‘Hope Myanmar will take back Rohingyas’

Norwegian Foreign Minister Borge Brende hopes that Myanmar government will repatriate stranded Rohingyas from Bangladesh.
20 February 2017, 08:14 AM

Malaysia seeks North Korean fugitives

Malaysian police said yesterday they believe five North Koreans were involved in the murder of the half-brother of
19 February 2017, 18:00 PM

UN envoy on Myanmar to visit Bangladesh Feb 20-23

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Yanghee Lee, will visit various locations in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar district where people fleeing Myanmar are residing temporarily in makeshift shelters.
18 February 2017, 08:13 AM

Pakistan senate passes landmark Hindu marriage bill

The Hindu community in Pakistan is set to have a personal law for the first time as the country’s senate unanimously passes ‘The Hindu Marriage Bill 2017’.
18 February 2017, 07:08 AM

Pakistan to boycott South Asian Speakers’ meet in India

Pakistan is boycotting the two-day South Asian Speakers’ Summit to be hosted by India in central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh to discuss various social issues like gender equality, women empowerment and climate change.
18 February 2017, 06:08 AM

Amnesty: more murder in Philippine drug war

Shadowy assassins are still killing poor Filipinos, despite a police withdrawal from Rodrigo Duterte's deadly drug war,
17 February 2017, 18:00 PM

'No release of body without DNA test'

The body of Kim Jong-Nam, the assassinated half-brother of North Korea's leader, will not be released until his family
17 February 2017, 18:00 PM

Pakistan crackdown after suicide attack claimed by Islamic State

Pakistani security forces kill dozens of suspected militants, a day after Islamic State claimed a suicide bombing that killed more than 80 worshippers at a Sufi shrine in the latest of a series of attacks across the country.
17 February 2017, 14:34 PM

Lanka war widows face sexual exploitation

Tamil women who survived Sri Lanka's civil war now face widespread sexual exploitation by officials in their own community as well as
16 February 2017, 18:00 PM

30 dead in suicide attack on Pak shrine

At least 30 people have been killed and 100 injured when a suicide bomber attacked the shrine of Lal Shahbaz Qalandar in Shewan yesterday evening.
16 February 2017, 18:00 PM

Pak raids hideout of militants

Pakistani counter-terrorism police raided a militant hideout and killed six suspected members of a Taliban faction that has launched a new campaign of violence against the government, police said yesterday.
16 February 2017, 18:00 PM

Suicide attack on Pakistani shrine claimed by IS kills 72

At least 72 people are killed and dozens more wounded as a suicide bomber attacks a crowded Sufi shrine in southern Pakistan, police say.
16 February 2017, 15:45 PM

Fourth suicide bomber strikes Pakistan in one day

A series of suicide attacks kill six in Pakistan, unnerving citizens whose growing sense of security has been shaken by multiple blasts this week.
15 February 2017, 13:07 PM

India puts record 104 satellites into orbit

India successfully puts a record 104 satellites from a single rocket into orbit in the latest triumph for its famously frugal space agency.
15 February 2017, 05:04 AM

India to launch 104 satellites in record mission

India hopes to make history by launching a record 104 satellites from a single rocket as its famously frugal space agency looks to zoom ahead in the commercial space race.
14 February 2017, 14:16 PM

Myanmar govt to probe police action

Myanmar is to investigate whether police have committed abuses against Rohingya Muslims, the government has
13 February 2017, 18:00 PM

Blast kills 10 in Pakistan's Lahore

At least 10 people are killed and as many as 30 are injured when a bomb explodes outside the Punjab Assembly in Lahore, Pakistan.
13 February 2017, 13:57 PM

Islamabad HC bars Valentine's Day celebration in public spaces

Islamabad High Court (IHC) prohibits the celebration of Valentine's Day in public spaces and government offices across the country 'with immediate effect'.
13 February 2017, 10:42 AM

Myanmar to probe police over allegations of crimes against Rohingya

Myanmar is to investigate whether police have committed abuses against Rohingya Muslims.
13 February 2017, 10:38 AM

8 killed in Indian Kashmir gunbattle

Eight people were killed in Indian-administered Kashmir yesterday after a gunbattle broke out between suspected
12 February 2017, 18:00 PM