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It is not unusual for Sister Ann Rose Nu Tawng from the Sisters of St. Francis Xavier congregation in Myanmar...

A female South Korean navy chief petty officer was found dead at her base, Seoul's Defence Ministry said on Aug....

A diaspora group based in London has decried the Myanmar junta’s plans to withhold Covid-19 vaccinations from hundreds of thousands of...

Philosopher Joseph de Maistre famously said, “Every nation gets the government it deserves.” Was Maistre close enough when it comes...

A Catholic priest in the Philippines has launched a blistering attack on the country’s Health Department, accusing it of shady...

Communist China’s move to expand compulsory Mandarin Chinese language education using Chinese textbooks in preschools across the country is part...

The top court in southern India’s Kerala state has ordered Cardinal George Alencherry to face trial over seven criminal charges...

A parish in Indonesia’s Jakarta Archdiocese is celebrating after being granted a building permit to build a new church following...

As he queued to board a flight out of Hong Kong to Taiwan last month, dissident artist Kacey Wong was...

Many pumps drain the swollen river water in Kurume City, Fukuoka prefecture, western Japan, on Aug. 13. (Photo: AFP) Tens of...