December date plan for ascension, say sources

Thailand is making preparations for Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn to ascend the throne on Dec 1, two senior military sources with knowledge of the matter said.

All-girl band under fire for Nazi-like costumes

A popular teenage all-girl band in Japan is under fire for performing in outfits resembling Nazi-era German military uniforms.

Beirut's museum reveals long-hidden treasure trove

Beirut's National Museum has opened its basement of ancient treasures for the first time in four decades to show the public its stunning array of funerary art, including the world's largest collection of anthropoid sarcophagi.

Tippi Hedren accuses Hitchcock of sexual harassment in memoir

Actress Tippi Hedren graphically chronicles in a new memoir incidents in which she says she was sexually assaulted and harassed by famed British director Alfred Hitchcock during her star turns in The Birds and Marnie.

Clinton camp doubles down on Trump, FBI

Initially caught off guard, Hillary Clinton's campaign has swung between defiance, counterattack and painting Donald Trump as a mortal danger since the FBI director revived her email scandal.

Police operation creates tension in Paris after clear-out of 'Jungle' refugee camp

French authorities finished clearing out the makeshift shelters in the squalid Calais migrant camp known as the "Jungle" on Monday, after moving more than 6,000 people to temporary housing in a long-awaited effort to tackle France's migrant crisis.

Prosecutors arrest woman at center of crisis

The woman at the center of a scandal that has plunged the Republic of Korea presidency into crisis was held for a second day of questioning by prosecutors on Tuesday after being detained overnight to answer allegations of exerting inappropriate influence over state affairs.

Case darkens growth prospects

The ongoing political scandal has the potential to severely impact growth and investment in the Republic of Korea at a time when the country readies for the 19th presidential election in December.

Man: 'I came here to help her die'

Police detained a man who rammed a large excavator into a gate on Tuesday near the office where prosecutors questioned a woman at the center of a political scandal. The woman had earlier said she "deserves death" and the detained man said he "came here to help her die".

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Woman at center of crisis says she 'deserves death'

Telling reporters on Monday that she "deserves death", the woman at the center of a scandal roiling South Korea met prosecutors examining whether she used her close ties to President Park Geun-hye to pull government strings from the shadows and amass an illicit fortune.

PM: Quake strikes at 'nation's identity'

The third powerful earthquake to hit Italy in two months spared human life on Sunday but struck at the nation's identity, destroying a Benedictine cathedral, a medieval tower and other beloved landmarks that had survived the earlier jolts across a mountainous region of small historic towns.