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Malaysia’s former PM seeks police protection amid graft probe

Malaysia’s former PM seeks police protection amid graft probe

-- 2018-05-20 20:29:52

Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, who is under investigation for a massive corruption scandal, has sought police protection over concern about his family's safety, Malaysia's national news...

Mob beats Muslim man to death for slaughtering cattle

Mob beats Muslim man to death for slaughtering cattle

-- 2018-05-20 17:29:26

A Muslim man was beaten to death by a mob in India's Madhya Pradesh on the suspicion of slaughtering cattle, according to an Indian newspaper report on Saturday. Police identified the deceased as Ria...

US condemns China's militarisation of disputed waters

US condemns China's militarisation of disputed waters

-- 2018-05-20 16:31:13

The Pentagon criticised what it called China's "continued militarisation" of island outposts in the disputed South China Sea, where the Chinese air force landed long-range bombers for the first time,...

S Korea, US to work on summit after Pyongyang's U-turn

S Korea, US to work on summit after Pyongyang's U-turn

-- 2018-05-20 12:57:19

South Korean President Moon Jae-in and US President Donald Trump held discussions on Sunday to ensure that the North Korea-US summit remains on track after North Korea threatened to pull out of the hi...

China house fire kills five

China house fire kills five

-- 2018-05-20 12:30:29

Five people have been killed in a residential house fire in central China’s Hunan Province on Sunday, local authorities confirmed. The fire broke out in Shijiang Town, Dongkou County in the ear...

Bangkok marks anniversary of army crackdown

Bangkok marks anniversary of army crackdown

-- 2018-05-19 20:53:50

Hundreds of people gathered in Bangkok on Saturday to mark the anniversary of a deadly army crackdown on an anti-government protest in 2010 that killed 91 people and injured hundreds, as pressure buil...

Modi inaugurates hydro plant in Kashmir amid protest from Pakistan

Modi inaugurates hydro plant in Kashmir amid protest from Pakistan

-- 2018-05-19 18:36:06

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday inaugurated a hydroelectric power plant in the state of Jammu and Kashmir, amid protests from Pakistan which says the project on a river flowing into Pa...

In a first, China lands bombers in South China Sea

In a first, China lands bombers in South China Sea

-- 2018-05-19 17:33:54

China has for the first time landed bombers on disputed territory in the South China Sea, its air force said, prompting fresh US warnings that it is destabilising the region. The long-range H-6K bomb...

Europe promises to salvage Iran nuclear deal: Iran

Europe promises to salvage Iran nuclear deal: Iran

-- 2018-05-19 15:55:37

The European Union's energy chief tried to reassure Iran on Saturday that the bloc remained committed to salvaging a nuclear deal with Tehran despite US President Donald Trump's decision to exit the a...

Cement-laden truck overturns in Gujarat, killing 19

Cement-laden truck overturns in Gujarat, killing 19

-- 2018-05-19 10:33:38

Nineteen people have been killed and seven wounded after a cement-laden truck in which they were travelling overturned on Bhavnagar-Ahmedabad highway near Bavalyali village in Gujarat’s Bhavnaga...

Cleric Moqtada al-Sadr's bloc wins Iraq election

Cleric Moqtada al-Sadr's bloc wins Iraq election

-- 2018-05-19 10:24:03

A political bloc led by populist cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, a long-time adversary of the United States who also opposes Iranian influence in Iraq, has won the country’s parliamentary election, the...

Explosions at Afghan stadium leave eight dead

Explosions at Afghan stadium leave eight dead

-- 2018-05-19 10:22:42

Multiple explosions at a sports stadium in the eastern city of Jalalabad left as many as eight people dead and dozens more wounded late on Friday night, officials said. The blasts occurred at a footb...

Malaysia police continue raids over Najib’s properties

Malaysia police continue raids over Najib’s properties

-- 2018-05-18 13:09:40

Police in Malaysia say they have seized hundreds of boxes of luxury items and handbags full of foreign currency from properties linked to ex-PM Najib Razak. The raids on properties across the capital...

Myanmar prayer organisers face Ramadan in jail

Myanmar prayer organisers face Ramadan in jail

Reuters 2018-05-18 11:09:50

When Cho Nwe Soe went to a Yangon court last month with her husband, she expected he would be fined for organising prayers in the street without a permit last year, and that they could go back home to...

Mahathir says many economic data false

Mahathir says many economic data false

-- 2018-05-17 22:19:30

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said on Thursday many of the figures recording the country's financial position may be false, but he did not offer any evidence or say which data he was refer...

