Philippine President Benigno Aquino told protesters to abort plans to sail Friday to a disputed South China Sea shoal also claimed by China, the leader of the group said.

A Panamanian embassy official accused of raping a Filipina finally broke his silence, as he claimed that what happened that night was consensual sex and not rape.

MANILA, Philippines - See you next year.

A row sparked by boxer Manny Pacquiao's comments on gay marriage has damaged the world champion, but has not so far affected any of his mega-buck endorsement deals, his spokeswoman said Friday.

Philippine President Benigno Aquino told protesters to abort plans to sail Friday to a disputed South China Sea shoal also claimed by China, the leader of the group said.

MANILA, Philippines - See you next year.

The House of Representatives has voted to require the United States to sell 66 new fighter-jets to Taiwan, with lawmakers saying the deal would close a growing military gap with China.

Six human foetuses which had been roasted and covered in gold leaf as part of a black magic ritual have been seized from a British citizen in Bangkok, Thai police said Friday.

Indonesian businessman Jude Allen has been named as one of the members of the 'Sevco' consortium set to take over financially stricken Scottish giants Rangers.

Indian police on Friday arrested and charged Australian cricketer Luke Pomersbach with molesting a woman and beating up her fiance after a late-night party at a posh New Delhi hotel.

Two NATO soldiers were killed and six others wounded in a rocket attack on their base in Afghanistan's eastern province of Kunar Friday, an Afghan official with NATO forces said.

A Thai court stripped a top "Red Shirt" leader of his parliamentary seat Friday, in a move likely to anger supporters of the movement whose protests in Bangkok in 2010 descended into bloodshed.

A Chinese court on Friday handed a life sentence to Lai Changxing, the head of a vast smuggling operation who spent 12 years on the run in Canada before being deported last year, state media said.

Japan's government Friday called on the nation's homes and businesses to cut their energy use by as much as 15 percent amid fears that nuclear plant shutdowns will spark power shortages and blackouts.

Blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng has told how he hid in a pig sty after fleeing house arrest, before stumbling through fields with a broken foot, terrified his guards would find him and beat him to death.

Japan has not invited Fijian strongman Voreqe Bainimarama to a major Pacific leaders' forum next week, the foreign ministry said Friday, amid concerns his reforms have not gone far enough.