By Ashley Tang KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Jailed former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak on Thursday mounted a fresh legal bid to serve his remaining prison sentence under house arrest, though court proceedings were cut short to allow prosecutors time to review new evidence. Najib is appealing a lower court decision in July that struck …
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By Nailia Bagirova BAKU (Reuters) – Azerbaijan has accused Western diplomats of unacceptable interference in its judicial system after they called for the release of jailed human rights activists. The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry reacted within hours of the diplomats’ comments at an event on Wednesday evening where they said the country’s record on rights and …
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By Rozanna Latiff KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) -A Malaysian royal commission of inquiry (RCI) recommended a criminal investigation into former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad over a decision to drop claims on two disputed islets in the Singapore Strait, its report published on Thursday said. The RCI was launched after current premier Anwar Ibrahim called for a …
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By Yimou Lee TAIPEI (Reuters) – China is trying to set a “red line” for the incoming Trump administration and U.S. allies by stepping up military activities in the region, a senior Taiwan security official said, including likely war games this weekend around the island. China, which claims democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – Thirty-five people were killed and 43 others injured after a car drove into a group of people outside a sports centre in China’s southern city of Zhuhai on Monday evening, state television CCTV reported on Tuesday. (Reporting by Beijing newsroom, editing by Ed Osmond)
By Gerry Doyle SINGAPORE (Reuters) – China’s much-anticipated J-35A stealth aircraft, centrepiece of this week’s Zhuhai air show, has been more than a decade in the making, but experts say little is known about its capabilities. The first public appearance of the land-based J-35A will take place on Tuesday, a day after the 75th anniversary …
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By Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Beijing is pushing Pakistan to allow its own security staff to provide protection to thousands of Chinese citizens working in the South Asian nation, during talks after a car bombing in Karachi that was seen as a major security breach, sources said. Last month’s airport bombing in the southern …
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SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol will visit Peru and Brazil on Nov. 14-21 to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) and Group of 20 summits, his office said on Tuesday. Yoon will attend the APEC conference in Lima from Thursday, where he is likely to hold bilateral talks with Japanese Prime …
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By Uditha Jayasinghe HAMBANTOTA, Sri Lanka (Reuters) – Sri Lanka votes to elect a new parliament this week in a snap general election called by its Marxist-leaning president who wants a fresh mandate in the legislature to drive economic reforms in the debt-ridden island nation. Anura Kumara Dissanayake was elected president of the South Asian …
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Lui Che Woo, the casino tycoon who helped propel Macau to eclipse rival Las Vegas in gambling revenues, has died at the age of 95, his company said in a statement late on Monday. Lui, chairman of Macau casino company Galaxy Entertainment, died in Hong Kong on Nov. 7, it said, …
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