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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
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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
Taiwan FM resigns as Burkina cuts ties
Taiwan's Foreign Minister Joseph Wu yesterday tendered his resignation after Burkina Faso announced it was breaking diplomatic ties with the island.
24 May 2018, 18:23 PM
Ex-PM quizzed again
Former Malaysian premier Najib Razak completed his statement to anti-graft agents yesterday, as the Southeast Asian country's new government revealed some $50 billion of liabilities adding to debt left behind by Najib's scandal-hit administration.
24 May 2018, 18:16 PM
Rohingya refugee camps at imminent risk of landslides: HRW
Tens of thousands of Rohingya refugees living in Bangladesh camps are at imminent risk of landslides, according a statement of Human Rights Watch (HRW).
24 May 2018, 14:09 PM
Step up monetary support for Rohingya at refugee camps: UN
United Nations Under-Secretary General Dr Natalia Kanem pleads for increased support for the Rohingyas, who are facing a major challenge in the upcoming monsoon season when much of the refugee camps in Bangladesh could be flooded and see landslides.
24 May 2018, 13:49 PM
Comply with UN body’s request for report on rape of Rohingya women
Myanmar should comply with a United Nations committee’s request for information on the military’s responsibility for widespread rape of Rohingya women and girls in northern Rakhine State, Human Rights Watch and Fortify Rights said today.
24 May 2018, 06:09 AM
Open your hearts, treat Rohingya children as your own: Priyanka
Unicef Goodwill Ambassador and Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra says the world should learn from Bangladesh how to stand beside the distressed humanity.
24 May 2018, 05:45 AM
Canada to work for Rohingya women rights
Canada has adopted a fresh set of strategies to respond to Rohingya crisis, focusing on the needs of women and girls in the aspects of human rights and gender equality.
24 May 2018, 04:31 AM
1 lakh Rohingyas to be shifted to Bhasanchar soon: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says one lakh of the displaced Rohingya people, now living in Bangladesh, will be shifted to Bhasanchar Island in Noakhali soon for giving them shelter there until their repatriation.
23 May 2018, 12:33 PM
US announces $30m for Rohingya refugee crisis
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes a newly announced US $30 million contribution from the United States that will be used to provide food assistance for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, according to a press release.
23 May 2018, 10:00 AM
UK urged to persuade int’l communities to share responsibilities of Rohingya refugees
A parliamentary body of the United Kingdom has called upon its government to strengthen its efforts to persuade the international community to share the responsibilities of the Rohingya refugees now being sheltered in Bangladesh.
23 May 2018, 06:13 AM
Ousted Malaysian govt accused of covering up scandal at state fund
The government of ousted Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak deceived parliament over the finances of state fund 1MDB and suppressed an investigation by intimidating and purging anti-corruption agents, officials say.
23 May 2018, 04:40 AM
Rohingya insurgents killed Hindu villagers in Myanmar violence: Amnesty
Campaign group Amnesty International says it has gathered evidence that insurgents from a Rohingya Muslim armed group killed scores of Hindu civilians in August last year, amid a surge in violence in western Myanmar.
22 May 2018, 17:53 PM
9 killed in India cops firing
Nine people are killed when police opened fire on protesters demanding the closure of a copper smelting plant over environmental pollution concern in a port city in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu today.
22 May 2018, 15:47 PM
Priyanka visits Rohingya refugee camps in Teknaf
Famous Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra, also the Unicef goodwill ambassador for child rights, visits three Rohingya refugee camps in Teknaf upazila of Cox's Bazar.
22 May 2018, 07:11 AM
New UN special envoy of secretary-general may visit Myanmar in June
Newly appointed United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) for Myanmar Christine Schraner might visit the country in June.
22 May 2018, 04:48 AM
106 cocaine capsules found in woman's stomach
Indian police use laxatives for several days to retrieve 106 cocaine capsules worth some $900,000 from the stomach of a Brazilian woman who tries to smuggle them into the country, officials said Monday.
21 May 2018, 14:53 PM
Nipah virus kills at least three in India
Deadly nipah virus carried mainly by fruit bats kills at least three people in southern India, sparking a statewide health alert.
21 May 2018, 11:31 AM
Rohingya refugees still highly vulnerable: Priyanka
Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra, the Unicef goodwill ambassador for child rights, says the Rohingyas staying in the refugee camps in Bangladesh are still highly vulnerable.
21 May 2018, 08:21 AM
Take concrete steps on Rohingya rights, US aid chief urges Myanmar
The US government's aid chief urges Myanmar to take "concrete steps" to guarantee the rights of Rohingya Muslims and to show sincerity in that endeavour in order to encourage hundreds of thousands who have fled the country to return.
21 May 2018, 04:21 AM
Rohingya crisis: Nasim urges commonwealth countries’ support
Health Minister Mohammad Nasim calls upon the commonwealth countries to mount pressure on Myanmar in a bid to put an end to the much-talked-about Rohingya repatriation crisis.
20 May 2018, 15:36 PM