Mr Paul Manafort, the smooth-talking, sharply dressed 67-year-old campaign chairman for Mr Donald Trump, who was thrust into the headlines this week in connection with a Ukrainian corruption probe, is a formidable Republican strategist who spent years as a lobbyist.
Two children and a man have died in the Indian capital after their throats were slit by glass-covered strings used for flying kites during Independence Day celebrations, police said on Wednesday (Aug 17).
The authorities in southern California ordered the evacuation of 82,000 people on Tuesday (Aug 16), after a wildfire broke out in a mountain pass and rapidly engulfed 3,642ha, an official said.
From computers and cars to carpets and food, Britain's decision to leave the European Union is beginning to hit consumers in the pocket, having already spread uncertainty through the property market.
Ms Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar's state counselor, will pay a five day visit to China from Wednesday (Aug 17), during which she will travel to Beijing and other Chinese cities, and exchange views on bilateral relations with Chinese leaders.
An oil tanker carrying 900,000 litres of diesel has been hijacked and taken into Indonesian waters, the Malaysian maritime authorities said on Tuesday (Aug 16).
Chongqing initiative could be where it adds value, says minister
Malaysia police said on Tuesday (Aug 16) a preliminary probe did not find any evidence that the SIM card and cellphone used in one of last week's coordinated bomb attacks in Thailand are from Malaysia.
Police have arrested a doctor in western India for allegedly injecting six people with a lethal overdose and burying most of the bodies at his farmhouse, an officer said on Tuesday (Aug 16).
Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi is heading to China on Wednesday (Aug 17) for what is likely to be her government's biggest diplomatic test, with the fate of a suspended dam project, backed by China but opposed by many people in Myanmar, in the balance.
Federal investigators probing Volkswagen's diesel emissions cheating scandal have uncovered evidence of criminal wrongdoing, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported on Monday (Aug 15), citing sources familiar with the matter.
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has announced a sharp increase in next year's national budget to fund his controversial war on crime, with security forces to get big pay rises.
A Thai military court issued an arrest warrant on Tuesday (Aug 16) for a second suspect in connection with a wave of deadly bomb attacks last week that killed four people and injured dozens, the police said.
The global Pokemon Go craze has prompted a slew of complaints, from memorial sites arguing it's disrespectful to play there to whole countries imposing a ban on the smartphone game.
Japan on Friday (Aug 12) announced it is pouring a massive US$2.4 billion (S$3.2 billion) into a new railway in the Philippines aimed at easing Manila's notorious gridlock.
South-east Asia has overtaken the United States to become the largest market for Singapore's goods and services, according to Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) data yesterday.
At least 10 inmates at a jail in Paranaque city, just south of the capital Manila, were killed on Thursday evening in what investigators said could have been a botched attempt to escape.
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