Myanmar junta chief elected president by pro-military MPs
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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
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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
Malaysia to introduce 10-year term limit for prime minister
5 January 2026, 09:03 AM
Southeast Asia
Myanmar junta says first phase voter turnout topped 50%
31 December 2025, 11:35 AM
Asia
UN hopes Thailand-Cambodia ceasefire will 'pave the way' for peace
27 December 2025, 12:16 PM
Southeast Asia
Rohingya camps turned breeding ground for radicalisation: Norway envoy
Norwegian Ambassador in Dhaka Sidsel Bleken observes that the Rohingya camps in Cox's Bazar have turned into a breeding ground of radicalisation due to absence of education and employment opportunities for the displaced people.
5 July 2018, 14:38 PM
Mother Teresa charity home 'sold babies' in India
Indian authorities says today they have sealed a home run by Mother Teresa's religious order and charged a nun and one other person with baby trafficking.
5 July 2018, 13:22 PM
Silent pain: Rohingya rape survivors’ babies quietly emerge
More than 10 months have passed since Myanmar’s security forces launched a sweeping campaign of rape and other brutalities against the Rohingya, and the babies conceived during those assaults have been born.
5 July 2018, 08:07 AM
More cops deployed to fight killing fear in Rohingya camps
Bangladesh is deploying thousands of extra police to Rohingya refugee camps in the south, officials said, after a series of mostly unexplained killings that have sown fear among hundreds of thousands of people who have fled from neighbouring Myanmar.
5 July 2018, 05:15 AM
Int'l community must work for peaceful Rohingya return: Swiss envoy
Switzerland Ambassador Rene Holenstein says the international community must work closely with Bangladesh and Myanmar so that the issues of safety and protection of the Rohingyas and the work toward a voluntary and peaceful repatriation in safety and dignity are addressed in an effective and comprehensive manner.
4 July 2018, 10:58 AM
Ex-Malaysian PM Najib says he is innocent, has chance to clear his name
Malaysia's former prime minister, Najib Razak, says he is innocent and has a chance to clear his name, hours after being charged with offences including abuse of power.
4 July 2018, 08:55 AM
Najib's trial: Interim gag order against the media granted
The Malaysian High Court has granted an interim gag order against the media from discussing merits of the case of Najib Razak.
4 July 2018, 06:49 AM
Ex-Malaysian PM Najib charged with corruption
Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak was charged in court Wednesday with criminal breach of trust and corruption, two months after a multibillion-dollar graft scandal at a state investment fund led to his shock election defeat.
4 July 2018, 04:31 AM
Will Guterres' visit move the Wall?
Now that the chief of the UN himself has come and heard the “heartbreaking accounts from Rohingya refugees”, will the Wall hear the same? We mean the UN Security Council and the Myanmar government. Will they act to end the untold miseries of the world's most persecuted people of our time?
3 July 2018, 18:00 PM
Ex-Malaysian PM Najib Razak arrested over graft
Former Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak has been arrested.
3 July 2018, 09:18 AM
Red Cross doubts Rohingya repatriation process
Red Cross President Peter Maurer said he has serious doubts over the conducive conditions in Myanmar’s Rakhine state for large repatriation of the Rohingya from Bangladesh.
3 July 2018, 06:14 AM
Thai boys still stuck in cave as divers draw up rescue plans
Rescuers battle intensifying rain to furiously pump water from a cave in Thailand, as officials thrash out plans to extract a young soccer team located by divers after being trapped and incommunicado for 10 days.
3 July 2018, 04:32 AM
Call for justice, safe return
As he walked through the alleys of the makeshift camps in rains and met Rohingya boys and girls, he remembered his granddaughters and tried to imagine what it would be like to see them in such conditions.
2 July 2018, 18:00 PM
We are all Rohingya: WB chief
Moved by the horrific stories of the Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, World Bank President Jim Yong Kim says, “…we are all Rohingya”.
2 July 2018, 12:46 PM
UN chief calls to step up support for Rohingyas
United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres says his heart is broken after he visited Rohingya refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar.
2 July 2018, 03:23 AM
Red Cross chief says Myanmar not ready for Rohingyas return
Conditions in Myanmar’s northern Rakhine state are not ready yet for the repatriation of hundreds of thousands of Rohingyas who have fled a military crackdown, says Peter Maurer, president of the International Committee of Red Cross, after visit to the region.
2 July 2018, 02:15 AM
Generous humane country like Bangladesh shouldn’t be punished: WB
Appreciating Bangladesh's generous support, visiting World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim says they are insisting that generous humane countries that support refugees should not be punished.
1 July 2018, 12:26 PM
UK calls for more int'l support for Rohingyas in Bangladesh
Minister of State for Asia and the Pacific Mark Field and UK Special Envoy for Gender Equality Joanna Roper calls for greater humanitarian assistance for the Rohingyas, particularly to help support the provision of education for refugees and host communities.
1 July 2018, 07:20 AM
UN to put more pressure on Myanmar: Guterres
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres says they will put more pressure on Myanmar to make them understand what they should do on the Rohingya issue.
1 July 2018, 02:51 AM
Secret UN-Myanmar deal on Rohingya offers no guarantees on citizenship
Rohingya refugees returning to Myanmar is to have no explicit guarantees of citizenship or freedom of movement throughout the country, under a secret agreement between the government and the United Nations seen by Reuters.
30 June 2018, 10:06 AM