Mehbooba Mufti was Monday sworn in as the first woman chief minister of restive Indian-controlled Kashmir.
Iraq-born architect’s most famous commissions include Vitra Fire Station in Germany and Guangzhou Opera House in China
While U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is still leading the race to her party's nomination, the difficulty she's been having with rival Senator Bernie Sanders underscores a disenfranchised and angry electorate.
Having your videos trend on the Internet can bring both fame and fortune, as a female blogger from Shanghai has recently found out.
Editor of The Real Singapore sentenced to 10 months in prison after admitting to publishing fabricated stories about ethnic minorities
A U.S. Navy sailor arrested on suspicion of assaulting a woman in a hotel in Naha City, Okinawa Prefecture, admitting to raping her, local media reported Wednesday.
A woman stood trial in Yunnan Province on Friday accused of killing her abusive husband, in a case that has shone a light on domestic violence in China.
HONG KONG - Community service organizations are urging the government to bring back rent control to protect low-income residents from being overcharged by private housing landlords.
U.S. pop diva Madonna has been rebuked by angry Australian crowds after the star arrived over two hours late for a concert in Brisbane overnight in a tour that's been classified as trainwreck.
LONDON - One in six migrant domestic workers in Hong Kong is a victim of forced labour and a significant proportion have been trafficked, rights campaigners said on Tuesday as they called for stronger protections for the city's maids.
The first gift Zhang Xuexia received from her son was a bouquet of carnations, on International Women's Day on March 8, four days after DNA test results confirmed that he was her missing son.
Former U.S. first lady Nancy Reagan's funeral was held in the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Southern California Friday, attended by four first ladies, former President George W. Bush and former First Daughter Caroline Kennedy along with around 1,000 other celebrities.
One by one, they make their confused, anxious, sometimes mysterious departures.
The Philippines’ Supreme Court gave the go-ahead Tuesday for leading presidential candidate Grace Poe to run in May elections, removing a major obstacle in her bid to become the country’s third female leader.
As Hong Kong struggles to increase its fertility rate, hovering well below “replacement” level, young mothers who gave birth at an early age often find that motherhood comes with nightmares. The young women complain that not only do they face hardships raising a child, but that they also meet with open discrimination.
It is not as if tennis does not know how to march on without Maria Sharapova. She has missed extended periods of play because of major shoulder surgery and other ailments during the past nine years.
The eldest daughter of chief steward Andrew Nari, who was on board Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, has taken to Instagram to express her sorrow on the eve of the second anniversary of the plane's disappearance.
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