Voting underway in India's West Bengal and Tamil Nadu
23 April 2026, 08:54 AM
Southeast Asia
Fire in Malaysia's Sabah destroys 1,000 homes, thousands displaced
20 April 2026, 09:37 AM
Southeast Asia
Pakistan announces power cuts in bid to control energy prices
15 April 2026, 15:17 PM
US-Israel war on Iran
Myanmar junta chief elected president by pro-military MPs
3 April 2026, 20:42 PM
World
Thailand votes after three leaders in two years
8 February 2026, 08:11 AM
Southeast Asia
Singapore to invest $785 million in public research on AI
24 January 2026, 22:33 PM
Southeast Asia
Thailand train accident kills 28 at China-backed project
14 January 2026, 11:23 AM
Southeast Asia
Youth critically injured in landmine blast near Myanmar border, locals say
12 January 2026, 17:26 PM
Turkey seeks to join Pakistan-Saudi mutual defence pact, report says
12 January 2026, 16:13 PM
Rohingya 'targeted for destruction' by Myanmar, Gambia tells ICJ
12 January 2026, 16:05 PM
Singapore money laundering crackdown: Who are the 10 foreigners arrested?
Ten people were charged yesterday after police conducted simultaneous raids across Singapore as part of an investigation into money laundering and forgery offences
17 August 2023, 09:03 AM
Rival party backs Pheu Thai in bid to form govt
Thailand’s Pheu Thai party yesterday received a boost in its efforts to form a government after a ninth party joined its alliance and a senior member of a rival, military-backed party pledged its support to try to end months of deadlock.
10 August 2023, 18:00 PM
Jailed Imran Khan challenges graft conviction
Pakistan’s jailed former prime minister Imran Khan appealed against his conviction and three-year sentence on corruption charges yesterday, his lawyer said, a ruling which analysts say is likely to fuel political instability.
8 August 2023, 18:00 PM
War crimes by military ‘more frequent, brazen’
War crimes committed by Myanmar’s military, including the bombing of civilians, have become “increasingly frequent and brazen”, a team of United Nations investigators said in a report published yesterday.
8 August 2023, 18:00 PM
Imran held in small, dirty prison cell
Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan is being held in a small, dirty prison cell, one of his lawyer’s said yesterday after being given access to the former cricket star in jail as he prepares to appeal against his graft conviction.
7 August 2023, 18:00 PM
Imran’s lawyers can’t reach him in Pakistan jail
Pakistani former prime minister Imran Khan’s lawyers could not reach him yesterday after he spent the night in a jail near the capital following his arrest the previous day on a corruption conviction, a spokesperson said.
6 August 2023, 18:00 PM
Climbers break 14 peaks record
Record-breaking mountaineering duo Kristin Harila and Tenjin “Lama” Sherpa were greeted with a heroes’ welcome in Nepal yesterday after the pair successfully conquered the world’s highest peaks.
5 August 2023, 18:00 PM
PM proposes its dissolution on Aug 9
Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has proposed that parliament be dissolved on August 9, three days before the end of its term, political sources said yesterday, paving way for a general election by November.
4 August 2023, 18:00 PM
Myanmar junta cuts six years from Suu Kyi's 33-year jail term
Myanmar reduced ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi's 33-year prison sentence by six years in a partial pardon on Tuesday, as the junta struggles to quell bloody resistance to its rule
1 August 2023, 09:24 AM
Suu Kyi pardoned in 5 cases, still faces 14 others
Jailed Myanmar civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been pardoned in five criminal cases, although she still faces 14 others, state media said Tuesday
1 August 2023, 06:07 AM
Myanmar junta extends state of emergency, delaying polls
Myanmar's National Defence and Security Council agreed Monday to extend the country's state of emergency by six months, state media said, likely delaying elections the junta had pledged to hold by August
31 July 2023, 11:04 AM
At least nine killed in Thai fireworks warehouse blast
A powerful explosion ripped through a fireworks warehouse Saturday in southern Thailand, killing nine people and injuring more than 100, a senior official said, as several nearby homes were levelled or damaged
30 July 2023, 02:38 AM
Suu Kyi moved from prison: party official
Myanmar civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who was ousted from power in a 2021 military coup, has been moved from prison to a government building, an official from her political party said Friday
28 July 2023, 02:32 AM
Typhoon doksuri: 2 dead in Philippines
At least one person died as powerful typhoon Doksuri lashed the coastline of the northern Philippines with gale-force winds and torrential rain yesterday, bursting banks of rivers and leaving thousands without electricity.
26 July 2023, 18:00 PM
Junta may move Suu Kyi to house arrest
Myanmar’s military government may move ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi from prison to house arrest in the capital, Naypyitaw, two media outlets reported yesterday.
26 July 2023, 18:00 PM
Thai parliament vote on new PM postponed: house speaker
The speaker of Thailand's parliament on Tuesday postponed a vote to choose a new prime minister, prolonging the kingdom's political deadlock more than two months after opposition parties won an election
25 July 2023, 09:08 AM
15 dead, 19 missing after Indonesia boat sinks
At least 15 people were killed and 19 more were missing on Monday after a wooden boat sank off the coast of Indonesia's Sulawesi island, search and rescue officials said
24 July 2023, 05:00 AM
No retreat from party’s reform agenda
Thailand’s prime ministerial hopeful said yesterday he was willing to adjust the pace of his Move Forward party’s ambitious reform drive if he becomes premier, but vowed no retreat from a plan to change a law that forbids insulting the monarchy.
18 July 2023, 18:00 PM
Pak army threatens response
Pakistan’s army said on Friday it was seriously concerned that militants had found safe havens in neighbouring Afghanistan and threatened to take an “effective response” two days after 12 of its soldiers died in two attacks.
15 July 2023, 18:00 PM
Top US, Chinese diplomats meet at Asean talks
US Secretary of State top Antony Blinken held “candid and constructive” talks with top Chinese diplomat Wang Yi yesterday in Indonesia’s capital, an official said, the latest in a series of interactions Washington says are aimed at managing competition between the rival superpowers.
13 July 2023, 18:00 PM