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KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia said on Thursday that a large piece of aircraft debris discovered on the island of Pemba, off the coast of Read more
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s main opposition Democratic Party on Thursday elected a former cabinet minister as its first female leader on Thursday, following a last-minute Read more
BEIJING (Reuters) – Typhoon Meranti slammed into southeastern China on Thursday with strong winds and lashing rain that cut power to 1.65 million homes, but Read more
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama moved to restore trade benefits to Myanmar, saying broader sanctions would soon be scrapped as he hosted the country’s de facto Read more
SINGAPORE: Amid weaker economic conditions, Singapore’s unemployment rate rose in the second quarter as more workers were made redundant, according to the Ministry of Manpower Read more
JAKARTA: An explosion on a ferry carrying 35 tourists between the Indonesian resort islands of Bali and Lombok on Thursday (Sep 15) killed two people, Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — Aung San Suu Kyi’s latest visit to Washington signals her transformation from long-imprisoned heroine of Myanmar’s democracy struggle to a national leader Read more
By Tony Munroe and Ben Blanchard SEOUL/BEIJING – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will meet with his Japanese and South Korean counterparts in New York Read more
Kuala Lumpur (Reuters) – Malaysian democracy group Bersih plans a protest rally to demand greater government accountability and action to tackle a multi-billion-dollar scandal at Read more
Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc officially started his high-profile visit with Chinese officials in Beijing Monday, amid simmering tension over the territorially-contested South China Read more
SINGAPORE (Channel News Asia) – AirAsia will provide free flights to all Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Paralympians who won a medal at the Read more
A woman stunned commuters by taking her male friend for a walk through rush hour traffic on a DOG LEASH . The bizarre sadomasochist act Read more
By James Pearson and Ju-min Park SEOUL (Reuters) – Two U.S. B-1 bombers flew over South Korea on Tuesday in a show of force and Read more
By Ju-min Park and Jack Kim SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea is ready to conduct an additional nuclear test at any time, South Korea’s Defence Read more
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea’s latest nuclear test, its most powerful to date, is a game-changer … according to North Korea. As with Read more
DHAKA (Reuters) – A fire broke out in a garment packaging factory just outside the Bangladeshi capital on Saturday, killing at least 12 people, police Read more
A policeman was arrested after killing his fellow policeman and fraternity member for allegedly refusing to take illegal drugs during a party in Tondo, Manila Read more
By Ju-min Park, Jack Kim and James Pearson SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea was likely to have conducted its fifth and largest nuclear test on Read more
VIENTIANE — President Barack Obama said Thursday he made it clear to Southeast Asian leaders gathered in Laos that the United States will continue to stand Read more
China’s imports rose 1.5 percent in August, marking the first increase in almost two years, while exports dropped 2.8 percent, indicating the world’s second-largest economy Read more
VIENTIANE, Laos (AP) — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte skipped summit meetings Thursday of Southeast Asian leaders with their U.S. and Indian counterparts in Laos due Read more
VIENTIANE, Laos (AP) — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte expressed regret Tuesday over his “son of a bitch” remark while referring to President Barack Obama, in Read more
Barack Obama has cancelled a meeting with the president of the Philippines afterRodrigo Duterte appeared to call him a “son of a whore”. The move Read more
BANGKOK (Reuters) – A motorcycle bomb killed a father and daughter in front of a Thai elementary school as parents were dropping off their children Read more
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday lashed out at Barack Obama as the “son of a whore” in response to Obama’s plan to question Duterte Read more
HONG KONG – A new generation of anti-China activists have won seats on Hong Kong’s Legislative Council (LegCo), preliminary results indicate. Among them is Nathan Law, Read more
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea fired three ballistic missiles into the sea off its east coast on Monday, said South Korea, as the leaders of Read more
Thailand’s 88-year-old king, the world’s longest reigning monarch, has shown signs of improvement following treatment for a blood infection, the palace said in a statement Read more
By Kevin Yao and Kiyoshi Takenaka HANGZHOU, China (Reuters) – The global economy is being threatened by rising protectionism and risks from highly leveraged financial Read more
A Singapore woman, Aresha Krishnan-Harling has taken to the social media to campaign for the mass support of the citizenry and not the government alone in Read more
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