India arrested a teenager Wednesday for allegedly slitting the throat of a seven-year-old schoolmate in hopes the murder would lead to an exam being postponed, federal investigators said. Read more here:: News Asia
KUALA LUMPUR: A Singaporean militant, wanted by the Philippines authorities, is believed to be at large in Central Mindanao together with three Uighurs, according to a Manila security source. “Muawiya, a Singaporean, is still at large together with three Turkish believed to be Uighurs in Central … Read more here:: …
By the time Donald Trump departed Seoul on Wednesday, the sometimes bellicose American president seemed to have mollified South Koreans who had been bracing for more confrontational rhetoric over North Korea, trade, and defence spending. Read more here:: News Asia
Myanmar warned on Wednesday that a scolding delivered by the U.N. Security Council could “seriously harm” its talks with Bangladesh over returning home more than 600,000 people who fled to escape a Myanmar military crackdown. Read more here:: News Asia
Indian officials extolled last year’s shock ban on high denomination bank notes as a success on Wednesday, while opponents staged protests and Nepal said its citizens were still stuck with billions of rupees in old money. Read more here:: News Asia
KUALA LUMPUR: Three men wanted for the killing of Kim Jong Nam were driven to the murder site in a car bought by a North Korean embassy official, a Malaysian court was told on Wednesday, bringing into focus the embassy’s role in the sensational murder. Two women, Indonesian Siti Aisyah …
PERLIS, Malaysia: Malaysian police officers and personnel may not be considered for promotions if they are overweight. Public Order Department director Zulkifli Abdullah on Tuesday (Nov 7) said each officer must pass the Body Mass Index (BMI) test to ensure they have the ideal weight, according to … Read more …
HONG KONG: Some activists in Hong Kong say they plan to defy a Chinese law against disrespecting the national anthem, by jeering it at international soccer fixtures against Bahrain and Lebanon in the next few days. The controversy is another instance of recent tensions in the former British colony … …
India’s union tackle dangerous levels of pollution in the national capital that forced schools to close and sparked criticism of authorities. Read more here:: News Asia
BEIJING: US President Donald Trump toured the Forbidden City with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Wednesday (Nov 8) as he began the crucial leg of an Asian tour intended to build a global front against North Korea’s nuclear threats. After warning North Korea’s “cruel dictatorship” against testing the … Read …