Siem Reap - Officials in Cambodia have confirmed that a 70-year-old resident of Vancouver is being detained while authorities conduct further investigations into his alleged sexual involvement with minors.

Despite heavy downpour that flooded the Rizal Memorial Football Stadium Sunday evening, the Philippine Azkals demolished the visiting Cambodian national football team, scoring 8-0 to break Turkmenistan’s earlier 7-0 win over the Angkor Warriors

Unable to face Brunei in the qualifying match of the AFC Challenge Cup following its sudden withdrawal from the scheduled game, the Philippine Azkals will now face the Cambodia "Angkor Warriors" at the Rizal Memorial Football Stadium in Manila Sunday.

Cambodian society at large is soul-searching and trying to figure out how to as a nation address war-crimes accusations against former Khmer Rouge commanders, some of whom are now in the government.

Phnom Penh - What has been regarded largely as a political trial in Cambodia against a radio-journalist, Mam Sonando, appears -- after a week of testimony -- to be an almost total win for the defendant.

Phnom Penh - Cambodia's record on human rights and freedom of expression is being freshly displayed as on March 5 a court began hearing an appeal of a journalist's conviction for “instigating an insurrection” regarding a land conflict in a Cambodian village.

Melbourne - Despite the paucity of disposable income in the United States and elsewhere around the world, charitable contributions are still prevalent, according to statistics. Although the numbers are not as high as they used to be, donations are still rampant.

Prey Lang is the last large primary forest of its kind on the Indochinese peninsula. The rainforest provides food and water for hundreds of thousands of people and endangered species, plus livelihoods for residents, yet it is now in serious danger.

Washington - When a protester interrupted Secretary of State nominee John Kerry during his Senate confirmation hearing on Thursday, Kerry responded by alluding to his testimony before the very same body more than 40 years ago.

Every 45 seconds a child in Asia drowns. It is the second leading cause of death for hundreds of thousands of Asian children regardless of water conditions.

Lyon - French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi Pasteur announced this week that it would soon be bringing to the market a vaccine to counter Dengue fever, a disease transmitted by mosquitoes and which is estimated to threaten almost half the world’s population.

Phnom Penh - Seoul, South Korea (AP) - It is hoped that South Korea, Japan and China will conduct unofficial 3-way trade discussions at the ASEAN conference of East Asian nations, which is ongoing in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

Today, U.S. President Barack Obama conducted his first visit to Burma, a country once shunned by the international community.

Bangkok - US President Barack Obama and UK Foreign Secretary William Hague said Sunday that Israel has every right to defend itself, but warned of the risks that a ground war poses.

Norodom Sihanouk, the former Cambodian king who was an influential figure throughout decades of violence, has died of a heart attack at the age of 89. He had been in poor health for several years.

Montreal - The Osheaga Music and Arts Festival has officially joined the ranks of longstanding North American heavyweights like Lollapalooza, Bonnaroo, and Coachella. This year for the first time in its six year history, the festival sold out to capacity.

Phnom Penh - Sporting apparel giant Adidas is under fire for paying workers in Cambodia sweatshop-like wages to manufacture official merchandise for the 2012 London Olympics.

Cambodia's Ministry of Health has notified the World Health Organization of an outbreak of an undiagnosed illness, which has so far killed 61 children since April 2012.

Heather Benning, a Canadian artist who used to play house in a nearby old farmhouse as a child, has turned an old abandoned farmhouse into a giant dollhouse, located in a field near Manitoba, Canada, off Highway 2 near Sinclair.

Mayenne - The French department of Mayenne, in north west France, was this week the test-bed in preparation for a unique and ambitious attempt by two brothers to travel 45000 kilometers circumnavigating the globe in a tuk-tuk.