Woman With Knife Injures 14 Children at Western China School
BEIJING — A knife-wielding assailant injured 14 children at a kindergarten in the western Chinese city of Chongqing on Friday, police reported. The attacker,...
Man Held in Case of Pipe Bombs Targeting Trump Critics
WASHINGTON — Federal authorities took a man into custody Friday in Florida in connection with the mail-bomb scare that earlier widened to 12 suspicious packages,...
US Sanctions Singapore Companies Over N Korea Dealings
WASHINGTON — The United States imposed sanctions Thursday on the Singapore-based director of a commodities company accused of laundering money for North Korea through...
Mass Rally to Promote Moderate Islam in Indonesia Canceled
JAKARTA — Organizers of an Indonesian movement to promote a moderate brand of Islam have canceled a mass rally after its youth supporters burned...
Philippine Island Once Called ‘Cesspool’ Reopens to Visitors
BORACAY, Philippines — Boatloads of tourists sailed to tiny Boracay island Friday on the first day Philippine officials reopened the resort to visitors after...
South Korean War on ‘Fake News’ Raises Concern of Censorship
SEOUL, South Korea — While governments around the world ponder how to deal with the explosion of "fake news," South Korea has come out...
Life Sentences For 7 Men Who Gang-Raped Teen in Phang Nga
PHANG GNA — A court convicted 11 men and sentenced them to lengthy jail terms Thursday for raping a 14-year-old girl in Phang Nga province last year.
Police Arrest Suspect of Hit-and-Run that Killed Filipino
CHACHOENGSAO — A driver accused of fatally hitting a Filipino cyclist with his van was arrested Thursday afternoon in eastern Thailand.
Miss Grand Thailand Reaches Top 20
YANGON — Thailand’s representative to the Miss Grand International pageant was among 20 contestants in the contest’s final round Thursday night.
Miss Grand Thailand Nam-oi...
Court Keeps Indonesia Woman Irked by Noisy Mosque in Prison
MEDAN, Indonesia — A High Court on Thursday upheld an 18-month prison sentence for a woman convicted of blasphemy in Indonesia after complaining about...
