Teacher shot dead in restive Thai south

A teacher was killed in a drive-by shooting yesterday in Thailand's far south, police said, the latest attack on civilians in the insurgency-
28 October 2016, 18:00 PM

Myanmar govt detects first case of Zika

Myanmar's government said yesterday that a pregnant foreign woman has been diagnosed with the country's first case of Zika, a
28 October 2016, 18:00 PM

Rohingya women say soldiers raped them

Rohingya Muslims say Myanmar soldiers raped or sexually assaulted dozens of women in a remote village in the northwest of the country
28 October 2016, 18:00 PM

Southeast Asia could be next ISIS battleground: Experts

As ISIS loses ground in Middle East, there are fears it will take its fight elsewhere, especially in Indonesia, Malaysia and Philippines.
26 October 2016, 04:57 AM

'Don't make us your dogs'

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte lashed out anew at the United States yesterday and said it could forget a bilateral defence
25 October 2016, 18:00 PM

Probe Rakhine atrocities: UN

UN human rights experts have called on Myanmar to investigate allegations that security forces have killed unarmed civilians,
25 October 2016, 18:00 PM

SpaceX's Elon Musk elaborates on plan to colonize Mars

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk gives more details about his plan to colonize Mars.
25 October 2016, 07:07 AM

Ex-Thai PM Yingluck to fight order to pay $1b

Ousted Thai premier Yingluck Shinawatra said yesterday she would fight a junta order demanding she personally pay nearly $1
21 October 2016, 18:34 PM

We don't know if Mars lander 'survived': ESA

Mission controllers are in the dark about the fate of a tiny European craft despatched to Mars as a trial run for a rover to follow in a quest for life on the Red Planet.
20 October 2016, 10:57 AM

Outcry after girls made to train in pit with snake

The act of throwing a snake into a muddy pit with schoolgirls as part of character-building training has sparked condemnation. The instructors involved will be hauled up.
20 October 2016, 08:20 AM

China sends 2 astronauts to space lab: Xinhua

China launches two astronauts into space, official media says, on a mission to its orbiting laboratory as the country works towards setting up its own space station.
17 October 2016, 05:38 AM

Football: Thai clubs await fate as league cancelled to mourn king

The Football Association of Thailand says it will meet clubs to explain its decision to scrap the season with three matches to go following the death of revered King Bhumibol Adulyadej.
16 October 2016, 08:09 AM

China to launch manned spacecraft: Xinhua

China is to launch a manned space mission, official media says, as the Asian giant works towards setting up its own space station.
16 October 2016, 06:13 AM

Crackdown widens in Rakhine

Towns and villages across northern Rakhine state were deserted yesterday, as terrified residents fled a deadly military crackdown on
14 October 2016, 18:00 PM

Grieving Thailand salutes late King Bhumibol Adulyadej

Huge crowds of weeping Thais and saluting soldiers lined the streets as the body of late King Bhumibol Adulyadej is borne through Bangkok, a day after his death left an apprehensive country facing an uncertain future.
14 October 2016, 15:03 PM

Maldives to leave Commonwealth

The Maldives said yesterday it will leave the Commonwealth, weeks after the organisation warned it could be suspended
13 October 2016, 18:00 PM

Myanmar police killed in attack on Bangladesh border

Two policemen are killed in coordinated attacks by an unknown group on posts along Myanmar's border with Bangladesh, an official and police say.
9 October 2016, 06:31 AM

Planet in star system nearest our Sun 'may have oceans'

A rocky planet discovered in the "habitable" zone of the star nearest our Sun may be covered with oceans, researchers at France's CNRS research institute say.
6 October 2016, 14:07 PM

Malaysia frees Australia's 'Budgie Nine' after F1 stunt

Nine Australian men who provoked anger in Malaysia by donning skimpy swimwear bearing the Muslim country's national flag at a Formula 1 race are released without charge.
6 October 2016, 09:14 AM

You can go to hell

Firebrand Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte told US President Barack Obama to "go to hell" yesterday, as he threatened to end
4 October 2016, 18:09 PM