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The death toll from a fire that swept through a camp in northern Thailand also destroyed hundreds of homes.

Europe's luxury goods sales are expected to grow mostly due to purchases from emerging markets.

For its first performance at the new Barclays Center, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus is being met with protests by animal-rights groups who say it habitually abuses its elephants.

Two of the three biggest players in the U.S. canned-tuna game have expanded voluntary recalls because of concerns about packaging.

"The Hangover Part III" sees the return of the Wolfpack and the movie will hit theaters on May 24.

The Hanoi Police Department, battling an image problem, is taking radical solutions that wouldn't fly in the U.S.

Africa and Southeast Asia are rapidly losing their populations of great apes to trafficking, and international mafias are responsible, says the U.N..

Among active world leaders, only Israel's Shimon Peres is older than Robert Mugabe.

The yen's slide is an effort to jump-start Japan, but holders of the dollar, won, Euro, yuan and other currencies see it as an act of aggression.

Four members of a foreign drug trafficking outfit were executed in China Friday for the murder of 13 fishermen on the Mekong River in 2011.

The agreement, signed Thursday by Thailand’s National Security Council and the Barisan Revolusi Nasional rebels in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, marks an unprecedented commitment from both sides to negotiate.

Thailand's government agreed to initiate peace talks with Muslim insurgents on Thursday to end years of conflict in the country’s south.

The website DoxySpotting.com features a large photo archive of areas where sex workers frequent.

A man called the "No. 1 deadbeat parent" by prosecutors pleaded guilty to owing over $1.2 million in child support.

ASEAN economies likely will see much more favorable demographics compared to Northeast Asia.

Beware of China's fake monks. They're typically just looking to make money off unknowing visitors, but have been known to turn violent.

This week's highlights: FOMC and MPC minutes, Italy elections and the appointment of a new BoJ governor.

Half of adult men and a third of adult women in Taiwan are overweight or obese.

Asian markets shouldn’t be perceived as high risk, but stock valuations are definitely out of sync with earnings growth, an expert warned.

Thailand government forces thwarted an early-Wednesday attack by militants dressed as soldiers on a military base, killing 19 insurgents in the shootout, authorities said.

Seventy years ago, the Kachin were America's friends in the fight against the Japanese. Now, they are losing the war against their own government.