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
Fastest internet connection speed: South Korea top in world
South Korea has the world's fastest average internet connection speed at 29.0 Mbps. Interestingly the USA which invented internet didn't make the top 10 ranking.
24 May 2017, 06:59 AM
Ousted South Korean leader goes on trial
South Korea's ousted president Park Geun-Hye, grim-faced and brought to court in handcuffs, went on trial yesterday over a sprawling
23 May 2017, 18:00 PM
N Korea 'flatly rejects' UN vow to tighten sanctions
North Korea yesterday "flatly rejected" a United Nations statement vowing to punish its latest banned missile test with tighter sanctions.
23 May 2017, 18:00 PM
N Korea 'flatly rejects' UN vow to tighten sanctions
North Korea yesterday "flatly rejected" a United Nations statement vowing to punish its latest banned missile test with tighter sanctions.
23 May 2017, 18:00 PM
Saudi summit was 'show with no value'
Iran's newly re-elected President Hassan Rouhani yesterday dismissed his US counterpart Donald Trump's summit
22 May 2017, 18:00 PM
Lanka switches foreign, finance ministers
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena announced his first cabinet reshuffle yesterday, switching his finance and
22 May 2017, 18:00 PM
Everest toll mounts to 4 as rescuers find body
Rescuers on Everest found the body of a missing Indian climber yesterday. Three other climbers died on Everest over
22 May 2017, 18:00 PM
Indonesia arrests 141 over gay party
Indonesian police have detained 141 men including several foreigners for allegedly taking part in a gay sex party at a
22 May 2017, 18:00 PM
Philippine ban on religious 'distractions'
Philippine authorities have banned hanging rosaries and religious icons off car dashboards because of safety concerns,
22 May 2017, 18:00 PM
China plays down Duterte claim of war threat
China yesterday sidestepped claims by Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte that it had threatened to go to war over
22 May 2017, 18:00 PM
Bomb blast wounds 21 at army hospital
A bomb struck a Bangkok military hospital yesterday and wounded 21 people -- one seriously -- three years to the
22 May 2017, 18:00 PM
Ready for mass-production
North Korea said yesterday it had successfully tested an intermediate-range ballistic missile which met all technical
22 May 2017, 18:00 PM
Four killed in Indian Kashmir firefight
Two soldiers and two suspected rebels were killed Saturday in Indian Kashmir near the de-facto border that divides the disputed
21 May 2017, 18:00 PM
Two killed as militants attack Kabul guest house
A German aid worker and an Afghan guard were killed and a Finnish woman kidnapped as gunmen stormed an
21 May 2017, 18:00 PM
Iran fires mortars into Pakistan
Mortar shells were fired into Pakistan's territory from across the Iranian border, reports Samaa TV.
21 May 2017, 18:00 PM
Iran reformists sweep Tehran council polls
Iran's reformists have swept to the power in Tehran's city council, winning all 21 seats and knocking the conservatives from
21 May 2017, 18:00 PM
Indian woman scales Mt Everest twice in a week
An Indian climber yesterday reached the summit of Mount Everest for the second time in less than a week, her
21 May 2017, 18:00 PM
North fires another missile
North Korea yesterday test-fired a ballistic missile, the latest in a series of launches which have sparked
21 May 2017, 18:00 PM
After 10-year gap, Thai lotuses bloom again
For the first time in a decade a Thai lake has given up its dazzling secret -- the pink blooms of tens of thousands of lotuses.
21 May 2017, 10:37 AM
Roll back 'hostile policy'
North Korea's deputy UN envoy said on Friday the United States needed to roll back its "hostile policy" toward the country before there
20 May 2017, 18:00 PM