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[ Channel News Asia ] SINGAPORE – Zulfikar Mohamad Shariff, 44, was arrested and detained in July for spreading radical ideology and contributing to the Read more
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[ Channel News Asia ] SINGAPORE – Zulfikar Mohamad Shariff, 44, was arrested and detained in July for spreading radical ideology and contributing to the Read more
A couple from India’s Dalit community has been been hacked to death after a row over a 15 rupees (22 cents; 16 pence) debt in Read more
[Channel News Asia] CILACAP: Indonesia on Friday (Jul 28) executed four drug convicts, three of them foreigners, by firing squad, an official said, drawing swift Read more
CILACAP, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia rebuffed appeals from distraught relatives, rights advocates and foreign governments to abandon plans to execute 14 people for drug crimes Read more
[Adelani Adepegba, Abuja – PUNCH] The Federal Government has deported three Koreans for over-staying their visas in the country. The foreigners, Lee Yoo Song, Lee Byeung Woo and Moon Een Soo were removed from the country Read more
Hong Kong (CNN) A military court in China on Monday sentenced former top official Guo Boxiong to life in prison for accepting bribes, according to Read more
SAGAMIHARA, Japan (AP) — At least 19 people were killed and about 20 wounded in a knife attack Tuesday at a facility for the handicapped Read more
The hunt for Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 will be suspended if the aircraft is not found in an area now being searched, Malaysia, China and Read more
[BBC] Indonesian police say they believe they have killed the country’s most wanted militant in a jungle gun battle. The body of Santoso, who led Read more
[BBC] North Korea has fired three ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan, say US and South Korean military officials. The missiles were launched from Read more
China: A one-year-old boy in Suzhou, in east China’s Anhui Province, found himself in a sticky situation after his right thumb got stuck in a Read more
PUTRAJAYA, July 14 — Former Malaysian Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad confirmed today that he will be a founding member of a new political Read more
[Strait Times] BANGKOK/SINGAPORE – The Standard Chartered Bank robbery suspect currently detained in Bangkok was found with a notebook detailing plans for him to escape Read more
[BBC] Families of passengers from missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 have told the BBC that Malaysian authorities seem to be ignoring possible new evidence. Two trips Read more
SEOUL (AP) – South Korea — North Korea said Monday it will end a diplomatic communication channel with the United States and hinted at harsher Read more
[BBC] The Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has shelved the requirement for media to refer to him as “Lord Prime Minister and Supreme Military Commander.” Read more
[BBC] Taiwan is bracing itself for the arrival of a vast typhoon, expected to hit the island in the next day. Thousands of tourists have Read more
[CNN] Gunmen have opened fire at a Bangladesh mosque, killing one policeman and injuring at least five others, during an Eid congregation on Thursday. More Read more
[The Guardian] South Korean intelligence service says Kim binges on food and suffers from insomnia because of fear of being assassinated Kim Jong-un has Read more
(Channel News Asia) SINGAPORE: United Overseas Bank (UOB), Singapore’s third-largest lender, has suspended its loans programme for London properties in the wake of uncertainties caused Read more
Beijing (CNN)Four passengers were wounded after a man hurled an explosive device at a check-in counter at Shanghai’s Pudong International Airport on Sunday afternoon, before Read more
[BBC] Thai authorities are set to close the island of Koh Tachai, saying heavy tourism is negatively affecting natural resources and the environment. The island, Read more
If anything will help one of India’s oldest mothers, Daljinder Kaur Gill, aged around 70 (she is not sure of her age), to raise her Read more
Singapore Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam will cover the duties of Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat, who underwent surgery on Thursday after suffering a stroke during Read more
Boxing hero Manny Pacquiao is virtually assured of a seat in the upper house Senate, according to election results Tuesday which take him a step Read more
BANGKOK – A British couple in their 60s who were brutally attacked during a family holiday in Thailand recounted the assault Monday in court, after Read more
A baby astonished doctors in India when it was born with a rare condition known as ‘Mermaid syndrome.’ Tragically the newborn, whose legs had fused Read more
An Indian teenager has died after accidentally shooting himself in the head while posing for a selfie with his father’s gun. Ramandeep Singh, 15, was posing Read more
BEIJING (Associated Press) — Taiwanese officials have protested Malaysia’s deportation of 32 of the self-ruled island’s nationals to China this weekend to face wire fraud Read more
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