Fresh violence kills 32 in Myanmar’s Rakhine State
YANGON: At least 32 people including 11 security forces were killed as Rohingya militants besieged border posts in northern…
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Samsung heir guilty of bribery, sentenced to five years jail
SEOUL: The heir to the Samsung business empire, which includes the world’s biggest smartphone maker, was sentenced Friday to…
US Navy collisions a propaganda windfall for China
BEIJING: A spate of deadly collisions involving US Navy warships in Asian waters has provided a propaganda windfall to…
Japan hits nuclear-armed North Korea with fresh sanctions
TOKYO: Japan said Friday it will impose fresh sanctions on North Korea by freezing the assets of Chinese and…
Samsung heir faces corruption verdict
SEOUL: The heir to the Samsung business empire, including the world’s biggest smartphone maker, awaited the verdict Friday in his…
Singapore seizes smuggled cigarettes from Malaysian truck
SINGAPORE: The Singapore Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) seized 3,000 cartons of duty-unpaid cigarettes at the Woodlands checkpoint from a…
Thai ex-PM Yingluck misses verdict, arrest warrant issued: judge
BANGKOK: Thai ex-prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra missed a verdict in a negligence trial on Friday that could have seen…
Sea search for missing US warship sailors suspended
SINGAPORE: An international search at sea for American sailors missing after their warship collided with a tanker off Singapore was…