BANGKOK — In junta-ruled Thailand, the simple act of reading in public has become an act of resistance. On Saturday evening in Bangkok, a week and...
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea said Saturday it has sentenced a South Korean Baptist missionary to hard labor for life for allegedly spying and trying...
LUCKNOW, India — Police arrested a third suspect Saturday in the gang rape and slaying of two teenage cousins found hanging from a tree in northern...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand – A Filipina woman was allegedly killed by a 27-year-old-man in what seemed to be a ‘random’ attack in New Zealand. Blessie Gotingco,...
KUWAIT – A Filipina working as a household help was accused of being a witch and was beaten up by her male Kuwaiti employer. “Sarah,” not...
DONETSK, Ukraine — The question of fighters from Russia loomed over the insurgency in eastern Ukraine on Wednesday, as separatists acknowledged the support they are getting...
BANGKOK — The last time Thailand’s army seized power, in 2006, some called it “the smiling coup.” Residents of Bangkok who supported the overthrow of an...
SAN FRANCISCO — The National Park Service is launching an initiative to make places and people of significance to the history of lesbian, gay, transgender and...
BEIJING — China is targeting popular smartphone-based instant messaging services in a month-long campaign to crack down on the spreading of rumors and what it calls...
NEW YORK — Maya Angelou, a modern Renaissance woman who survived the harshest of childhoods to become a force on stage, screen, the printed page and...