Articles by Jacob J

China: Rights activists arrested in Shenzhen missing families say; police give no clue

China: Rights activists arrested in Shenzhen missing; police give no clue

China detained more than 300 human rights lawyers and legal activists last July in a nationwide sweep.

Nov 24, 2016

Rakhine Rohingya crisis: 'Myanmar government legitimising genocide'

State-sponsored denial of access to health care, livelihood, food, and civic life worsen the plight of the Rohinguya minorities, according to the study

Nov 23, 2016

Top Pol Pot accomplice Nuon Chea left to die in jail as final appeal turned down

Hun Sen fears wider prosecution of Khmer Rouge era leaders would trigger civil unrest.

Nov 23, 2016

Facebook testing end-to-end encryption in Messenger using Secret Conversations

Indian in Singapore pleads guilty to posting hate messages on Facebook

The posts came at a time when Turkey offered stiff resistance to the ultra Sunni Islamic hardline militant group Isis.

Nov 23, 2016

Heartwarming images of Iraqi people escaping from Islamic State-controlled village of Abu Jarboa

Isis recruit reveals in video mindless cruelty on children in Cubs of Caliphate

Children made to believe that killing their own parents is legal in the Jihadist vocation.

Nov 23, 2016

Samsung Group offices raided as probe into influence-peddling widens

Prosecutors suspect President Park and her scandal-ridden confidante Choi Soon-sil had a role in the merger of two Samsung Group affiliates.

Nov 23, 2016

Malaysian ringgit hits 1-year low against Sing dollar; rate cut unlikely on Wednesday

Wednesday's meeting of the Malaysia's central bank's monetary policy committee is in the spotlight.

Nov 22, 2016

Long live the Thai King: Mourners queue outside Bangkok's Grand Palace to pay tribute

Thailand to set off funeral rites for Bhumibol after Vajiralongkorn takes throne on Dec 1

The cremation ceremony will be held in Buddhist traditions and as many as 8,000 people will take part in it.

Nov 22, 2016

China's Anbang close to buying $2.3 billion Japanese property from Blackstone

The residential property deal will be Japan's biggest property deal since the global financial crisis.

Nov 21, 2016

Fullerton cancels IPO over delays but says may launch share sale as early as in January

Fullerton raised $100 million through a maiden bond offering in June, a move that gave it the leeway to delay the IPO.

Nov 21, 2016

Dalai Lama's incarnation comments meant to offend China says Beijing official

Mongolia hosts Dalai Lama, defying stern opposition from China

Senior Mongolian officials and the Indian ambassador receive Dalai Lama at the airport.

Nov 19, 2016

Lee tells Apec killing trans-pacific treaty will destabilize global trade

The focus is now on Beijing's increasing role in a world without the trans-pacific partnership (TPP)

Nov 19, 2016

Malaysia's crackdown on political dissent tightened in 2015: Amnesty

Bersih 2.0 protest rally in KL: Police stop Red Shirts chanting 'Allahu Akbar'

There are more than 4,500 Yellow shirt supporters on the streets while the Red Shirts amounted to several hundreds.

Nov 19, 2016

'They won't quit until they destroy me,' says De Lima after NBI drug charges

Back in Manila, will Kerwin Espinosa give away ties with Senator Leila de Lima?

Initial reports said Kerwin would likely speak about his alleged connections with De Lima in the presence of a lawyer.

Nov 18, 2016

Malaysia raids Bersih office; All you need to know about Yellow Shirt rally on Saturday

If there is any provocation, the protesters should not get into any engagement say organisers.

Nov 18, 2016

Volkswagen to cut 30,000 jobs to save money for electric, self driving projects

As many as 23,000 job cuts will be in Germany alone, where the costs are high.

Nov 18, 2016

Shenzhou-11 spacecraft returns after China's longest-ever manned space mission

Shenzhou-11 makes successful re-entry after China's longest-ever manned space mission

Shenzhou-11 manned spacecraft made successful re-entry in Inner Mongolia, around 2.15 p.m. Friday local time.

Nov 18, 2016

UAE repatriates Kerwin Espinosa, son of Philippine mayor killed in jail; Duterte 'wants him alive'

'I ask forgiveness from President Duterte,' says Kerwin, whose father was shot dead inside a prison cell.

Nov 18, 2016

Malaysian ringgit, Singapore dollar plunge as Greenback soars on Fed rate hike hopes

US dollar makes significant gains after Fed comments, rising to a thirteen-and-a half-year high against a basket of major currencies.

Nov 18, 2016

Former Malaysia PM Mahathir questioned by police for the second time in June

Mahathir calls on Malaysians to join anti-Najib Yellow Shirt rally on Saturday

Mahathir is seen wearing a yellow Bersih T-shirt for the first time in a video posted online.

Nov 17, 2016

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