The Philippine military attacked a Muslim renegade faction Monday, two days after the country's main Muslim rebel group successfully ended negotiations to end a decades-long insurgency that has killed tens of thousands.
There's no smoke without ire: a ban on water pipes in restaurants and cafes has caused uproar in Jordan where $1 billion worth of tobacco goes up in smoke every year.
China has accused Japan of heightening regional tensions with "rumours" that Beijing planned to declare a new air defence zone over the South China Sea.
TEHRAN, YJC. Iran's national soccer team has introduced its new garment design. Seems recent events threatening the Iranian cheetah species have found reverberation here.
The effort to find missing flight MH370 is at a "very critical juncture", Malaysia's transport minister said Saturday as authorities mull whether to reassess a challenging search of the Indian Ocean seabed that has so far found nothing.
The Sultan of Brunei announced that a controversial new penal code featuring tough Islamic criminal punishments that has been criticised by UN human rights officials would be phased in from Thursday.
Tehran, YJC. Pakaeen says Iran and Azerbaijan's joint committee on border has resolved all disagreements that used to exist between the two countries in terms of borders and protection.
TEHRAN, YJC. Leader of Iran's Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has called on Iranian officials to focus their efforts on economic blossoming and cultural development.
A leader of the 2011 Wukan protests in China that grabbed worldwide attention has fled to the US to seek asylum, media reports and an associate said on Wednesday.
TEHRAN, YJC. The Iranian minstrelsy, called "naqali" in Farsi, was registered as a UNESCO spiritual heritage 3 years ago, but the country's culture section has only found the chance to celebrate the milestone.