Most Filipino women think a woman’s place is in the home, survey finds
The Philippines ranks among Asia’s most gender-equal societies by several international measures. Yet ask Filipino women where they truly belong and most will still...
Iran to turn bombed girls’ school into museum commemorating US ‘crimes’
Iran plans to convert the girls’ school that was bombed on the first day of the war into a museum commemorating the nearly 200...
Google to open Gemini chatbot to all Hong Kong users amid city’s AI push
Tech giant Google will gradually roll out its generative AI services to all users in Hong Kong starting with the Gemini web app before...
How China ethnic minority groups use chicken bones of small roosters to predict fortunes
Ethnic minority groups in China have long relied on a gruesome method to predict their fortunes: beating a rooster to death and reading its...
No ships cross Strait of Hormuz for first time since conflict began, data shows
Maritime tracking data showed that no ships passed through the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, marking the first full day since the Middle East...
Senior Hong Kong policeman denies molesting clerk in indecent assault case
A senior Hong Kong police officer has denied molesting a government clerk at the force’s headquarters more than a year ago. Senior Superintendent Ian...
Confusion over Malaysia-US trade deal as ‘null and void’ claim retracted
Malaysia’s government has been forced onto the defensive over its much-touted tariff deal with the United States, after a minister walked back an earlier...
Dubai flights disrupted after drone attack near airport; missile kills 1 in Abu Dhabi
Missiles and drone attacks hit across the UAE on Monday, with a drone-related incident sparking a fuel tank fire near Dubai airport that disrupted...
2 dead after Japanese school trip boats capsize off US military base site in Okinawa
Two boats carrying 21 people capsized on Monday off Henoko, a controversial relocation site for a US military base off Japan’s southern island of...