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Police say quarrel among Chinese consular employees in Cebu led to the killings.

One of the suspects was captured on security cameras at the site of the incident where two people were also killed.

City Harvest Church founder Kong Hee and five other church leaders lent millions from church funds to his wife's manager.

Japan's annual export growth slowed sharply in September as shipments to China, its second-biggest market after the U.S., declined.

Russia's assistance follows the end of five-day missions by Malaysia and Australia to help their regional neighbor.

A new version of the musical hit has earned both praise and criticism.

Reunions, which North Korea uses for leverage, resume after a confrontation in August.

The weakening storm is now forecast to turn east into the Pacific Ocean in the next few days, sparing Taiwan, the U.S. Navy Joint Typhoon Warning Center predicted.

Indonesian laws require domestic shipping operators to be locally controlled.

Southeast Asian countries are in a race with Indonesia to build the first high-speed rail network in the region.

The typhoon weakened but its slow pace is feared to increase destruction.

A controversy over alleged corruption also could lead to a black eye for Goldman Sachs Group Inc., which had dealings with the government-owned 1Malaysia Development Berhad.

The strongest typhoon to strike the main island in five years is expected to linger until midweek.

The nation's central bank -- which uses the exchange rate, rather than interest rates, to boost or slow the economy -- said it will slow the rate of appreciation of the Singapore dollar for the second time this year.

Revived demand, cheaper jet fuel and a more fuel-efficient new plane make the flight viable.

Singapore will release the economic report Wednesday, the same time the Monetary Authority of Singapore announces whether it will give the economy a boost.

Yale's partnership with National University of Singapore has been criticized for perceived compromises on academic freedom.

The U.S. Navy is reportedly close to getting final approval to breach a 12-nautical mile boundary around a Chinese-built artificial island.

The city-state renowned for planning is preparing for technology that carmakers are racing to put to market.

Over the weekend, reports emerged of debris sightings off the southern Philippines, spurring unfounded speculation about the missing airplane's discovery.

Singapore and Malaysia sent in Bombardier, Chinook and other aircraft to battle Indonesia's haze-inducing forest fires.

Several projects, worth a total of about $45 billion, have reportedly been held up by funding bottlenecks and poor planning by local governments and agencies.

The haze is a product of the annual burning of forests by Indonesia to make way for palm-oil tree and paper plantations.

Asian and European stocks traded mostly lower though Chinese stocks surged in a post-holiday catch-up session, while U.S. stock futures pointed to a weak opening.

Authorities say they "learned their lesson" from a controversial 2010 incident.

Rolando del Torchio's abduction is the latest incident in a region that's suffered from poverty and violence.

Poor Muslims in the region may be ideal targets for radical groups looking to recruit for deployment abroad.

Southeast Asia's largest economy is struggling as demand for commodities is damped by China's slowdown.

Meituan.com may merge with an app provider to take on the Chinese Internet giant, according to the Wall Street Journal.