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
Cockroach in car gives woman a fright, causing her to crash into overhead bridge
The sight of a cockroach crawling in her car gave a 61-year-old woman such a fright that she crashed into one end of an overhead bridge in Jurong East Central of Singapore last Friday.
29 January 2018
Indonesian president for quick solution to Rohingya crisis
Visiting Indonesian President Joko Widodo laid emphasis on having a peaceful and quick solution to the Rohingya crisis against the backdrop of the bilateral relations between Bangladesh and Myanmar.
28 January 2018
Suu Kyi lives in 'bubble', says US diplomat in row with Myanmar
Aung San Suu Kyi remains Myanmar’s best hope for change, veteran US mediator Bill Richardson said on Friday, days after he got into a fight with the Nobel laureate and quit an international panel advising her government on the Rohingya crisis.
27 January 2018
Thai polls delayed
Thailand's former ruling party yesterday slammed the junta's latest postponement of elections until 2019. Late Thursday, the military
26 January 2018
Richardson bins Myanmar's claim
Veteran US diplomat Bill Richardson denied he was asked by Myanmar's government to step down from an international advisory board on the Rohingya crisis, his spokesman said yesterday.
26 January 2018
Rohingya crisis: Myanmar to face stronger EU pressure in Feb
The European Union is likely to come up with a more genuine pressure on Myanmar in February so that it acts promptly and creates an environment for the sustainable return of Rohingyas to their homeland from Bangladesh.
26 January 2018
Veteran US diplomat Bill Richardson dropped from advisory panel: Myanmar
Veteran US diplomat Bill Richardson was pursuing “his own agenda” when he was asked to step down from Myanmar’s international advisory board on the Rohingya crisis, the Myanmar government says.
26 January 2018
USAID announces $18m aid more for Rohingyas
USAID declares a donation of $18.4 million in humanitarian assistance to the Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar.
25 January 2018
Over 10 lakh Rohingyas registered so far
A total of 10.38 lakh Rohingyas are registered so far and they will not be able to carry Bangladeshi passport or National Identity (NID) Card anymore.
25 January 2018
Richardson quits Myanmar's 'whitewash' Rohingya crisis panel
Veteran US diplomat Bill Richardson resigns from an international panel set up by Myanmar to advise on the Rohingya crisis, saying it is conducting a "whitewash" and accusing the country's leader Aung San Suu Kyi of lacking "moral leadership".
25 January 2018
Put pressure on Myanmar for ensuring safe repatriation of Rohingyas: ASEAN parliamentary body
ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights call upon the Southeast Asian regional community to mount pressure on Myanmar for ensuring safe and voluntary repatriation of the Rohingyas from Bangladesh.
24 January 2018
Pakistan arrests serial killer suspect over rape, murder of girl, 7
Pakistan Police say they arrested a man suspected to be a serial killer responsible for the rape and murder of a seven-year-old girl, a case that ignited nationwide protests over allegations of government inaction.
24 January 2018
UN urges rethink of Rohingya repatriations without safeguards
The UN refugee agency and other groups urge a rethink of the plan to send Rohingya refugees back to Myanmar amid fears of forced repatriations and the inability of aid agencies to ensure the safety of hundreds of thousands who fled bloodshed at home.
23 January 2018
Prevent premature repatriation of Rohingyas: Fortify Rights to Bangladesh, Myanmar
Fortify Rights, a human rights organisation in Southeast Asia, releases a new film titled “No Man’s Land” that focuses on the plan to repatriate Rohingya to Myanmar and urges Myanmar and Bangladesh to ensure the repatriation of Rohingya refugees through a voluntary, safe, and dignified process and only when Myanmar authorities have restored the rights of Rohingyas.
22 January 2018
Bangladesh says Rohingya return to Myanmar is delayed
Bangladesh says that the repatriation of Muslim Rohingya refugees to Myanmar will not happen on Tuesday as planned because arrangements are incomplete.
22 January 2018
Another Rohingya man stabbed dead in Cox’s Bazar
Another Rohingya man is stabbed to death by some miscreants at Balukhali Rohingya camp in Ukhia upazila of Cox’s Bazar.
22 January 2018
Diplomats for safe and dignified Rohingya return
Diplomats stationed in Dhaka lay emphasis on "safe, voluntary and dignified" return of Rohingyas from Bangladesh to Myanmar to make their return sustainable.
21 January 2018
Rohingya man shot dead in Ukhia
Unidentified masked miscreants have shot a Rohingya camp leader dead in Ukhia upazila of Cox’s Bazar.
20 January 2018
Rohingyas share horrific tales of torture with UN envoy
Visiting UN Special Rapporteur on human rights situation in Myanmar Yanghee Lee meets Rohingyas in camps and listens to their horrific experiences of torture in Myanmar.
20 January 2018
Myanmar finalises Rohingya repatriation preparations as doubts mount
Myanmar was making final preparations to take back the first batch of Rohingya Muslims who had fled conflict in troubled Rakhine state, state media says, despite growing doubts about the plan among refugees and in the United Nations.
20 January 2018