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Philippines: Rodrigo Duterte will not say sorry for comment on rape victim Jaqueline Hamill

Philippines: Rodrigo Duterte leads opinion polls; apologises for rape remark

Duterte had initially refused to offer apology, saying he will not say sorry for a mistake he did not commit.

Apr 19, 2016

By Jacob J

Car bomb targeting military kills 28 in Turkey

Netanyahu says will 'settle accounts with terrorists' after Jerusalem bus blast

The prime minister called the attack an act of terrorism though the police did not term the incident a terror attack

Apr 19, 2016

By Jacob J

Ridhuan Tee Abdullah: Controversial Malaysian writer 'denied entry in Singapore'

Singapore beefs up checkpoint security with BioScreen thumbprint scanning

Travellers aged above six who use the manned counters at checkpoints will have to scan thumbprints on arrival and departure.

Apr 19, 2016

By Jacob J

Malaysian PM Najib's brother Nazir Razak 'offered to resign' as CIMB chairman

Nazir, who was re-elected as CIMB chairman, said the funds transfer was a one-off event to help his brother.

Apr 18, 2016

By Jacob J

Malaysian boxer Ramkumar who won silver in SEA Games killed in prison

Ramkumar, who had been arrested and kept in the prison over a kidnap case, was stabbed in the back.

Apr 18, 2016

By Jacob J

Philippines: Rodrigo Duterte will not say sorry for comment on rape victim Jaqueline Hamill

Footage shows Duterte saying rape victim was so beautiful that he should have been the first to rape her.

Apr 18, 2016

By Jacob J

17 injured as SBS buses collide in Pasir Ris

All seventeen were conveyed conscious to Changi General Hospital.

Apr 17, 2016

By Boby Michael

After Japan, Ecuador rattled by massive 7.8-magnitude quake; 78 killed, 600 injured

The quake was also felt over northern Peru and southern Colombia

Apr 17, 2016

By Boby Michael

Militants abduct four Indonesians in southern Philippines

Seven gunmen in a speed boat attacked two Indonesian flagged tugboats off the cost of Sitangkay island in Tawi-tawi.

Apr 16, 2016

By Jacob J

Singaporeans lose $1 million in phone scam involving fake Chinese officials

Singapore police have said more than 400 reports have been filed so far relating to the scam.

Apr 16, 2016

By Jacob J

From Nagas and Mizos to people of Banni: The complex question of Indian nationalism

Few people notice the fact that nationalism and anti-nationalism do not have stable meanings

Apr 16, 2016

By Jacob J

North Korea to test nuclear-tipped ICBM after claiming clean warhead re-entry

North Korea gearing up for another 'nuclear test' after failed missile launch

United States called the test of the road-mobile missile a "fiery, catastrophic" failure.

Apr 16, 2016

By Jacob J

1MDB probe: Mysterious millions in Malaysian PM Najib's accounts spent on luxury goods, political payouts

1MDB funds a donation says Saudi minister in flip-flop 'to help' Najib

The latest revelation by the Saudi minister was scoffed at by opposition media in Malaysia.

Apr 16, 2016

By Jacob J

Japan earthquake: At least 11 killed as new 7.3 magnitude tremor hits Kumamoto region

The intensity of the fresh 7.3-magnitude tremor matched that of the 1995 Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake.

Apr 16, 2016

By Jacob J

US, Philippines start two-week military drills as maritime tension with China rises

China lashes out at US-Philippines joint military exercises in South China Sea

A Xinhua article said neither muscle-flexing nor arbitrary intervention will shake China's resolve to safeguard its sovereignty and maritime right.

Apr 15, 2016

By Boby Michael

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