Thailand teen kills seven in home, school shooting
7 August 2026
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Southeast Asia
Malaysia says Rohingya refugee return will not go ahead if lives are at risk
5 August 2026
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Southeast Asia
Myanmar approves death sentence for cyberscam offences
28 July 2026
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Southeast Asia
Bangkok pub fire kills 27, officials say emergency exits were obstructed
13 July 2026
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Accidents & Fires
Bangladeshi man found in container with expired Malaysian passports
5 July 2026
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Crime & Justice
Myanmar president arrives in India to strengthen ties
30 May 2026
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Southeast Asia
Rescuers free one of seven men trapped in Laos cave
30 May 2026
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Southeast Asia
Dozens killed in blast targeting train in Pakistan: official
24 May 2026
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Southeast Asia
Gunshots at Philippine Senate as lawmaker wanted by ICC holds out
13 May 2026
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Southeast Asia
Thailand's ex-PM Thaksin released from prison
11 May 2026
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Southeast Asia
Astronomers find the 'impossible': A galaxy without dark matter
Stupefied astronomers unveil the first and only known galaxy without dark matter, the invisible and poorly-understood substance thought to make up a quarter of the Universe.
29 March 2018
Dhaka to seek Moscow support
Bangladesh will seek Russia's support in addressing the Rohingya crisis during Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali's official visit to
28 March 2018
Stand by them
A group of interfaith leaders of the US yesterday called upon the international community to stand in solidarity with the persecuted
28 March 2018
US donates 1mn health products for Rohingyas
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has provided 622,800 doses of injectable contraceptives to the government of Bangladesh for the Rohingya refugees.
28 March 2018
Bangladesh sees little foreign funds for Rohingya refugee island, Shahriar Alam tells Reuters
Bangladesh is not expecting much help from foreign donors as it forges ahead with plans to relocate 100,000 Rohingya refugees to an uninhabited island, an undertaking that does not yet have a timeline, Mohammed Shahriar Alam, state minister for foreign affairs, says in an interview.
27 March 2018
Trump lauds Hasina’s role in Rohingya crisis
US President Donald Trump lauds the “personal leadership” of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in addressing the plight of the Rohingyas who have fled to Bangladesh from Rakhine State in Myanmar.
25 March 2018
No quick fix to Rohingya crisis: New Chinese ambassador
The new Chinese Ambassador Zhang Zuo says that there is no quick solution to Rohingya crisis.
21 March 2018
Tribute song for US-Bangla plane crash victims
Music artists from Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka have put together a tribute song in memoirs of the victims of the US-Bangla Airlines plane crash that killed 51 people.
21 March 2018
Myanmar is worst-performing country for aid access
Myanmar tops a list of countries where the ability of aid groups to reach people in need has worsened in the past six months, the Geneva-based research group ACAPS has said.
20 March 2018
Myanmar's Suu Kyi 'unwell', scraps Australia public appearance
Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi pulls out of a public speech and question-and-answer session in Sydney because she was "not feeling well", the event's organisers say.
19 March 2018
Suu Kyi spoke at length about Myanmar troubles: Turnbull
Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi spoke at length about her country’s troubled western state of Rakhine at a Sydney conference on Sunday and appealed to Southeast Asian neighbors for help, Australia’s prime minister says.
19 March 2018
US-Bangla plane crash survivor Kabir Hossain returns
Kabir Hossain, one of the injured victims of the US-Bangla plane crash, is brought back to Dhaka.
19 March 2018
ASEAN leaders tackle Rohingya crisis and urge South China Sea calm
Australia and its ASEAN neighbours vows to boost defence ties while stressing the importance of non-militarisation in the disputed South China Sea at a summit where the "complex" Rohingya crisis took centre stage.
18 March 2018
Malaysian journalists’ investigation follows traffickers to Bangladesh
In the middle of a bustling town in Bangladesh, two R.AGE undercover journalists hide in a van, listening in as one human trafficker after another sold their lies.
18 March 2018
IOM appeals for US$ 182m to help Rohingyas, local community
IOM, the UN Migration Agency, is appealing for USD 182.1 million to assist 900,000 Rohingya refugees and local community members in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.
18 March 2018
Crushed hopes greet Aung San Suu Kyi in Australia
The long journey to find peace for Rohingya refugee Kobir Ahmed can be told through the different birth countries of his eight children -- Myanmar, Malaysia and Australia -- although they remain citizens of no nation.
18 March 2018
Sri Lanka lifts nationwide state of emergency
Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena says he has lifted a nationwide state of emergency imposed on March 6 after Buddhist-Muslim clashes.
18 March 2018
Lawyers in Australia seek to prosecute Suu Kyi for crimes against humanity
Lawyers in Australia file a private application in a Melbourne court seeking prosecution to press charges against Myanmar’s de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi of crimes against humanity committed against ethnic Rohingya minorities in the country’s Rakhine state.
17 March 2018
Canadian aviation expert joins Nepal plane crash probe team
A Canadian aviation expert joins the probe body in Nepal to investigate into the plane crash of US-Bangla Airlines.
16 March 2018
With Rohingya gone, Myanmar's ethnic Rakhine seek Muslim-free 'buffer zone'
Buddhist flags hang limply from bamboo poles at the entrance to Koe Tan Kauk, a "model" village for ethnic Rakhine migrants shuttled north to repopulate an area once dominated by Rohingya Muslims.
16 March 2018