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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

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

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

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

SingPost audit showing lapses by Keith Tay may trigger regulatory probe

Singapore Exchange also said disciplinary action will be taken if any breaches of the listing rules are found.

May 5, 2016

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

Philippines election: Duterte keeps clear lead over Grace Poe in heated four-way race

Philippines: Latest survey predicts Rodrigo Duterte will win presidency

Duterte scores surprisingly lead in capital region, setting up what looks like an irreversible path to the presidency.

May 4, 2016

Three hostages in Abu Sayyaf custody plead for their lives in new video

The Philippines and Canada have made it clear they will not budge to ransom demands.

May 4, 2016

Ted Cruz quits race as Trump crushes rivals in Indiana

On the Democratic side, Senator Bernie Sanders scored an upset victory over front-runner Hillary Clinton

May 4, 2016

China and Japan will see slower growth in next two years, says IMF

In Southeast Asia, Vietnam is leading the fast-growing economies in the region, helped by rapidly growing exports.

May 3, 2016

Bangladeshis arrested in Singapore for Isis terror links

Singapore detains 8 Bangladeshi construction workers for terror links

The radicalised men had originally planned to join foreign fighters waging jihad in Syria.

May 3, 2016

West Papua leaders demand UN-mandated referendum to correct 'mistake' of 1969

West Papuans demand a referendum on the lines of the one held for former Indonesian territory of Timor Leste.

May 3, 2016

Leicester City completes fairytale run to win English Premier League

Leicester City complete fairytale run to win English Premier League

With most chasers falling by the wayside, it was all left to the Spurs to stop Leicester on the tracks.

May 3, 2016

Singapore's DBS among banks in bid to buy Barclays' Asian wealth unit

DBS Q1 net profit rises 6% to $1.2 billion; gross income hits new high

According to six analysts polled by Bloomberg the average first quarter profit forecast was $1.04 billion.

May 3, 2016

Snowy Mountains brumbies: Why does Australasia want to kill more than 5,000 wild horses?

Snowy Mountains brumbies: Why does Australia want to kill more than 5,000 wild horses?

The latest push to the brumby control plan came in the way of two fatal traffic crashes last year.

May 2, 2016

Australian Craig Wright identifies himself as bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto

'Satoshi Nakamoto' owns about a million bitcoins, making him worth about $450m at the current valuation.

May 2, 2016

Bukit Batok by-election: Multi-pronged fight looms a SDP seeks alliance

Stung by attacks Chee Soon Juan turns focus on PAP record on race, hypocrisy and character

Chee accuses PM Lee and the People's Action Party of engaging in "gutter politics" contrary to their pre-election promise.

May 2, 2016

Halliburton to pay Baker Hughes $3.5 bln as merger deal unravels

There were concerns the merger have create a monopoly that would result in higher prices in the sector.

May 2, 2016

Philippines: Abu Sayyaf frees Indonesian crewmen after 'ransom is paid'

Sulu police chief says unidentified people dropped the Indonesians in front of Governor Abdusakur Toto Tan's mansion in Jolo.

May 2, 2016

Mahathir says 1MDB scandal made Malaysia infamous; Portal dares him on BR1M bribery charge

Pro-Najib publication dares Mahathir to follow up on his accusations against the prime minister.

Apr 30, 2016

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