Thailand vows strict tourist oversight after public sex incidents
Thailand vowed on Wednesday to tighten oversight of tourists’ behaviour after a series of incidents involving foreigners caught having sex in public, warning they...
Indonesian captain among crew held as Somali pirates strike again in Horn of Africa
A chilling voice note from her husband was all the warning Indonesian housewife Shanty Shanaya received of his impending kidnapping in some of the...
27 held, HK$3.3m fuel seized as Hong Kong cracks down on illegal sales by triads
Published: 7:17pm, 6 May 2026Updated: 8:07pm, 6 May 2026 Hong Kong authorities have arrested 27 people and seized more than 21,000 litres of illicit...
Japan online shops probed after listing schoolgirls’ old indoor shoes for sale at up to US$320
Published: 7:07pm, 6 May 2026Updated: 8:18pm, 6 May 2026 Battered school indoor shoes, reportedly worn by graduating schoolgirls, have appeared in online shops in...
Deadly Blast in China’s Fireworks Capital, Dozens Reduced to Ashes—What’s Happening in China?
On May 4 at 4:00 PM, an explosion occurred at the Huasheng Fireworks Manufacturing and Display Company in Liuyang, Changsha, Hunan. In an instant,...
What the BJP’s historic West Bengal victory means for Modi’s India
After his party’s stunning conquest of West Bengal, Narendra Modi stands at a juncture that would have seemed implausible mere months ago. The prime...
Hong Kong police launch investigation after man and woman found dead in flat
Published: 6:51pm, 6 May 2026Updated: 6:53pm, 6 May 2026 Hong Kong police have launched an investigation after a man and a woman were found...
Malaysia seeks to charge 2 over US$278 million Arm semiconductor deal
Malaysia’s anti-corruption agency is seeking to charge two unnamed individuals over a 1.1 billion ringgit (US$278 million) semiconductor deal with British chip designer Arm...
Hongkongers to pay only HK$240 a year for leukaemia drug after system shake-up
More than 400 cancer patients are set to benefit from Hong Kong health authorities’ decision to subsidise a leukaemia drug, and will go from...