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India’s Supreme Court on Friday ordered bolstered protection for Kashmiris who have faced a violent backlash from a suicide bombing in the troubled territory that killed 40 paramilitaries.More than 700 Kashmiri students, workers and traders have returned to the Himalayan region from the rest of India to escape reprisals for the attack, which has escalated tensions with Pakistan.The top court told state governments and police chiefs to ensure there are no “attacks, threats or social boycott”…

February 22, 2019 6:09 PM

HANOI (REUTERS) - A T-shirt bearing the face of one of the world's most infamous dictators would normally be a tough sell, one would think.

February 22, 2019 6:07 PM

TOKYO (AFP) - Japan's All Nippon Airways said Friday (Feb 22) it was forced to delay a domestic flight earlier this week after a co-pilot failed an alcohol breath test despite new rules.

February 22, 2019 6:05 PM

Good day! In today’s Asian Insider, trade talks could be nearing the end game, MBS wraps up his Asian tour and Asia's three tsunamis.   

February 22, 2019 5:47 PM

JAKARTA (REUTERS) - A global money-laundering watchdog, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), will place Cambodia on its watchlist on Friday (Feb 22) because of concern it is highly vulnerable to money laundering, a high-level official with knowledge of the issue said.

February 22, 2019 5:31 PM

DHAKA (AFP) - Funerals started Friday (Feb 22) for victims of a devastating fire in a historic district of Dhaka in which almost 70 people died, burned alive by exploding chemical canisters or trapped by flames.

Japanese police have arrested a man trying to take to China genetic material that could have been used to breed Japan’s renowned Wagyu cattle, causing consternation in an industry that guards its reputation jealously.Police in Osaka searched the home of the man, who has not been named but is understood to be in his 60s, after he attempted to export the fertilised eggs and sperm of Wagyu cattle to China last year. The man took a ferry from Osaka to Shanghai in July with a metal container filled…

Kashmiris have been attacked after a bombing killed Indian forces in Indian-administered Kashmir.

February 22, 2019 4:43 PM

SYDNEY (AFP)- Four Australians with almost no seafaring experience were jailed on Friday (Feb 22) for hatching a "foredoomed" plot to sail a boat to the southern Philippines and overthrow the local government.

February 22, 2019 4:34 PM

JAKARTA (BLOOMBERG) - Mr Prabowo Subianto could pull off a "Mahathir-like" surprise win in Indonesia's presidential election in April, according to a former member of President Joko Widodo's Cabinet.

February 22, 2019 4:21 PM

SYDNEY (AFP) - A Chinese-Australian billionaire businessman on Friday (Feb 22) won a high-profile defamation case against a newspaper that alleged he was co-conspirator in a plot to bribe a top United Nations official, amid fears of Beijing meddling in domestic politics.

February 22, 2019 4:06 PM

Nasser has been charged with seven offences, including driving in a dangerous manner causing death and negligent driving causing serious injury.

February 22, 2019 4:06 PM

The Singaporean driver who was charged in court after a car crash in Australia last November has indicated that she will not plead guilty to her charges.

February 22, 2019 4:04 PM

NEW DELHI (AFP) - India's Supreme Court on Friday (Feb 22) ordered bolstered protection for Kashmiris who have faced a violent backlash over a suicide bombing in the troubled territory that killed 40 paramilitaries.

February 22, 2019 3:54 PM

PETALING JAYA (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - The house of former Goldman Sachs banker Roger Ng has been raided by the police.

February 22, 2019 3:53 PM

In the article, the writer highlights the increasing financial burden that hongbaos create, with some packets containing as much as 10,000 yuan ($2,000).

February 22, 2019 3:50 PM

MANILA (DPA) - The Philippine government on Friday (Feb 22) stressed it would not give in to demands from Islamic State-allied militants for a ransom to free Malaysian and Indonesian hostages despite a threat to kill the captives.

February 22, 2019 3:48 PM

KUALA LUMPUR (BLOOMBERG) - Want a unique way to spend your holiday in Malaysia? How about traipsing around some controversial palm oil plantations.

February 22, 2019 3:39 PM

In its editorial, the paper highlights the exodus of Japanese businesses in Britain because of the uncertainty over Brexit.

A Chinese-Australian billionaire businessman on Friday won a high-profile defamation case against a newspaper that alleged he was co-conspirator in a plot to bribe a top United Nations official, amid fears of Beijing meddling in domestic politics.Fairfax Media, publisher of The Sydney Morning Herald, was ordered to pay Chau Chak Wing A$280,000 (US$199,000) in damages after a judge at the Federal Court of Australia ruled that the 2015 article was defamatory.“The natural and ordinary meaning of…