Hong Kong’s Vital Statistics
As Hong Kong prepares to mark 20 years since it was handed back to China by colonial power Britain, we take a look at the numbers that make the city: The number of people who live in Hong Kong. Parts...
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Militants Used Water Route To Beat Philippine Offensive
Islamist militants occupying parts of a southern Philippine city used a water route to bring in ammunition and evacuate wounded fighters, helping them withstand a five-week military offensive, the...
Abducted Priest Seen Alive As Islamists Hold Out In Philippines
A Roman Catholic priest abducted by Islamist militants who seized parts of a southern Philippine city has been seen alive, the military said Monday, as troops pressed on with their offensive. Air and...
Eid Truce In Philippines War-Torn City Ends
An eight-hour ceasefire in a Philippine city allowing residents to celebrate the end of Ramadan came to an abrupt end Sunday afternoon as the government continued its offensive against Islamist...
India’s Srikanth Stuns Chen To Win Australian Open Badminton
India's Kidambi Srikanth claimed a first victory over Olympic and two-time world champion Chen Long to win the Australian Open Superseries final in Sydney on Sunday. The 11th-ranked Srikanth...
AirAsia Plane ‘shaking Like Washing Machine’ Returns To Australia
An AirAsia flight to Malaysia was forced back to Australia Sunday due to a technical problem, with one passenger saying the plane was "shaking like a washing machine". The Airbus A330 from Perth to...
Alleged IS Militants Kill Police Officer In Indonesia
Two alleged Islamic State group militants stabbed a police officer to death in western Indonesia, authorities said Sunday, in the latest assault targeting officials in the world's most populous...
‘Dream Performance’ As Srikanth Sets Up Chen Badminton Final
India's Kidambi Srikanth blew away China's Shi Yuqi with a "dream" performance to set up an Australian Open final against Olympic champion Chen Long on Saturday. The 11th-ranked Srikanth beat Shi,...
World Poverty Could Be Cut In Half If…
A new UNESCO policy paper shows that the global poverty rate could be more than halved if all adults completed secondary school. Yet, new data from the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) show...
US Wanted Terror Leader May Have Fled Philippine City
One of America's most wanted terrorists may have escaped a five-week battle with Islamist militants in a southern Philippine city, which began with a raid to capture him, the military said Saturday....
Obama Kicks Off Tropical Holiday In Indonesia
Barack Obama kicked off a 10-day family holiday in Indonesia that will take in Bali and Jakarta, the city where he spent part of his childhood, officials said on Saturday. The casually dressed former...
Two Bali Escaped Inmates Captured In East Timor
Two foreign inmates who tunnelled their way out of a Bali prison have been captured in East Timor, police said Friday, in the latest prison break case in Indonesia. Bulgarian Dimitar Nikolov Iliev...
Islamic Militants Attack Philippine Village
Islamic militants launched a day-long assault on a southern Philippine village Wednesday during which they held 31 people hostage inside a school, authorities said, raising fears of spreading...
Islamic Militants Take Hostages At Philippine School
Islamic militants occupied a primary school and took hostages in a southern Philippine village on Wednesday, a few hours drive from a city where other jihadists were fighting a month-long war,...
Indonesia Tackles Illegal Mining Boom
Hulking excavators claw at riverbanks on Indonesia's Sumatra island in the hunt for gold, transforming what was once a rural idyll into a scarred, pitted moonscape. It is one of a huge number of...
Climate Imperils Ethiopia’s Coffee Output
Climate change could wipe out more than half of Ethiopia's coffee production unless farmers move to higher ground, scientists warned Monday. Climbing temperatures and dwindling rainfall have already...
Philippine Troops Pound Islamists As Death Toll Passes 300
Philippine troops pounded Islamist militants holding parts of southern Marawi city with air strikes and artillery Saturday as more soldiers were deployed and the death toll rose to more than 300...
Indonesians Decry IS ‘lies’ After Fleeing Syria’s Raqa
When Leefa set out from Indonesia for the Islamic State group's Syrian stronghold of Raqa, she says she thought she was headed to an earthly paradise for the faithful. She and her family imagined...
Indonesians Decry IS ‘lies’ After Fleeing Syria’s Raqa
When Leefa set out from Indonesia for the Islamic State group's Syrian stronghold of Raqa, she says she thought she was headed to an earthly paradise for the faithful. She and her family imagined...
Indonesia Seizes Pangolins, Scales Worth $190,000
Indonesian authorities have seized hundreds of critically endangered pangolins and scales in a haul worth $190,000 after uncovering a major smuggling operation, an official said Wednesday. Two men...