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
UK's Johnson meets Myanmar's Suu Kyi on Rohingya crisis
Britain's foreign minister Boris Johnson meets with Aung San Suu Kyi in Myanmar's capital to press for action on the Rohingya crisis, as the country faces mounting pressure to punish troops accused of atrocities against the Muslim minority.
11 February 2018
Dr Mahathir Mohamad admitted to hospital for chest infection
Pakatan Harapan Chairman Dr Mahathir Mohamad has been admitted to the National Heart Institute (IJN) in Malaysia for a chest infection.
11 February 2018
UN says Reuters report on Myanmar massacre ‘alarming’
The United Nations describe the details of a Reuters investigation into the killing of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar as “alarming” and says it showed the need for a thorough probe into the violence in the country’s Rakhine state.
10 February 2018
How Myanmar forces burned, looted and killed Rohingyas in a remote village
The killings in the coastal village of Inn Din marks another bloody episode in the ethnic violence sweeping northern Rakhine state, on Myanmar’s western fringe.
9 February 2018
ICC in Hague opens initial probe against Duterte
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has told the Philippines that it has begun a preliminary examination of a complaint accusing
8 February 2018
SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket soars in debut test launch from Florida
The world's most powerful rocket, SpaceX's Falcon Heavy, roars into space through clear blue skies in its debut test flight from a Florida launch site where moon missions once began.
7 February 2018
Switzerland calls for full implementation of Kofi Annan report
Swiss President Alain Berset says Switzerland calls for the full implementation of the report of the Advisory Commission chaired by Kofi Annan to protect Rohingyas and ensure their safe return to Myanmar.
6 February 2018
UN says Rohingya crisis could endanger regional security
The UN's human rights chief warns that Myanmar's persecution of the Rohingya Muslim minority has the potential to spark regional conflict.
5 February 2018
NASA turns selfies by Mars rover into stunning self-portrait
NASA has transformed selfies taken by its Mars rover Curiosity into a stunning self-portrait.
3 February 2018
World failed to protect Rohingya women: UN Women
The world has failed to protect the Rohingya women, UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka says.
“I think their [Myanmar] government to begin with. Their country has failed them in a massive way,” she said.
3 February 2018
Myanmar government denies AP report of Rohingya mass graves
Myanmar’s government has denied a report by The Associated Press documenting at least five mass graves containing Rohingya Muslim civilians killed by the military with help from Buddhist neighbors, saying that only “terrorists” were killed and they were “carefully buried.”
3 February 2018
UNHCR concerned over ‘rain risk’ of Rohingyas
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and its partners are ramping up efforts to mitigate some of the expected impacts of the upcoming monsoon season in Bangladesh.
2 February 2018
Myanmar tells UN Security Council: Time not right for visit
Myanmar tells the United Nations Security Council not to visit during February this year because it was "not the right time," Kuwait's UN Ambassador Mansour Ayyad Al-Otaibi says, adding that the country did not completely reject the proposed trip.
2 February 2018
Myanmar court denies bail to Reuters journos
A Myanmar court yesterday denied bail to two Reuters journalists charged under a secrecy act that could see them face up to 14 years
1 February 2018
Put pressure on Myanmar to implement Kofi Annan Commission report: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina calls upon the international community including the United Nations (UN) to keep up pressure on the Myanmar government to implement Kofi Annan Commission report on the Rohingya Issue.
1 February 2018
Decision of repatriating Rohingyas premature: UN envoy
UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Myanmar, Yanghee Lee says the decision of repatriating hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees anytime soon was premature.
1 February 2018
AP confirms 5 previously unreported Myanmar mass graves
More than five mass graves, all previously unreported, have been confirmed by The Associated Press through multiple interviews with more than two dozen survivors in Bangladesh refugee camps and through time-stamped cellphone videos.
1 February 2018
Boosting patient well-being with pet-assisted therapy
The therapist who started the project is among 3,500 who won health quality service awards.
31 January 2018
Indonesia police force 'manly makeover' on transgender beauticians
Indonesian police forcibly cut the hair of a group of transgender women and made them wear male clothing, authorities say, amid a crackdown on the LGBT community in the world's biggest Muslim-majority nation.
30 January 2018
Rohingya presence creating massive socio-economic pressure: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says Bangladesh is facing massive socio-economic and demographic pressure due to the presence of a huge number of Rohingyas.
29 January 2018