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

Former frontrunner Grace Poe is pushed to second spot with 22 percent of support.

Apr 30, 2016

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

Chee Soon Juan cites suicides in Bukit Batok to prove PAP failed in welfare

Chee says there were two suicides in Bukit Batok constituency in the last four weeks.

Apr 30, 2016

Indonesia prepares to execute up to 13 prisoners, including many foreigners

Attorney General M. Prasetyo says preparations are underway to carry out the execution of several death row prisoners.

Apr 30, 2016

Statoil helicopter crash kills 11; Norway says copter had suffered technical faults

Statoil helicopter crashes in North Sea killing 13; Norway says copter suffered technical faults

The helicopter that crashed was one of the many that service offshore oil platforms in the North Sea.

Apr 29, 2016

Pacquiao kidnap threat: Police arrest suspects as boxing star continues Senate campaign

The boxing star mingles with voters with practically no visible security detail around.

Apr 29, 2016

Who is Kim Dong Chul, Korean American sent to 10 years in jail?

Forced confessions of foreign prisoners -- as well as the broadcasting of the confessions -- are routine in North Korea.

Apr 29, 2016

Papua New Guinea asylum seekers to sue Australia for billions in compensation

Australia says it will not allow people smugglers to get back into business.

Apr 29, 2016

North Korean ballistic missile, suspected to be Musudan, crashes after liftoff

Yonhap reported earlier North Korea was preparing to launch Musudan intermediate-range ballistic missile.

Apr 28, 2016

North Korea to hold Workers Party Congress after 36 years: What to expect?

The Workers Party conference is the first since ruler Kim Jong-un was born.

Apr 28, 2016

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

Philippines: Rodrigo Duterte inches closer to 'bloody presidency'

Duterte steers his campaign around crime, appealing to the rich and the middle classes of the country who fear rising crime.

Apr 28, 2016

Unemployment will inch higher, wage growth to slow down: MAS

While overall resident wage growth was 3.5 percent in 2015, the growth this year will moderate to about 2.5–3.0 percent.

Apr 28, 2016

UOB reports 4.4% drop in profits in first quarter

UOB says it received higher net interest income in the quarter ended March 31.

Apr 28, 2016

Papua New Guinea orders closure of Australia's Manus Island immigrant camp

Refugees,some of whom are kept behind razor wires in camps, refuse to be settled in poor nations like PNG.

Apr 27, 2016

Indonesia, China pledge to boost ties despite South China Sea flare-up in March

Jakarta and Beijing will strengthen defense ties, extending cooperation in areas like anti-terrorism, law enforcement and fight against drug.

Apr 27, 2016

$4 billion stolen from Malaysian state fund

1MDB default will worsen Malaysia's budget deficit, says Moody's

The contingent risks from 1MDB's liabilities could be higher than the government's actual guaranteed exposure.

Apr 27, 2016

FBI cracks San Bernardino shooter's encrypted iPhone, drops case against Apple

Apple Q2 results: iPhone maker up against insurmountable statistical odds?

Apple profits edge sharply lower with net income falling to $10.5 billion from $13.6 billion in the same quarter last year.

Apr 27, 2016

Trump, Clinton clinch decisive victories in East Coast, edge closer to nomination

Harry Reid, Senate Democratic leader, says Bernie Sanders has no realistic path to winning the nomination.

Apr 27, 2016

Us presidential election

Factory output contracts less than expected in March as pharmaceuticals outperform

Biomedical manufacturing output expands 23.1 percent in March 2016, compared to the same period a year ago.

Apr 26, 2016

Gay activist killing in Bangladesh: PM Hasina says 'BNP-Jamaat clique' involved in heinous murders

Bangladesh PM Hasina vows to hunt down Islamists who killed gay activists Xulhaz Mannan and Tanay Mojumdar.

Apr 26, 2016

Australian police seize $700 mln worth of methylamphetamine in biggest drug bust

Young Malaysian rider arrested with a kilo of drugs faces death penalty

The 20-year-old motorcyclist had in his possession almost one kilogram of drugs.

Apr 26, 2016

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