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A Singaporean girl, a tuk-tuk driver from Cambodia and their unexpected friendship

SIEM REAP: Ban Mon Thong is a tuk-tuk driver plying the streets of Siem Reap...

Netflix and Amazon are struggling to win over the world's second-largest internet market

Digital signage for Netflix’s “Sacred Games” at a mall in New Delhi. As Netflix and Amazon...

'Race against time' to rescue Japan flood victims: Abe

MIHARA, Japan: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe warned Sunday of a "race against time" to rescue...

The rebels who keep India and Myanmar apart

A recent ambush in a remote corner of northeastern India made fatally clear that ethnic...

Iran seeks global guarantee

 Iran wants world powers to present measures guaranteeing oil revenue and investment into the country, despite U.S. sanctions, when ministers...

Indian-origin woman jailed for role in US Navy's largest fraud conspiracy

Singapore: A 57-year-old Indian-origin Singaporean woman was on July 6 jailed up to three years...

Former Pak PM Nawaz Sharif convicted of corruption, gets 10 years in jail

The Accountability Court sentenced former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to 10 years of imprisonment...

Half of South Asia living in vulnerable ‘climate hotspots’

Changes in temperature and rainfall will impact almost half of South Asia in the coming...

Killings sow fear inside Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh

COX'S BAZAR: Bangladesh is deploying thousands of extra police to Rohingya refugee camps in the...

Japan’s biggest warship starts two-month cruise in SC Sea, Indian Ocean

Japan is yet again sending one of its two large helicopter carriers to the South...

Why Duterte can’t quit China

Entering his third year in office, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte faces a rising uproar over...

Saudi woman’s car set on fire after driving ban lifted

Riyadh: Saudi police are hunting for arsonists who torched a woman's car, only a week...

Asia local bonds suffer rate and trade lashes

The Asian Development Bank’s mid-year local bond publication described unfavorable yield, debt, currency and trade trends through May, as market...

Hebei to chop 40 million tons of steel overcapacity

The Hebei provincial government is moving briskly to cut overcapacity, aiming to reduce steel production...

South Korea's Moon Jae-in to speak in Singapore on vision for peace on Korean Peninsula

SEOUL: South Korean President Moon Jae-in will visit Singapore from Jul 11 to 13, the...

Cash infusion for Central Asia-Caucasus region

A new International Monetary Fund research paper predicts “massive” investment inflows into the Central Asia-Caucasus (CCA) region from China’s Belt...