India temple stampede kills nine

The stampede occurred at the Venkateswara temple in Kasibugga in Srikakulam district
1 November 2025, 09:29 AM

Maldives begins 'generational ban' on smoking

The Maldives began implementing a smoking ban Saturday on anyone born after January 2007
1 November 2025, 07:47 AM

Fire breaks out at Kuala Lumpur’s Petronas Tower 3

The fire involved a restaurant in one of the building’s upper floors
1 November 2025, 03:10 AM

US signs 10-yr defence pact with India

The United States has signed a 10-year defence framework agreement with India, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said yesterday.
31 October 2025, 19:08 PM

India-US sign 10-year defence cooperation agreement amid tariff turmoil

Agreement aims to deepen military ties, tech collaboration
31 October 2025, 12:00 PM

Thai ex-PM Thaksin's party elects new leader after daughter's exit

Pheu Thai members elected Julapun Amornvivat, a former deputy finance minister
31 October 2025, 09:24 AM

'In a nuclear war, there are no winners or losers; all of humanity becomes loser'

Hiroshima atomic bomb survivors warn Trump after his directive to Pentagon on nuclear testing
31 October 2025, 06:56 AM

Xi to meet Japan, Canada leaders after trade truce with Trump

Chinese leader Xi Jinping was expected to meet Canada and Japan's new prime ministers for the first time on Friday, a day after agreeing to a trade war ceasefire with US President Donald Trump..The meeting in Busan, South Korea saw Trump announce a cut in US tariffs and Xi agree to maintai
31 October 2025, 03:49 AM

Myanmar arrests three artists for ‘disrupting polls’

Myanmar authorities yesterday announced the arrest of three artists for undermining the upcoming junta-organised election, wielding new speech laws that rights monitors say oppress dissent.
30 October 2025, 18:44 PM

Afghanistan and Pakistan restart peace talks in Istanbul

Mediators from Turkey and Qatar convinced them to resume talks, said Reuters sources
30 October 2025, 15:52 PM

Trump says China rare earths deal is one year, extendable

China exercises a virtual monopoly on so-called "rare earth" metals, essential for everything from household appliances to cars, energy and weapons
30 October 2025, 05:57 AM

Chinese stocks climb to 10-year peak as Trump-Xi meeting begins

Investors cautiously optimistic of trade truce extension
30 October 2025, 03:48 AM

Myanmar to hold second phase of election in Jan

Myanmar’s military government will hold the second phase of its multi-stage election on January 11, state media said yesterday, a vote dismissed as a sham by Western countries, the United Nations and human rights groups.
29 October 2025, 19:55 PM

Assam CM seeks treason case over ‘Bangladesh anthem’ at Congress meet

Congress leaders say criticism insults Rabindranath Tagore
29 October 2025, 19:00 PM

North Korea announces missile test hours before Trump due in South

The sea-to-surface missiles were launched vertically on Tuesday from the Yellow Sea and flew for more than two hours
29 October 2025, 02:27 AM

Pakistan says peace talks with Afghanistan 'failed'

After an initial 48-hour ceasefire lapsed, a second truce emerged on October 19 following talks in Doha
29 October 2025, 02:20 AM

China eyes ‘positive signals’ from new Japan leadership

Beijing’s top diplomat yesterday told his Japanese counterpart he sees “positive signals” from Tokyo’s new leadership, after the country swore in a prime minister long viewed as a China hawk.
28 October 2025, 19:43 PM

Delhi conducts first cloud-seeding trial to fight worsening air pollution

Artificial rain experiment aims to reduce smog as respiratory illnesses rise
28 October 2025, 16:15 PM

Forensic report shows most protesters shot above the waist during clashes

Autopsies reveal 39 demonstrators were killed by bullets aimed at the chest, head and neck; human rights body probing excessive police force
28 October 2025, 06:52 AM

EU to host Chinese officials for rare earth talks

A Chinese delegation will head to Brussels in the coming weeks for talks on export curbs Beijing has imposed on rare earths, European Council President Antonio Costa said on Monday.
27 October 2025, 18:51 PM