Manny Pacquiao, arguably the greatest boxing star in the history of the Philippines, has become the nation’s newest senator, running on a pro-Christian, anti-poverty platform. The election victory this Monday likely cements his decision to retire from the ring.
With 70 percent of votes tallied, Rodrigo Duterte – a populist candidate running on a zero tolerance anti-crime platform – is five million votes ahead of his closest competitor and expected to ultimately win the presidency of the Philippines.
A new report out of North Korea claims that the government of dictator Kim Jong-un has banned weddings, funerals, major assemblies, and entering and exiting the capital, Pyongyang, as the nation prepares for the first Workers’ Party Congress in 36 years.
North Korea officials and leaders have kept “Pleasure Squads,” with girls as young as 13 years old, to give the men sex, massages, or to sing and dance while partially clothed, according to defectors.
South Korean military officials have obtained satellite photos of what appears to be a replica of Seoul’s presidential office, the Blue House (Cheongwadae), built in North Korea, apparently intended to be used for missile target practice.
The gay rights activists hacked to death in Bangladesh this week never sought police protection despite numerous death threats because they feared police backlash as much as a terrorist assault, friends claim.
The Ansar al-Islam, the Bangladesh branch of the al-Qaeda in Indian Sub-Continent (AQIS), has claimed responsibility for the death of at least three secular writers hacked to death in the past year, including the murder this week of the editor of an LGBT magazine.
Attackers have killed three more people in Bangladesh, including the editor of the country’s only LGBT magazine.
The Chinese Communist Party held its first conference on religious freedom this weekend, in which President Xi Jinping demanded that “unyielding Marxist atheists” impose communism onto the nation’s religious groups. The meeting follows months of growing tensions between the communists in Beijing and blossoming Christian and Muslim underground communities.
Rodrigo Duterte, the frontrunner in this year’s Philippine presidential election, promised voters in a debate Sunday night that he would ride into the disputed territories of the South China Sea on a jet ski and plant the flag of the Philippines on the Spratly Islands, where China has built advance military infrastructure.
China warned women to beware of handsome dangerous spies in a new comic called “Dangerous Love” to promote “National Security Education Day.”
Rodrigo Duterte, currently the frontrunner in this year’s Philippine presidential elections, has vowed to “sever” ties with the United States over their criticism of a joke he made about an Australian rape victim. The threat comes at a time of high tensions in the South China Sea, where the U.S. is aiding the Philippines in keeping China from usurping much of its territory.
Philippines presidential candidate Rodrigo Duterte has refuted a report claiming he apologized for discussing the attractiveness of an Australian victim of gang rape, saying he will “never” apologize.
A YouTube video has emerged that shows Philippine presidential candidate Rodrigo Duterte joking about a rape in 1989.
Reports coming out of North Korea indicate that Pyongyang has enacted further crackdowns on culture throughout the country, with sources inside the country saying the government has now banned piercings and “Western” clothing.
TOKYO (AFP) – People trapped under buildings that collapsed in Japan’s double earthquakes used social media to chat to friends and keep their spirits up while they awaited rescue, reports said on Sunday (April 17). Networking apps like Line and
The latest issue of Islamic State magazine Dabiq features two pieces calling for more jihadists activities in Bangladesh, where a string of lynching of secular bloggers indicate popular support for Sharia law may be increasing.
Indonesian authorities have publicly caned an elderly Christian woman for selling alcohol. It is the first time they have punished anyone outside of Islam under Sharia Law.
A magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck southern Japan early on Saturday morning, triggering a tsunami advisory.
The North Korean government is calling a mass defection by 13 restaurant workers who fled to South Korea a “group abduction,” accusing Seoul of kidnapping their citizens “in broad daylight.”
The government of Taiwan is alleging that Chinese officials have kidnapped eight of its nationals after a Kenyan court acquitted them of fraud.
Reports out of North Korea suggest that at least two individuals, one of whom is a Chinese citizen, have been arrested attempting to cross the border into North Korea to execute an assassination plot against Kim Jong-un.
In Bangladesh, men attacked and hacked to death liberal blogger Nazimuddin Samad, 26, with machetes on Monday night.
The South Korean Defense Ministry has evidence that North Korea now possesses what is being described as a “large-caliber multiple launch rocket system” that could help them fulfill their repeated promises to “scorch” Seoul’s presidential palace “in a jiffy.”
China has asked their citizens to consider “eco-burials” for their late relatives as the nation runs out of graveyards.
A Chinese defense ministry spokesman warned the United States to “be careful” in the South China Sea following declarations from American Deputy Secretary of Defense Robert Work that the U.S. would not respect a unilaterally imposed exclusion zone in the disputed territory.
Incumbent Jakarta Governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama has asked the government to fire Ambassador to Japan Yusron Ihza Mahendra for a tweet in which the latter allegedly incited violence against ethnic Chinese people in Indonesia.
The government of North Korea has warned citizens through its official newspaper to prepare for another “arduous march,” using the term for the extreme famine that killed an estimated million citizens in the 1990s. The state-run Rodong Sinmun reminded all North Koreans they must be willing to die for dictator Kim Jong-un if necessary.
A man attacked and beheaded a four-year-old girl in Taiwan as she and her mother headed to a metro station in Taipei.
An Indian model was found dead hanging from a ceiling fan this week. Her suicide note accuses her husband of consistent abuse, calling her marriage the “biggest mistake of her life.”
A propaganda video published by the North Korean government called “Last Chance” depicts a nuclear strike on Washington, D.C.
Police in Malaysia announced this week the arrest of fifteen people suspected of fundraising, recruiting, and attempting to purchase and amass bomb-making materials for the Islamic State (ISIS/IS/Daesh) terrorist group. One of those arrested is a police officer.
Bangladesh authorities have confirmed they found the Zika virus in a blood sample from an elderly man who did not leave the country.
After a dramatic incident at sea that resulted in the arrest of a Chinese fishing crew trespassing in the waters of Indonesia, China protested Indonesia had no right to intervene on what has long been a “traditional Chinese fishing ground.”
An Indian man beheaded his sister-in-law after claiming to find evidence of her involvement in witchcraft and black magic.
A pop star known for her pink hair and controversial outfit choices is the biggest name on a long list of independent legislative candidates in Vietnam, hoping through sheer numbers to force the Communist Party to accept dissidence in the National Assembly.
A politically engaged Chinese journalist has disappeared on his way to Hong Kong. His friends believe authorities abducted him due to an open letter he wrote that demanded President Xi Jinping resign.
Data from the state of Jharkhand, India, shows a total of more than 127 woman lynched by angry crowds after being accused of witchcraft between 2012 and 2014.
In a joint statement, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his counterpart President Taur Matan Ruak of East Timor noted their “serious concern” that the Chinese government is expanding its control over disputed territory in the South China Sea too aggressively.
An Indian family hacked to death a 22-year-old man after he married their higher caste daughter.
