Asia Pacific

People's Liberation Army (PLA) of China released its first rap-style hip-hop music recruitment video

China's Battle Declaration: PLA releases first hip-hop recruitment video

The 'masculine' sound track has lines such as "just waiting for the order to kill, kill, kill"

May 5, 2016

By Samhati Bhattacharjya

Senior recruiter for the Islamic State killed by U.S. air strike in Iraq

US kills Australian Isis recruiter Neil Prakash in air raid in Mosul

Neil Prakash was linked to several Australia-based attack plans and was featured in several Islamic State recruitment videos.

May 5, 2016

By Samhati Bhattacharjya

criminal investigation against mahathir mohamad

1MDB default could lead to a Malaysia bankruptcy, says Mahathir

Mahathir says Malaysia could undergo a similar fate as Greece if it cannot pay back the liability from 1MDB.

May 5, 2016

By Jacob J

Malaysia dissolves 1MDB advisory board chaired by PM Najib Razak

The ministry said in a statement the ownership in 1MDB's subsidiaries and four land assets would be transferred to it.

May 5, 2016

By Samhati Bhattacharjya

Chinese rights activist Yu Shiwen goes on hunger strike over Tiananmen detention

Yu Shiwen and others were charged with "picking quarrels and stirring up trouble."

May 5, 2016

By Jacob J

Roshmah's aid claims that PM Mahathir is not like his father

Rosmah Mansor aide hits out at Mahathir over Najib snub

Mahathir accused Najib of looking down on Razak by not truly emulating the man that fathered him.

May 4, 2016

By Samhati Bhattacharjya

Singaporean jailed for two years for molesting Chinese woman

Singaporean molester sentenced to two years of jail for molesting a Chinese woman in Singapore.

May 4, 2016

By Samhati Bhattacharjya

French trouble maker stabbed a Bali police officer to death

French national shot dead by Bali police after officer's stabbing

Former mixed martial artist Amokrane Sabet ignored warning shots and stabbed an officer to death.

May 4, 2016

By Samhati Bhattacharjya

Mary Jane excluded from the execution list

Indonesia excludes Philippine drug convict Mary Jane Veloso from execution list

Joko Widodo gave a last-minute reprieve to Mary Jane last year with just hours left for her scheduled execution.

May 4, 2016

By Samhati Bhattacharjya

Philippines election: Duterte keeps clear lead over Grace Poe in heated four-way race

Philippines: Latest survey predicts Rodrigo Duterte will win presidency

Duterte scores surprisingly lead in capital region, setting up what looks like an irreversible path to the presidency.

May 4, 2016

By Jacob J

Three hostages in Abu Sayyaf custody plead for their lives in new video

The Philippines and Canada have made it clear they will not budge to ransom demands.

May 4, 2016

By Jacob J

China deploys police in Italy to help tourists

This is also a first such programme where Chinese cops have been sent to Europe on duty.

May 4, 2016

By Sanskrity Sinha

Indonesians mistake sex doll for angel, give it hijab and treat it with reverence

A half-naked sex toy that washed up on an Indonesian beach was mistaken for angel fallen from heaven.

May 3, 2016

By Sanskrity Sinha

Indonesian villagers got confused with a sex toy

Indonesia: Villagers mistake sex toy on beach for angel from heaven

Indonesian villagers mistook an inflatable sex toy as an angel.

May 3, 2016

By Samhati Bhattacharjya

Bangladeshis arrested in Singapore for Isis terror links

Singapore detains 8 Bangladeshi construction workers for terror links

The radicalised men had originally planned to join foreign fighters waging jihad in Syria.

May 3, 2016

By Jacob J

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