He also shares his home with a venomous Gabonese viper, a spitting cobra, a python, and tarantulas. Read more at straitstimes.com.

BANGKOK - Exiled former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra will return to the country and undergo legal sentencing in ...

CAIRO - The Israeli military issued new evacuation orders to residents in areas of an eastern Gaza City suburb, setting off a ...

Two-and-a-half weeks after the election and more than a week since it first seemed as if an announcement about a choice of ...

The Israeli-Moldovan national was working for an Orthodox Jewish group in the UAE when he vanished on Nov 21. Read more at ...

AMMAN - The Jordanian army said on Sunday it had killed one person and arrested six others who tried to cross the border from ...

The safety initiatives come nearly two weeks after the deadliest mass attack in China in a decade. Read more at ...

DUBAI - Iran plans to hold talks about its disputed nuclear programme with three European powers on Nov. 29 in Geneva, ...

Acclaimed Hong Kong film star Tony Leung Chiu Wai has a new feather in his cap. The 62-year-old actor was awarded an honorary doctorate by the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology on Nov 23.

In ancient Rome, the gladiator was not a symbol of masculinity as bravery alone is shallow without discipline. Read more at ...