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Singapore to witness rare solar eclipse on March 9

The maximum eclipse will be visible around 8.23am and the solar event will last until 9.33am Feb 10, 2016

Chinese welcome Year of the Monkey with Lunar New Year celebrations at the Longtan park in Beijing

Chinese welcome the Year of the Monkey with Lunar New Year celebrations at the Longtan park in Beijing Feb 10, 2016

Breaking: Indonesian training aircraft crashes into housing area

Local media reported witnesses saw rescuers carrying body bags. Feb 10, 2016

Hillary Clinton suffers shock defeat in New Hampshire primary; Donald Trump wins

Hillary Clinton is well positioned to build a strong, potentially insurmountable, delegate lead next month her campaign manager says. Feb 10, 2016

Taiwan arrests developer of high-rise building that collapsed in quake

Witnesses say commercial metal cans were packed inside wall cavities, suggesting these were used as building material. Feb 10, 2016

Hong Kong riots: Merely pro-fishballs or plain anti-China?

There has been growing discontent against the pro-Beijing government in the city of seven million people after violent 11-week pro-democracy movement of 2014 fizzled out. Feb 10, 2016

North Korea can soon recover plutonium from Yongbyon reactor, says US

Intelligence chief James Clapper also said Pyongyang has improved the sophistication of its ballistic missile programme. Feb 10, 2016

Germany train collision kills four; 150 injured

The trains' operator Meridian said the carriages had partially derailed and crashed into each other. Feb 9, 2016

Release Anwar Ibrahim and repeal sodomy law, Human Rights Watch tells Malaysia

Anwar, a former deputy prime minister and the deemed political successor of Mahathir Mohammed, was arrested in 1998 on corruption and sodomy charges. Feb 9, 2016

Hong Kong: Crackdown on hawkers leads to riots reminiscent of 2014

More than a hundred protesters broke loose in Portland Street at 2 am, forcing police to engage them. Feb 9, 2016

Magnitude 6.4 earthquake hits off Papua New Guinea coast; no tsunami warning

There is no tsunami warnings, seismologists said, adding the earthquake happened off the coast of Bougainville Island. Feb 9, 2016

US promises advanced anti-missile hardware THAAD for South Korea after Pyongyang's rocket launch

North Korea tested and produced nuclear weapons and now they are trying to perfect their missile launch system, says Obama. Feb 9, 2016

Indonesia: 26 die after drinking spurious liquor

Last year, two Islamic parties proposed a bill that seeks to ban liquor consumption entirely. Feb 8, 2016

Singaporean trekker dies while trying to scale Malaysia's Gunung Tahan

Nawaz's body was found some five kilometers from the spot he was last seen. Feb 8, 2016

Malaysia: Cyber police on Twitter offensive to save Najib from online ridicule

The cyber unit officers now use Twitter to warn people about repercussions of being too critical about the government. Feb 8, 2016
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