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(24 Aug) - National Solidarity Party member Mohamed Fazli Talip has quit - the second to resign from the party in a week. The central executive committee (CEC) member posted the news on Facebook around 5pm on Monday evening. “With a heavy heart, I have submitted my resignation from NSP with immediate effect. I wish the party... 

(AFP, 24 Aug) - Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Sunday defended his immigration policies and unveiled a set of economic goodies for families ahead of general elections expected to be held in September. "Soon, I will be calling elections to ask for your mandate to take Singapore into this next phase of our nation-building,"... 

ZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland's Office of the Attorney General (OAG) has opened criminal proceedings relating to Malaysia's troubled state investment fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), a spokesman said on Friday. "The Office of the Attorney General confirms that, on Aug. 14 2015, it opened a criminal procedure against...