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

Helicopter carrying Malaysian VIPs including minister goes missing in Sarawak

Eurocopter AS 350 goes missing with 5 Malaysian VIPs on board.

May 6, 2016

By Samhati Bhattacharjya

Bukit Batok election: Chee directs fire on PM Lee and 'vicious campaign'

Chee Soon Juan directs fire on PM Lee and 'vicious campaign' in dying hours of Bukit Batok campaign

Chee says the People's Action Party engages in "the most revolting and vicious type of gutter politics."

May 6, 2016

By Jacob J

American surfer attacked by shark in Balian

Bali shark attack victim Ryan Boarman 'failed to read post-rain shark activity'

American surfer who was mauled by a shark in Balian, West Bali last week is better now and will be able to surf again.

May 5, 2016

By Samhati Bhattacharjya

US,Russia wins truce promise pressurising the Syrian Army

Syria conflict: Uneasy truce holds in Aleppo under US, Russia watch

The Syrian army agrees to respect a two-day truce in the war-ravaged city of Aleppo.

May 5, 2016

By Samhati Bhattacharjya

Chinese woman allegedly raped thrice on the eve of Chinese New Year

Singapore: Chinese woman raped three times in public on Chinese New Year eve

A 30-year-old man is on trial for raping the young woman on a public road at night.

May 5, 2016

By Samhati Bhattacharjya

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

Bangladesh to hang Jamaat leader Motiur Nizami as top court rejects last-ditch appeal

73-year-old Motiur Rahman Nizami is a former legislator and minister under former prime minister Khaleda Zia

May 5, 2016

By Jacob J

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

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

Top Iran Revolutionary Guard commander threatens to block Strait of Hormuz

On Monday, Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei criticised US military drills in the Persian Gulf.

May 4, 2016

By Jacob J

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

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