Singapore criminalises AI-generated abuse images
14 August 2026
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Southeast Asia
Ex-Thai MP shoots dead local official over money row
10 August 2026
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Southeast Asia
Thailand teen kills seven in home, school shooting
7 August 2026
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Southeast Asia
Malaysia says Rohingya refugee return will not go ahead if lives are at risk
5 August 2026
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Southeast Asia
Myanmar approves death sentence for cyberscam offences
28 July 2026
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Southeast Asia
Bangkok pub fire kills 27, officials say emergency exits were obstructed
13 July 2026
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Accidents and Fires
Bangladeshi man found in container with expired Malaysian passports
5 July 2026
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Crime & Justice
Myanmar president arrives in India to strengthen ties
30 May 2026
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Southeast Asia
Rescuers free one of seven men trapped in Laos cave
30 May 2026
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Southeast Asia
Dozens killed in blast targeting train in Pakistan: official
24 May 2026
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Southeast Asia
200 Rohingyas wait to enter Cox's Bazar
A couple of hundred Rohingyas have gathered across the border in the last four days hoping to enter Cox's Bazar.
27 August 2018
Only words, no action
In an unprecedented move since the 1989 Lebanon conflict, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres issued a letter to the Security Council a year ago seeking action against the ethnic cleansing of Rohingya in Myanmar.
27 August 2018
They must face genocide trial
The Myanmar military leadership, including its commander-in-chief and five top generals, must be investigated and prosecuted for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes over its actions against the Rohingyas, a UN fact-finding mission said.
27 August 2018
Rights Abuses: Facebook bans Myanmar army chief, top brass
Facebook yesterday banned Myanmar's army chief and other top military brass after a UN investigation recommended they face prosecution for genocide for a crackdown on Rohingya Muslims.
27 August 2018
CAAB trashes Nepalese media report on US-Bangla aircraft crash
The report run by a Nepalese newspaper over the investigation findings on the US-Bangla plane crash led by their government is 'false' and 'baseless', says Captain Salahuddin M Rahmatullah, head of Aircraft Accident Investigation Group of Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB).
27 August 2018
UN probe report outlines atrocities of armed forces against Rohingyas
An independent international fact-finding mission on Myanmar formed by the UN Human Rights Council outlines in its report four key common characteristics of the operations of the armed forces of Myanmar in Kachin, Rakhine and Shan States.
27 August 2018
UN, int’l community must ensure safe, voluntary, and dignified return of Rohingyas: Report
The United Nations (UN) and international community must ensure that the repatriation of displaced Rohingyas only occurs when it is safe, voluntary and dignified, with explicit human rights protections in place, including citizenship, an independent fact-finding mission recommends.
27 August 2018
Myanmar’s new enquiry commission won’t create way for accountability: UN probe
Myanmar’s recently-formed commission of enquiry “will not and cannot provide a real avenue for accountability, even with some international involvement’’, according to a UN probe report on the atrocities” against the Rohingya community.
27 August 2018
Myanmar’s military committed atrocities against Rohingyas with ‘genocidal intent’: Report
Myanmar’s military carries out mass killings and gang rapes of Muslim Rohingyas in the country’s Rakhine State with “genocidal intent”, UN investigators say.
27 August 2018
State Counsellor Suu Kyi didn’t use her position to prevent Rohingya crisis: UN
Myanmar’s State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi has not used her de facto position as the Head of Government to prevent the atrocities against the Rohingya community, according to the report of a fact-finding mission of the United Nations.
27 August 2018
Take action on human rights violations in Rakhine: Australia to Myanmar
Australia has urged Myanmar to take action on human rights violations and welcomed the establishment of Myanmar's Commission of Enquiry, which needs to be provided with authority to respond comprehensively to abuses.
27 August 2018
Verdict in case against Reuters journalists in Myanmar postponed to Sept 3
The verdict in Myanmar's prosecution of two Reuters reporters accused of breaching the country's Official Secrets Act is postponed until September 3 because the judge overseeing the case is in poor health, a court official says.
27 August 2018
Two dead, 255 injured in Iran earthquake
A strong 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck western Iran near the border with Iraq early yesterday, killing two people and injuring more than 250, officials said.
26 August 2018
Rohingyas deserve better
The Rohingyas who moved to Bangladesh reached an important milestone on August 25, 2018. The first anniversary of the exodus from their homeland in Myanmar was observed with solemnity in Bangladesh, Myanmar, and everywhere that the Rohingya diaspora have now spread out to.
26 August 2018
Rohingya Crisis: US slams ethnic cleansing in Myanmar
The United States will continue to hold accountable those responsible for what he described as the "abhorrent ethnic cleansing" of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Saturday.
26 August 2018
14-POINT RECOMMENDATION OF UN FACT-FINDING MISSION
The UN Fact-finding Mission on Myanmar draws up a non-exhaustive list of alleged perpetrators of atrocity crimes against the country’s Rohingya community, indicating priority subjects for investigation and prosecution under international law.
26 August 2018
Pompeo decries ‘abhorrent ethnic cleansing’ in Myanmar on its first anniversary
The United States will continue to hold accountable those responsible for what he described as the "abhorrent ethnic cleansing" of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says.
26 August 2018
World’s fastest 4G Network in Singapore
Singapore has the fastest 4G network followed by South Korea and Australia in the Asia-pacific.
26 August 2018
Afghanistan president rejects resignation of three top security officials
Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani reject resignations tendered a day earlier by three senior security officials, the government says.
26 August 2018
Half of the Rohingya kids orphaned
One in two Rohingya children who fled to Bangladesh without their parents were orphaned by brutal violence, a new Save the Children study said yesterday.
25 August 2018