ICJ genocide case 'flawed and unfounded': Myanmar govt
14 January 2026, 10:41 AM
Asia
Myanmar made lives of the Rohingyas a nightmare
13 January 2026, 00:00 AM
Myanmar pro-military party claims Suu Kyi's seat in junta-run poll
12 January 2026, 13:58 PM
Bomb attacks on Thailand petrol stations injure 4
12 January 2026, 02:46 AM
Japan PM mulling snap election in coming weeks: reports
11 January 2026, 02:08 AM
Bangabandhu’s autobiography translated to Korean
2 July 2021, 08:18 AM
Asia
Japan minister says necessary to 'wake up' to protect Taiwan
29 June 2021, 02:49 AM
Japan
Myanmar violence escalates with rise of ‘self-defence’ groups: report
28 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Asia
Hong Kong police arrest former Apple Daily journalist at airport: media
28 June 2021, 11:36 AM
China
China turns on world’s second-biggest hydropower dam
28 June 2021, 08:40 AM
China
India sparks outcry over press freedom
The Indian government named a reporter in a police complaint after she wrote an article alleging a data breach in a
8 January 2018, 18:00 PM
Macron bets on horse diplomacy in China
In a response to panda power, French President Emmanuel Macron is betting on equine diplomacy during his first
8 January 2018, 18:00 PM
Explosion fears for oil tanker ablaze off China
Rescue crews yesterday wrestled to bring a blaze on an Iranian oil tanker off China's east coast under control as fire
8 January 2018, 18:00 PM
5.5 magnitude quake hits North-East India
An earthquake of magnitude 5.5 struck east of Imphal, capital of India's northeastern state of Manipur, yesterday, the
7 January 2018, 18:00 PM
5.5 magnitude quake hits North-East India
An earthquake of magnitude 5.5 struck east of Imphal, capital of India's northeastern state of Manipur, yesterday, the
7 January 2018, 18:00 PM
14,000 bunkers to be built to protect J&K residents
Over 14,000 community and individual bunkers would be constructed along the Line of Control (LoC) and the
7 January 2018, 18:00 PM
Mahathir faces uphill task
Malaysia's opposition alliance yesterday named former premier Mahathir Mohamad as its prime ministerial candidate
7 January 2018, 18:00 PM
Seoul offers high-level delegation
South Korea has proposed sending a five-member delegation led by a government minister to rare talks with North Korea next week,
6 January 2018, 18:00 PM
US biggest military spender in World, India in South Asia
The United States’ military spending has dominated the world for years, but recent data from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) shows China, Russia, Saudi Arabia and India are other four biggest spenders on military.
6 January 2018, 05:03 AM
'Don't fear death': Xi
President Xi Jinping has issued a blunt call for China's military to be ready for war and unafraid to die defending the country, as
5 January 2018, 18:00 PM
North, South Korea agree to first talks in two years
North Korea yesterday agreed to hold official talks with the South next week, the first in more than two years, hours after the United
5 January 2018, 18:00 PM
Tibetan put on trial in China for subversion
A Tibetan who has waged a campaign to preserve his region's ancestral language was put on trial in China for inciting separatism
4 January 2018, 18:00 PM
Fear grips Muslims in Assam
Marzina Bibi, a Muslim woman living in India's northeastern state of Assam, is petrified she will be declared stateless.
4 January 2018, 18:00 PM
Japan faces greatest danger since WWII
The security situation facing Japan is the most perilous since World War Two because of North Korea's "unacceptable" provocations,
4 January 2018, 18:00 PM
Beijing records best air quality in 5 years
Air quality in China's notoriously smog-ridden capital in 2017 was the best since pollution control measures were
3 January 2018, 18:00 PM
India limits visitors to save Taj Mahal
India is to restrict the number of daily visitors to the Taj Mahal in an attempt to preserve the iconic 17th-century monument to
3 January 2018, 18:00 PM
N Korea reopens hotline
North and South Korea yesterday reopened a cross-border hotline which had been shut down since 2016, forging
3 January 2018, 18:00 PM
Indian doctors on strike over medicine plan
Doctors across India went on strike yesterday over a controversial bill that would allow practitioners of alternative
2 January 2018, 18:00 PM
Two dead as storm hits Philippines
Two people were killed and thousands fled strong winds and floods as a tropical depression hit the central
2 January 2018, 18:00 PM
Pakistan summons US envoy over Trump tweet
Pakistan has summoned the US ambassador in a rare public rebuke after Donald Trump threatened to cut aid to
2 January 2018, 18:00 PM