A Chinese construction firm is under scrutiny after a skyscraper was the only major building to collapse in Bangkok. Read ...

A petition was submitted to the National Assembly, urging lawmakers to amend statutory rape laws to include ages 13 to 19.

More than 28 million people live in the six regions affected by the quake that struck on March 28. Read more at ...

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis’s convalescence has revived memories of the painful end of John Paul II’s life, highlighting the ...

MADRID - Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti is expected to appear in court on Wednesday for the first day of a trial in which ...

The bodies were detected after rescuers began using heavy machinery to remove concrete slabs from the rubble. Read more at ...

MANDALAY - Rescuers on April 2 pulled a man alive from the rubble five days after Myanmar’s devastating earthquake, as calls ...

JOHANNESBURG - South African opposition party the Economic Freedom Fighters has written to the speaker of parliament seeking ...

Thai semiconductor exports may face tariffs of 25 per cent from the United States. Read more at straitstimes.com.

HANOI - China's President Xi Jinping and European Union leaders are set to visit Vietnam in the next few weeks in a swirl of ...

Beijing’s efforts to cultivate consumption as a key growth engine are starting to pay off. Read more at straitstimes.com.

SINGAPORE - Four Dutchmen, who were crew members on Netherlands-flagged dredger Vox Maxima when it struck another vessel and ...