Vietnam Court Condemns 8 to Death for Heroin Trafficking
HANOI — Vietnamese state media say a court in Hanoi has condemned eight people to death for heroin trafficking.
High Water Sweeps Fire Truck Into a River, Leaving 5 Missing, as Tropical Storm...
BEIJING (AP) — High waters swept a fire truck into a river in southeastern China early Tuesday, leaving five crew members missing, local authorities...
Dutchman Jailed 3 Months in Myanmar for Silencing Sermon
MANDALAY, Myanmar — A Myanmar court sentenced a Dutch citizen to three months in prison Thursday for interfering with a religious observance by unplugging an amplifier blasting a late-night Buddhist sermon near his hotel in Mandalay, the country's cultural capital.
Hallmark’s Flip-Flop on Same-Sex Ads Backfires
NEW YORK (AP) — The Hallmark Channel’s decision to pull, then reinstate a commercial that featured a same-sex couple kissing shows how controversy can generate more publicity than simply ignoring it.
Duterte Says OK to Bomb Fleeing Militants and Their Hostages
MANILA — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said Wednesday he told his Indonesian and Malaysian counterparts that their forces can bomb fleeing Filipino militants and their kidnap victims at sea because the hostages "are not supposed to be there."
North Korea Claims Successful Test of Hypersonic Missile
SEOUL (AP) — North Korea says leader Kim Jong Un oversaw a successful flight test of a hypersonic missile he claimed would remarkably increase the country’s nuclear “war deterrent.”
South Korea Joins Thai-US Cobra Gold 2024’s Amphibious Exercise
CHONBURI - On March 1, 2024, Cobra Gold 2024’s amphibious exercise took place at Naval Training Field No. 15 in Hat Yao, Sattahip district,...
HK Democracy Activists Get Bail, Protest March Banned
HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong and another core member of a pro-democracy group were granted bail Friday after being charged with inciting people to join a protest in June, while authorities denied permission for a major march in what appears to be a harder line on this summer’s protests.
Myanmar To Open Its First Stock Market in October
YANGON (DPA) - Myanmar will open its first-ever stock market later this year, the deputy finance minister said Saturday.
Tensions Rise in Spain as King Criticizes Catalan Secession Vote
MADRID — Spain's top prosecutor is investigating more than 700 Catalan mayors for cooperating with a planned referendum on the region's independence after the nation's constitutional court ordered the vote put on hold, the prosecutor's office said Wednesday.
