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Video: Hong Kong like protest, students-police clash in India over new migrant law

Police in the Indian capital of New Delhi clashed with protesting students after a demonstration against a new act turned violent

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

Who is Rania Nashar, Saudi Arabia's first female CEO, makes Forbes 100 most powerful women list

Rania Nashar, who is also dubbed as the first Saudi woman, to have been appointed as a CEO of a company

Dec 14, 2019

By Johnlee Varghese

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

Thailand delays deporting family of Rakhine insurgent leader

Tun Myat Naing is the top commander of the Arakan Army that is fighting for greater autonomy for Rakhine state

Dec 8, 2019

By Reuters

Singapore and US agree to set up RSAF training detachment in Guam

After studies conducted on various factors Singapore and US ink agreement for the RSAF's fighter detachment training in Guam

Dec 7, 2019

By IBTimes SG Desk

Pearl Harbor Day Dec 7: Japan lived in 'infamy' ever after

Japan was blamed for unprecedented diplomatic folly attacking Pearl Harbor on December 7 without proper declaration of war, forcing US into World War Two

Dec 5, 2019

By Nagesh Narayana