani boy cut off his own hand believing he had committed blasphemy, only to be celebrated by his parents and ...German town bans male asylum seekers from public pools
A town in Germany has banned male asylum seekers from public swimming pools after complaints from women that they were being harassed ...Austria says to turn back migrants aiming to pass through Germany
Austria said on Friday it would deny entry to migrants intending to pass through its northern neighbor Germany rather than apply for ...Pakistan PM vows to eradicate honour killings after Oscar nod
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif vowed Pakistan would eradicate "evil" honour killings as he congratulated director Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy on her Oscar nomination for ...




