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Pastor arrested for drug smuggling Sapa | 12 May, 2013 14:10 Under arrest. File photo. Image by: MIKE SEGAR / REUTERS A Western Cape pastor has been arrested for allegedly trying to smuggle drugs at the Buffeljags correctional services centre in Swellendam, the department of correctional...

Bangladesh braces for unrest as judges prepare war crime verdict A student activist puts black scarves on the eyes of Shoparjito Shadhinota, a sculpture that represented all sections of people in Bangladesh's liberation War in 1971, demanding capital punishment for Bangladesh's...

Sex crimes soar in US military According to new Pentagon report, 6.1 percent of active duty women say they experienced unwanted sexual contact in 2012. Last Modified: 08 May 2013 01:07<object id="flashObj" classid="clsid:D <embed...

A young Indian girl walks a tightrope to earn a living at Marina Beach in Chennai on July 19, 2009. Child labor in India is a human rights issue where the exploitation of young children for labor is often an accepted practice and perceived as a necessity to alleviate poverty. India accounts for...

Malaysia government condemns Anwar ahead of opposition rally KUALA LUMPUR | Wed May 8, 2013 3:30am EDT (Reuters) - Malaysia's government accused opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim of "fomenting division" and planning to cause unrest at a rally planned for Wednesday night to protest alleged vote...

Bank of China closes account of key North Korean bank By Heng Xie and Megha Rajagopalan BEIJING | Tue May 7, 2013 4:18pm EDT (Reuters) - Bank of China Ltd has shut the account of North Korea's main foreign exchange bank, which was hit with U.S. sanctions in March after Washington accused it of...

Saudis arrested over blast at Tanzania church Officials say six people, including four Saudis, held in connection with attack that left two dead and 30 injured. Last Modified: 06 May 2013 13:07 The deadly attack on the church is one of the first such incidents to hit Tanzania [Reuters]...

Forget the Everest brawl: the real story is how Sherpas are taking control Last week's clash did not come out of the blue. More than 60 years ago, Tenzing Norgay was campaigning for the rights of his people, who are now more confident and outspoken The Observer, Sunday 5 May 2013 Sir Edmund...

Malaysia opposition has narrow lead ahead of election KUALA LUMPUR | Fri May 3, 2013 7:34am EDT (Reuters) - Malaysia's opposition enjoys a very narrow lead over the long ruling National Front for the first time in a key poll issued on Friday, two days before an election in the Southeast...

Kaohsiung mom honored for care of daughter with aging syndrome Staff Reporter 2013-05-01 08:51 Chen Pei-an says she wants her daughter to experience life to the fullest extent possible. (File photo/Lee Yi) A Kaohsiung mother as been honored by the Taiwan Disabled-free Association on April 29...

Xiao i takes Apple to court over Siri voice assistant Staff Reporter 2013-05-01 16:19 The Xiao i Robot demonstrated at an exhibition in Shanghai. (Photo/CFP) Xiao i Robot of Shanghai has spent the last year trying to bring Apple to court, and finally succeeded at the end of March when the...

Zhejiang woman abducted and assaulted for posting pollution photo Staff Reporter 2013-04-30 16:23 A factory pours out black smoke in Shandong province. (Photo/CNS) A netizen from Zhejiang province in eastern China who posted photographs of air pollution caused by a local factory was...

India Nandankanan zoo shut after wild tiger intrusion By Sanjaya Jena Bhubaneshwar Wildlife officials say the intruder has been roaming around the enclosure of a tigress, indicating its mating urge Authorities in India have closed a zoo to visitors after a male tiger from the wild entered...

Powerful quake strikes off Azores archipelago LISBON | Tue Apr 30, 2013 3:25am EDT (Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 6 struck in the Atlantic Ocean 38 miles east of Ponta Delgada in Portugal's Azores archipelago on Tuesday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, but local authorities...

Little hope of more survivors as Bangladesh toll nears 400 By Ruma Paul and Serajul Quadir DHAKA | Mon Apr 29, 2013 7:09am EDT (Reuters) - Rescue officials in Bangladesh said on Monday they were unlikely to find more survivors in the rubble of a factory building that collapsed last week...

Japan's ANA takes its first 787 back into the air since grounding TOKYO | Sun Apr 28, 2013 12:55am EDT (Reuters) - All Nippon Airways (9202.T), the Japanese launch customer for Boeing Co's (BA.N) 787, flew its first Dreamliner in more than three months on Sunday to test reinforced batteries...

Chinese official sacked after 'citizen journalists' expose extravagant banquet Video and pictures of lavish dinner emerge after campaigners gatecrash event hosted by Communist boss in Jiangsu province Jonathan Kaiman in Beijing guardian.co.uk, Thursday 25 April 2013 10.20 BST A video grab...

Anime Air: Spring Airlines dresses flight attendants in cosplay Staff Reporter 2013-04-23 09:32 The maid costumes were inspired by Japanese manga and anime. (Photo/Xinhua) Spring Airlines, a Shanghai-based budget airline, has taken unique measures to draw passengers, now requiring its...

Chen Shui-bian attempts suicide over hospital relocation Staff Reporter 2013-04-21 08:56 DPP Legislator Chiu Yi-ying kicks in the minister of justice's door to protest Chen's unannounced relocation. (File photo/Liu Tsung-lung) Taiwan's jailed former president Chen Shui-bian is understood to...