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Singapore jails Indian human rights lawyer for many charges
SINGAPORE: A former Indian-origin Singaporean lawyer, M Ravi was sentenced on Friday to 14 weeks' jail and fined SGD 5,500 (USD 4,120) for his latest string of crimes that involved pushing or injuring strangers and acquaintances - including…
Taiwan’s President Lai urges solidarity against China.
TAIPEI: Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te said Tuesday "a threat from China to any country is a threat to the world", emphasizing to lawmakers of more than 20 countries that global democracies must unite against "authoritarian expansion".…
The Laos PM and Jaishankar discuss bilateral cooperation and Indian national trafficking.
VIENTIANE: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday called on Laos Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone and raised the issue of trafficking of Indian nationals through cyber scam centres in the Southeast Asian country and discussed…
Philippine tanker carrying 1.4 million litres of oil sinks off Manila.
MANILA: A Philippine-flagged tanker carrying 1.4 million litres of industrial fuel oil capsized and sank off Manila on Thursday, authorities said, as they raced to contain a spill.
The MT Terra Nova was heading for the central city of…
PM Marcos vows Philippines ‘cannot capitulate’ in territorial disputes
MANILA: After escalating South China Sea clashes with Beijing, President Ferdinand Marcos stated Monday that the Philippines "cannot yield" in territorial disputes.
Manila and Beijing have long disputed portions of the key waterway that…
Vietnam’s top Communist Party leader Nguyen Phu Trong dies at 80.
HANOI: Nguyen Phu Trong, Vietnam's most powerful contemporary leader and architect of the country's largest anti-corruption campaign, died Friday at the age of 80, state media said.
During Trong's 13 years as general secretary of the…
Philippine troops kill 7 suspected rebels in clash
Manila; Seven suspected rebels have been killed in a clash in Nueva Ecija province, north of Manila, the Philippine military said on Thursday.
In a report, the military said that the fighting broke out between a band of the New…
Putin arrives in Vietnam after visit to North Korea
Hanoi; Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Hanoi for a state visit following a meeting with Kim Jong Un in North Korea, the Russian presidency said.
Putin is visiting the Vietnam capital at the invitation of General…