HONG KONG, China– A Hong Kong airport ground worker was killed when he was hit by a towed aircraft on Tuesday, authorities said, a rare incident that prompted an arrest for dangerous driving. The unnamed victim, a 34-year-old Jordanian national working in Hong Kong, is believed to have...
This handout photo taken and released on January 19, 2024 by Thailand's Ministry of Education shows Thailand's Education Minister Permpoon Chidchob (R) meeting with North Korea's ambassador to Thailand Kim Je Bong in Bangkok. Thailand's Education Minister on February 6, 2024 has praised North...
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia– Thailand's chief negotiator hailed a positive atmosphere as peace talks resumed Tuesday aimed at ending a rumbling two-decade insurgency in the kingdom's deep south. A low-level conflict has dragged on in Thailand's southernmost provinces since 2004, with...
This photo taken on December 8, 2022 shows Taratera cannabis lab co-owner Kajkanit "Gem" Sakdisubha smelling a cannabis plant inside one of their medicinal cannabis dispensaries, The Dispensary by Taratera, in Bangkok. The Thai government will urgently move a bill to ban the recreational use of...
OSLO, Norway– Norway's Telenor has installed the southernmost mobile phone base station in the world in Antarctica, marking a breakthrough for data collection and the safety of researchers, the phone operator said Tuesday. At the 72nd parallel south, the installation -- located near the...
BANGKOK, Thailand—A Thai court handed down two-year suspended jail sentences to ex-prime minister candidate Pita Limjareont and seven others over their involvement in a 2019 protest, their lawyer said Monday, the latest hurdle thrown against the progressive lawmaker. (FILES) Thai politician...
TUMBRU, Bangladesh—At least two people were killed in Bangladesh Monday after mortar shells fired from Myanmar during clashes there landed across the border, as terrified residents reported heavy fighting and medics treated several with gunshot wounds. Local people carry a bullet wounded man...
BEIJING, China—Chinese-Australian dissident writer Yang Jun was Monday handed a suspended death sentence for espionage in China, Beijing said, five years after he was detained on a rare visit to his homeland. (FILES) Police officers stand outside the Beijing Second Intermediate People's...
SEOUL, South Korea—A South Korean court acquitted Samsung Electronics chief Lee Jae-yong on Monday of a raft of crimes linked to a controversial 2015 merger, Lee's lawyers said. Samsung Electronics chairman Lee Jae-yong (C) arrives to court for his ruling on the controversial 2015 merger...
LONDON, United Kingdom— Several dozen people rallied in London on Sunday to draw attention to women still being held hostage by Hamas and to the issue of sexual violence. Protesters hold placards and wave Israeli flags as they take part in a demonstration "Rape is NOT resistance" outside the...
PARIS, France—Paris voters on Sunday backed a proposal from the capital's socialist mayor Anne Hidalgo to triple parking charges on hefty SUV-style cars, according to official results from city hall. Paris' mayor Anne Hidalgo (L) casts her ballot at a polling station as Paris residents vote...
BELFAST, United Kingdom— British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Sunday embarked on a two-day visit to Northern Ireland, the day after Sinn Fein's Michelle O'Neill made history by becoming its first nationalist leader. Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaks with members of the crew as he...
