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One month after super typhoon, Philippines faces huge challenges AFP December 8, 2013, 7:07 pm Tacloban (Philippines) (AFP) - A month after one of the strongest typhoons ever recorded hit the Philippines, masses of survivors are living amid rubble in rebuilt shanty homes and experts say...

Philippine police banned from 'selfies' in typhoon area AFP December 8, 2013, 6:06 pm Manila (AFP) - Philippine policemen taking part in relief operations after Super Typhoon Haiyan have been banned from posting "selfies" taken in the disaster zone, a police official said Sunday. The police...

School teacher fired for gay wedding AP December 8, 2013, 5:24 pm A gay teacher at a Catholic high school in The US was fired after he applied for a marriage licence. AAP Michael Griffin was fired from Holy Ghost Preparatory School after administrators said his obtaining a licence to marry...

Agence France-Presse December 2, 2013 08:36 Urinating robot leads up Turner prize nominees Life Model, by David Shrigley’s Life Model, for example, is a wildly proportioned, jug-eared, two-metre-tall nude male animatron. Visitors are invited to sit and draw the model and apparently they have...

France holds 45 in arms trafficking arrests Published: 02 Dec 2013 13:47 GMT+01:00 Updated: 02 Dec 2013 13:47 GMT+01:00 France on Monday arrested 45 people suspected of trafficking weapons from the Balkans since 2009. Photo: Lionel Bonaventure France arrested 45 people on Monday in a...

Chinese man stabs himself in front of Presidential Office (update) Central News Agency 2013-11-12 10:34 PM The Presidential Office. (CNA file photo) Taipei, Nov. 12 (CNA) A Chinese tourist was rushed to a hospital Tuesday after he apparently tried to commit suicide Tuesday...

'Singles Day' sends shoppers on spending spree By Katherine Wei , The China Post November 12, 2013, 12:10 am TWN TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Shoppers in Taiwan and China sprang into action over the weekend, sending the sales of online shopping sites rocketing as the annual Singles Day (光棍節) rolled...

Official removed over wave deaths By Joy Lee ,The China Post November 12, 2013, 12:10 am TWN TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Director of Northeast and Yilan Coast National Scenic Area Hsu Cheng-long (許正隆) yesterday agreed to be transferred to another position after his statement regarding the rogue wave...

Google suffered a huge setback when an appeals court said the company will have to fight a huge privacy case over its Street View technology. The 22 people suing Google say it violated the Wiretap Act by tapping into data from private Wi-Fi networks to create street views. Google tried to get...

Thousands march in Taiwan for same-sex marriage AFP October 26, 2013, 9:41 pm Taipei (AFP) - Tens of thousands of people rallied in Taiwan on Saturday in Asia's largest gay parade, organisers said, as the island's parliament was set to review a bill on same-sex marriages. Holding rainbow...

Arrested Chinese reporter 'confesses' on state TV AFP October 26, 2013, 7:54 pm Beijing (AFP) - A Chinese journalist arrested over a series of articles criticising a partly state-owned firm appeared on public television Saturday to apologise, with state media saying he admitted the articles...

NSA denies site was hacked, blames 'internal error' AFP October 26, 2013, 4:12 pm Washington (AFP) - The National Security Agency's website went down for several hours Friday, but the US spy service known for hacking into computer networks blamed the outage on a technical mistake. The...

Indian girl, 13, is gang-raped by three villagers and then burned alive The girl, from a village in Uttar Pradesh, died after suffering 80% burns She was set on fire by after she threatened to report her attackers By DAILY MAIL REPORTER PUBLISHED: 02:52 GMT, 24 October 2013 | UPDATED...

CIB busts criminal ring based in shaved ice store The China Post news staff October 24, 2013, 12:07 am TWN TAIPEI, Taiwan -- The Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB) recently busted a criminal ring based in a shaved ice store in Taipei's Shilin District, arresting 10 suspects including the...

Two ex-military officers charged as spies for China, passing on submarine secret By Joseph Yeh ,The China Post October 18, 2013, 12:05 am TWN TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Two retired military personnel yesterday were indicted for allegedly serving as Chinese spies, the Kaohsiung District Prosecutors...

Woman indicted for brutal killing of boyfriend's dog The China Post news staff October 24, 2013, 12:07 am TWN The Kaohsiung District Prosecutors Office yesterday indicted a woman surnamed Teng over violation of Animal Protection Act for allegedly killing her boyfriend's Chow Chow with a fruit...

Tibetan activists held after scaling U.N. to protest China record Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader The Dalai Lama greets the audience after speaking on ''The Virtue of Non-Violence'' at The Beacon Theatre in New York October 20, 2013. REUTERS/Darren Ornitz GENEVA | Tue Oct 22, 2013 6:08am EDT...

Ex BBC DJ Travis pleads not guilty to sex crimes Reuters October 22, 2013, 10:30 pm Former Radio 1 DJ, Dave Lee Travis, real name David Patrick Griffin, arrives at Southwark Crown Court in London October 22, 2013. REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett LONDON (Reuters) - One of Britain's best-known radio...

Shares in Spain's FCC soar after Bill Gates takes 6 percent stake Reuters October 22, 2013, 9:10 pm By Sonya Dowsett MADRID (Reuters) - Shares in Spanish builder FCC surged 13 percent to an 18-month high on Tuesday after the company announced late on Monday that Bill Gates, co-founder of...

Afghan businessman accused of channeling aid money to insurgency By Jessica Donati and Mirwais Harooni KABUL | Tue Oct 22, 2013 3:49am EDT (Reuters) - U.S. inspectors are on the trail of a successful Afghan businessman they believe has channeled millions of dollars in aid to the al...