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Trump to Muslims: Drive out extremists
Associated Press, Published on 22/05/2017
» RIYADH - Demanding that Middle East leaders combat a "crisis of Islamic extremism" emanating from their homelands, US President Donald Trump cast the fight against terrorism as a "battle between good and evil", not a clash between the West and Islam.
New N.Korea missile test 'dooms peace hopes'
Published on 22/05/2017
» SEOUL - In its latest effort to develop its ballistic and nuclear weapons, North Korea fired a medium-range missile Sunday that appeared to be similar to one the country tested earlier this year, US and South Korean officials said.
Circus owner says final show is a 'celebration'
Associated Press, Published on 22/05/2017
» UNIONDALE, NEW YORK - The owner of the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus said Sunday's final shows are "a celebration."
New Zealand splits with Malaysia over TPP without US
Bloomberg News, Published on 22/05/2017
» HANOI -- New Zealand’s top trade official said his country wouldn’t gain much from major changes to a Pacific trade pact, highlighting obstacles to finalizing the deal without the US after Malaysia called for more negotiations.
Philippines to import 250,000 tonnes of rice in June
Reuters, Published on 22/05/2017
» MANILA -- The Philippines, one of the world's top rice buyers, will issue a tender to import 250,000 tonnes of the grain next month, to boost low stockpiles before the lean harvest season and to offset potential crop damage during the typhoon season.
Dozens arrested in raid on Jakarta gay sauna
Associated Press, Published on 22/05/2017
» JAKARTA -- Indonesian police detained dozens of men in a weekend raid on a gay sauna in the capital, another sign of growing hostility to homosexuality in the world's most populous Muslim nation.
9 Malaysian navy crew missing after chasing fishermen
Reuters, Published on 22/05/2017
» KUALA LUMPUR -- Nine crew members of a Malaysian navy boat are missing after they lost contact with their parent ship while chasing away intruding fishermen, the navy said on Monday.
Southeast Asia stocks higher on oil price gains
Published on 22/05/2017
» Southeast Asian stock markets, except Indonesia and Singapore, closed higher on Monday in line with Asian peers, and as energy stocks climbed on rising global crude oil prices.