Singapore announces surprise property curbs to cool market

Singapore’s renewed clampdown on speculative property demand sent real estate stocks reeling yesterday, as analysts predicted the end of a nascent home price rebound and

Pompeo shrugs off N. Korea’s ‘gangster’ rebuke, cites progress

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo yesterday brushed aside North Korea’s accusation of “gangster-like” demands, maintaining that his third visit to the country was producing results but

Mourners honor 3 killed in anti-India protest in Kashmir

Thousands participated in the funeral of two young men and a teenage girl in disputed Kashmir on Saturday, hours after police say they were killed when government

Thailand | Family in China say relatives sent boat’s last moments

The boat lists hard to the right, sending a man tumbling across an aisle toward windows that look almost straight down on fast-moving white-capped waves. Another man

Trapped in Thai cave, youngsters must grapple with stress

At a gilded temple in Thailand’s mountainous north, Ekapol Chanthawong honed a skill that will serve him well as he sits trapped underground in a dark cave:

10 months on, the babies of Rohingya rape survivors arrive

Tucked away in the shadows of her family’s bamboo shelter, the girl hid from the world. She was 13, and she was petrified. Two months earlier, soldiers

Japan | Nuclear agency urges measures to cut plutonium stocks

Japan’s nuclear policy-setting body yesterday endorsed a call for stricter management of its fuel recycling program to reduce its plutonium stockpile. The annual “nuclear white paper”

India asks WhatsApp to prevent misuse after mob killings

India’s government says it has asked WhatsApp to take “immediate action” to prevent the social media platform from being misused to spread rumors and irresponsible statements like

Longley blames PH coach for World Cup violence

Australia assistant coach and former NBA star Luc Longley has accused Philippines coach Chot Reyes of inciting the violence that marred a World Cup qualifying match

Thailand | Warm in blankets, boys smile, joke with rescuer in cave

Their skinny faces illuminated by a flashlight, the Thai soccer teammates stranded more than a week in a partly flooded cave said they were healthy on

Malaysia | Ex-PM Najib charged with breach of trust, graft

Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak was charged yesterday with criminal breach of trust and corruption, two months after a multibillion-dollar graft scandal at a state investment fund

Thai official: Boys may have to dive from cave despite peril

A top Thai official said yesterday that heavy rains forecast for the coming days could worsen floods in the cave where 12 boys and their soccer coach were

Fresh N. Korean weapon gains raise pressure on Pompeo trip

Evidence of new efforts by Kim Jong Un to expand his nuclear arsenal shows the challenge facing U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo when he returns to

Malaysia | Former leader arrested, to be charged for graft

Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak was arrested yesterday by anti-graft investigators and will be charged over his alleged role in the multibillion-dollar looting of a

Indonesia | At least 12 dead as sinking ferry run aground off Sulawesi

At least 12 people were killed and a frantic rescue operation was underway yesterday off the Indonesian island of Sulawesi for dozens of passengers of a sinking

India | Pedestrian bridge collapse at Mumbai train station injures 5

At least five people were injured yesterday when part of a pedestrian bridge at a Mumbai train station collapsed during morning rush hour amid heavy rains, officials

Japan | Plan setting ambitious nuke energy goals approved

Japan yesterday approved an energy plan that sets ambitious targets for nuclear energy use and sustains a struggling program for spent-fuel recycling despite setbacks after the 2011

Philippines | Two years of Duterte: A mixed picture of drug war, economic boom

President Rodrigo Duterte’s two years in office in the Philippines have been marred by controversy, but with one big success: a booming economy. The jury is

Thai rescuers locate missing boys and coach alive in cave

Rescuers located 12 boys and their soccer coach alive deep inside a partially flooded cave in northern Thailand late yesterday, more than a week

Amnesty: Indonesian forces behind unlawful killings in Papua

Indonesia’s police and military are responsible for at least 95 unlawful killings in the easternmost Papua region since 2010, including targeted slayings of activists, Amnesty International said

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