SOPA announces journalism awards finalists

SOPA announces journalism awards finalists

FE Online Desk 2018-05-17 12:10:28

The Society of Publishers in Asia (SOPA) has announced the finalists for the SOPA 2018 Awards for Editorial Excellence. The Hong Kong-based not-for-profit organisation made the announcement on Thurs...

Malaysian cops raid five places linked to ex-PM Najib

Malaysian cops raid five places linked to ex-PM Najib

-- 2018-05-17 10:05:24

Malaysian police conducted searches through the night and into the Thursday morning at five places linked to ousted Prime Minister Najib Razak, including the family home where he stays, a senior polic...

Earthquake jolts Japan

Earthquake jolts Japan

Reuters 2018-05-17 09:49:50

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.3 hit eastern Japan on Thursday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. The epicentre of the quake was off the coast of Chiba prefecture, the agency sai...

Palestine recalls four envoys to EU countries

Palestine recalls four envoys to EU countries

-- 2018-05-16 18:56:56

Palestine has recalled its ambassadors in Romania, Hungary, Austria and the Czech Republic after US embassy move. The Palestinian Foreign Ministry recalled the ambassadors on Wednesday citing those E...

Indonesian cops shoot dead four attackers at Riau HQ

Indonesian cops shoot dead four attackers at Riau HQ

-- 2018-05-16 10:32:17

Indonesian police shot dead four men after they used samurai swords to attack officers at Riau police headquarters in Pekanbaru, Sumatra, a police spokesman said. The men had driven their car into th...

North Korea threatens to cancel summit with Trump

North Korea threatens to cancel summit with Trump

BBC 2018-05-16 10:22:52

North Korea has said it may pull out of a summit with US President Donald Trump if the US unilaterally insists it gives up nuclear weapons. The highly anticipated meeting between Mr Trump and North K...

Malaysia’s Anwar Ibrahim freed from jail

Malaysia’s Anwar Ibrahim freed from jail

-- 2018-05-16 10:13:30

Malaysian politician Anwar Ibrahim has been freed from jail, paving the way for his return to politics. Once seen as a potential future leader, he had been jailed on charges of sodomy and corruption...

Australia ramps up airport security after alleged bomb plot

Australia ramps up airport security after alleged bomb plot

-- 2018-05-15 14:36:20

The Australian government has announced an upgrade in airport security around the country and an increase in police powers in response to an alleged attempt to smuggle an improvised explosive device a...

Two Koreas to hold high-level talks Wednesday

Two Koreas to hold high-level talks Wednesday

-- 2018-05-15 13:14:31

North Korea and South Korea agreed on Tuesday to hold high-level inter-Korea talks on May 16 to discuss steps needed to uphold the pledge to denuclearise the Korean peninsula, South Korea’s Unif...

Gaza braces for more protests after 55 Palestinians killed

Gaza braces for more protests after 55 Palestinians killed

BBC 2018-05-15 13:04:19

Fresh protests against Israel are expected in the Palestinian territories, a day after Israeli troops killed 55 people in the Gaza Strip. Tuesday marks the 70th anniversary of what Palestinians call...

Delhi police charges MP over wife’s death

Delhi police charges MP over wife’s death

-- 2018-05-14 21:32:26

Indian MP and former UN diplomat Shashi Tharoor has been charged with aiding his wife’s suicide in 2014. Sunanda Pushkar's unexplained death was initially treated as suicide, but police later s...

Israeli forces kill 52 Palestinians at Gaza border

Israeli forces kill 52 Palestinians at Gaza border

-- 2018-05-14 18:30:26

At least 52 Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces during clashes at the Gaza border on Monday. The demonstrations were taking place hours before the new US embassy was due to officially open in...

Pakistani Taliban attack on army vehicle kills seven

Pakistani Taliban attack on army vehicle kills seven

-- 2018-05-14 11:34:51

Militants have carried out an attack on an army vehicle on patrol in the Pakistani north-western tribal region North Waziristan, killing seven soldiers before fleeing back to neighbouring Afghanistan,...

Dust storms claim 41 lives in India

Dust storms claim 41 lives in India

-- 2018-05-14 11:00:29

Dust storms, thunderstorms and rain accompanied by gusty winds hit many states including Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh and the national capital New Delhi, leaving at least 41 people dead...

Suicide bomber hits Indonesia police station

Suicide bomber hits Indonesia police station

-- 2018-05-14 10:26:39

A suicide bomber on a motorbike wounded several Indonesian police outside a police building in Surabaya on Monday, a day after Islamist militants launched suicide attacks on churches in the country&...