Pakistan releases Indian fishermen in bid to ease tensions with Delhi

Pakistan releases 220 Indian fishermen as a goodwill gesture aimed at easing tensions with its neighbour, officials say.
26 December 2016, 05:59 AM

KL moves against foreign students with ‘link to terrorism’

Two ministries and the Immigration Department of Malaysia will keep up with their cooperation to ensure that visas are not granted to foreign students who are linked to terrorist activities.
25 December 2016, 12:41 PM

Thousands flee typhoon in Philippines

Philippine authorities began evacuating thousands of people and shut down dozens of ports yesterday as a strong typhoon
24 December 2016, 18:00 PM

Muslim man found dead after speaking to media

The headless body of a Muslim villager has been found days after he spoke to reporters on a rare government-guided media
24 December 2016, 18:00 PM

Indonesia police beef up security

Indonesian police yesterday announced plans to deploy some 155,000 personnel to secure the country during Christmas and
22 December 2016, 18:49 PM

Duterte faces probe over killings claim

The Philippines independent human rights watchdog said yesterday it will investigate President Rodrigo Duterte's admission he
22 December 2016, 18:43 PM

Philippines' Duterte wants daily executions

Philippine Catholic leaders and rights groups yesterday condemned as "barbaric" President Rodrigo Duterte's plan to restore the
19 December 2016, 18:13 PM

Bye-bye US, we do not need you

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte yesterday told the United States to prepare for repeal of an agreement on deployment of
17 December 2016, 18:09 PM

'I killed about 3 of them'

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte yesterday said killings he maintains he committed while mayor of a southern city,
16 December 2016, 18:13 PM

Philippines will not protest china actions

The Philippines would not protest China's moves to militarise its man-made islands in the South China Sea, Foreign Minister
16 December 2016, 18:08 PM

Thai junta passes cyber-crime law

Thailand's rubber-stamp parliament yesterday passed a controversial cyber-crime law that critics say strengthens the junta's
16 December 2016, 18:07 PM

Aid package to Philippines withheld: US

The United States said yesterday it had withheld a major aid package to the Philippines because of significant
15 December 2016, 18:00 PM

New Thai king pardons thousands of prisoners

Thailand's new King Maha Vajiralongkorn has pardoned tens of thousands of prisoners, a first act of "mercy" as monarch as he
12 December 2016, 18:11 PM

Myanmar calls Asean talks over Rohingya

Myanmar has called an emergency Asean meeting to discuss the Rohingya crisis, a diplomat said yesterday, as regional tensions deepen over a bloody military crackdown on the country's Muslim minority.
12 December 2016, 18:11 PM

Cyclone Vardah batters south India coast killing 2

A cyclone barrels into the southeast coast of India killing at least two people and bringing down trees and power lines as authorities move tens of thousands of people from low-lying areas.
12 December 2016, 10:41 AM

China’s new weather satellite can study lightning, pollutants

China launches a new-generation weather satellite that can improve weather forecasting as well as help study lightning and air pollutants, including PM2.5.
12 December 2016, 05:24 AM

Indonesia foils plot to bomb state palace

Indonesian counter-terrorism forces on Saturday arrested three people near the capital Jakarta suspected of planning a bomb
11 December 2016, 18:04 PM

45,000 left homeless

Tens of thousands of people have been displaced after a devastating earthquake in Indonesia killed more than 100 people, an
10 December 2016, 18:00 PM

Japanese cargo ship blasts off for space station

An unmanned H-2B rocket blasts off from Tanegashima island in southern Japan to send a cargo ship to the International Space Station, a NASA TV broadcast shows.
10 December 2016, 04:38 AM

Death toll passes 100

Aftershocks rattled the survivors of a devastating Indonesian earthquake that killed more than 100 people, as officials urgently appealed yesterday for medicine and doctors to treat the hundreds injured.
8 December 2016, 18:11 PM