Asia Pacific

Indonesia speaker named suspect in major corruption case

Hopes and doubts linger as Jokowi inaugurates anti-graft commission's leaders, supervisory board

Anti-graft activists fear that the KPK Supervisory Board will harm the authority of the anti-corruption agency in combating corruption

Dec 21, 2019

By Yasmin Rasidi

Strong quake hits Afghanistan, Pakistan; tremors felt in India

The earthquake was felt for some time in various parts of Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh at 5.13 pm

Dec 20, 2019

By IANS

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Jail me, hang me: Philippines' Duterte says won't answer to ICC

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte dared the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Friday to jail him or hang him over alleged extrajudicial killings in his war on drugs

Dec 20, 2019

By Reuters

Thailand flood death toll rises to 40, authorities expect more rainfall and hardship from unseasonable floods

Flood situation grim in Thailand, 160 people evacuated

The prices of the farm produce have increased as the agricultural areas were inundated by floodwater

Dec 20, 2019

By IANS

Illegal oil trade: Singapore jails tanker captain who stole $150 million worth of oil from Shell

Several former employees of the local unit of Royal Dutch Shell conspired to siphon thousands of tonnes of oil from the firm's Singapore refinery.

Dec 20, 2019

By Reuters

5 dead, another 5 injured by knife-wielding attackers in China's Xinjiang

Is China bribing Indonesian Muslim leaders to ensure their silence on Uighur issue?

The WSJ report on China's alleged efforts to silence Indonesia's Muslim organizations has drawn great attention.

Dec 18, 2019

By Yasmin Rasidi

Singapore's Fake News law: Lawyer Lim Tean directed to correct Facebook posts

Lawyer Lim Tean was directed by POFMA office to correct facebook posts in which he stated that the government spends more on foreign students than local students

Dec 16, 2019

By Shubhangi Shah

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Video: After Uyghur Muslims, Christians are being hunted in China - Bible banned

China systematically has been repressing even the Christians in China, its most recent crackdown has been focused on house churches

Dec 16, 2019

By Johnlee Varghese

Hong Kong mall protests flare with leader Lam in Beijing

In the Telford Plaza mall in Kowloon Bay, skirmishes broke out with riot police, who used pepper spray on crowds and wrestled several people to the ground before taking them away

Dec 15, 2019

By Reuters

Earthquake of 6.9 magnitude hits southern Philippines island of Mindanao

An earthquake of 6.9 magnitude hit the southern Philippines island of Mindanao on December 15, Sunday

Dec 15, 2019

By Parvathy Rajagopal

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Thousands join biggest protest for years in Thailand capital

Thousands of people joined Bangkok's biggest protest since a 2014 coup on Saturday, after authorities in Thailand moved to ban a party that has rallied opposition to the government of former military

Dec 14, 2019

By Reuters

Beachcombers puzzled over phallic shaped creatures washing ashore

A variant of the spoon worm washed ashore of the Drake beach in California leaving the beachgoers shocked and puzzled

Dec 13, 2019

By Parvathy Rajagopal

Aung San Suu Kyi breaks silence on Rohingya crisis

As Suu Kyi looks on, Gambia details mass rapes, killings in Myanmar

Suu Kyi is expected to repeat denials of genocide and argue that military operations launched in August 2017 were a legitimate counterterrorism response to attacks

Dec 10, 2019

By Reuters

Car park next to ICA Building to cease operations from 2020

The Immigration and Checkpoints Authority announced that the existing URA car park adjacent to the ICA Building will cease operations from 2020

Dec 10, 2019

By Samhati Bhattacharjya

Indonesia arrests poachers trafficking Sumatran Tiger fetuses for Chinese medicine

Sumatran tigers are found only in the Sumatran Island and are listed as a critically endangered species

Dec 9, 2019

By Parvathy Rajagopal

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