Football: Vietnam apologises for Indonesia team bus attack

Vietnamese football authorities apologised on Thursday after fans hurled stones at the Indonesian team bus shortly after their Suzuki Cup semi-final tie in Hanoi, breaking a window and injuring two of the visiting team's staff.
8 December 2016, 07:23 AM

BBC under probe for profile of Thai king

Thai authorities are investigating the BBC over a Thai-language profile of the new king, officials said yesterday, after the article
7 December 2016, 18:00 PM

Myanmar halts workers to Malaysia amid outrage

Myanmar has stopped sending workers to Muslim-majority Malaysia as relations sour over a bloody military crackdown on the
7 December 2016, 18:00 PM

Italy votes for change

Italians went to the polls yesterday in a constitutional referendum on which reformist Prime Minister Matteo Renzi has staked his future.
4 December 2016, 18:00 PM

Stop Rohingya genocide

Aung San Suu Kyi must step in to prevent the "genocide" of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, Malaysia's prime minister said yesterday as he mocked the Nobel peace laureate for her inaction.
4 December 2016, 18:00 PM

Philippines urges Bangladesh to share results of heist investigation

The Philippine government wants Bangladesh to share the findings of its investigation into how unknown hackers pulled off one of the world's largest cyber bank heists, to help speed up recovery of the stolen funds.
4 December 2016, 07:52 AM

Kidnapped Bangladeshi worker rescued in Malaysia, 6 held

A kidnapped Bangladeshi migrant worker is rescued from Malaysia and six persons are held for their alleged involvement with the kidnapping.
4 December 2016, 07:03 AM

Foreign investments in Singapore property at 9-year high

Singapore is seen as a safer investment destination in turbulent world. Mega office deals helped drive foreign investment in local real estate to its highest level since 2007.
4 December 2016, 05:14 AM

American alleges rape by guide, 4 others in Delhi 5-star

A woman based in the United States is allegedly gang-raped by a group of five men, including a tourist guide, at a five-star hotel near Connaught Place, The Times of India reports.
3 December 2016, 07:44 AM

China lodges protest after Trump call with Taiwan president

President-elect Donald Trump speaks with the president of Taiwan, a move that will be sure to anger China.
3 December 2016, 04:15 AM

New Thai king leads prayers for late father

Thailand's new monarch King Maha Vajiralongkorn led prayers for his late father yesterday, his first appearance at Bangkok's
2 December 2016, 18:07 PM

Jakarta Muslims protest Christian governor

More than 200,000 Indonesian Muslims prayed in unison and chanted Koranic verses yesterday in the second major
2 December 2016, 18:02 PM

Vajiralongkorn new Thai king

Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn was proclaimed king of Thailand late yesterday, opening a new chapter for the powerful monarchy in a country still mourning the death of his father.
1 December 2016, 18:00 PM

Malaysia eyes snap poll

Malaysia will hold polls soon, embattled Prime Minister Najib Razak said yesterday, vowing "to fight until the death" and
1 December 2016, 18:00 PM

Malaysia axes Myanmar soccer matches

Muslim-majority Malaysia has abruptly cancelled two under-22 football friendlies against Myanmar to protest at the bloody
1 December 2016, 18:00 PM

Non-rectangular football pitch among 2016's best inventions

A property development company AP Thailand's social outreach project, which sees the construction of non-rectangular shaped football pitches, is listed in Time magazines' "The 25 Best Inventions of 2016" list.
1 December 2016, 04:27 AM

Aung San Suu Kyi: Powerless for the Rohingyas

Championed as an icon for human rights, she languished in house arrest. World leaders and people all over called for her
28 November 2016, 18:00 PM

Chinese paper warns Singapore military "hypocrisy" could harm relations

The Global Times, China's nationalist state-owned tabloid, has warned that Singapore's "hypocrisy" over its military relationship with Taiwan could harm bilateral relations with China, according to a published op-ed.
28 November 2016, 09:02 AM

China lodges protest with Singapore over seizure of SAF armoured vehicles in Hong Kong

China has lodged a protest with Singapore after the Republic's armoured vehicles were seized by the Hong Kong customs en route from Taiwan.
28 November 2016, 08:43 AM

'They raped us one by one'

The brutal gang rape that Habiba and her sister endured is a story that is becoming depressingly familiar among the thousands of Rohingya refugees fleeing to Bangladesh to escape the violence of Myanmar's soldiers.
25 November 2016, 18:16 PM