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Dirty underwear and contested airspace: the long hunt for Baghdadi
AFP, Published on 30/10/2019
» WASHINGTON: The operation to kill the Islamic State group's leader took months of intelligence work, required the snatching of his underwear and ended when one of the world's most sought-after men blew himself up.
DMZ: the world's last Cold War frontier
AFP, Published on 30/06/2019
» SEOUL: Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un could shake hands in the Demilitarised Zone that divides the Korean peninsula on Sunday if the North's leader takes up the US president's surprise offer to meet.
Cambodia's surrogate mothers risk jail for Chinese couples
AFP, Published on 21/12/2018
» PHNOM PENH: Pregnant and scared, Yin hides in a house on the outskirts of Phnom Penh -- one of an untold number of Cambodian surrogate mothers risking jail time for lucrative payouts from Chinese clients.
President-elect Trump: the man who tapped into American anger
AFP, Published on 09/11/2016
» WASHINGTON - When Donald Trump glided down an escalator in Trump Tower in June 2015 with his wife Melania and announced his bid for the White House, he was probably the only one in the room who thought he could win.
China's 'Mistress hunters' on a mission
AFP, Published on 08/09/2016
» BEIJING - Don't get mad, get your opponent to surrender voluntarily: when Mrs Wang discovered her husband had been cheating on her for several years, she called in an elite team of Chinese "mistress hunters".
Philippines' Duterte endorses killing corrupt journalists, drug dealers
AFP, Published on 01/06/2016
» DAVAO - Philippine president-elect Rodrigo Duterte said Tuesday that corrupt journalists were legitimate targets of assassination, as he amped up his controversial anti-crime crusade with offers of rewards for killing drug traffickers.
Patriarchal India under pressure over marital rape
AFP, Published on 31/05/2016
» NEW DELHI - Almost immediately after Deepti's wedding at a traditional ceremony in the Indian capital, the horrific abuse began -- behind closed doors at the hands of her new husband.
Terror attacks loom as Indonesian trio vie for IS glory
AFP, Published on 05/02/2016
» A power struggle among three Indonesian-born Islamic State group militants in Syria could have a violent ripple effect in Southeast Asia, senior police warn, as a deadly game of one-upmanship threatens to cause more Jakarta-style attacks.
Vietnam on the boil ahead of communist leadership change
AFP, Published on 19/01/2016
» HANOI - From Soviet-style letters of denunciation to outlandish rumours of a coup, Hanoi is abuzz with political gossip ahead of a key leadership change this week that has plunged the ruling communist elite into turmoil.
'Like' me, 'like' me: Cambodian PM woos youth vote online
AFP, Published on 18/01/2016
» PHNOM PENH - Looking more avuncular than authoritarian, Cambodian premier Hun Sen crouches for a selfie for his Facebook page with young scouts -- part of a social media blitz selling the strongman's cuddlier side as he seeks to extend a 30-year grip on power.