India court acquits 12 in 2006 train blasts case

An Indian court yesterday acquitted 12 men previously convicted for a series of bomb blasts that ripped through packed commuter trains in Mumbai in 2006 that killed 187 people.
21 July 2025, 23:02 PM

Yarlung dam won’t affect neighbours

China will not withdraw or use any water from the Yarlung Zangbo river, where a hydropower project is underway, Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Yao Wen said yesterday.
21 July 2025, 22:41 PM

Pak militants use drones to target security forces: officials

Militants in Pakistan have started using commercially acquired quadcopter drones to drop bombs on security forces in the country’s northwest, police said, a potentially dangerous development in the volatile region.
21 July 2025, 20:11 PM

Air India jet skids off runway in Mumbai

An Air India Airbus A320 flight veered off the runway as it landed during heavy rain at the Mumbai International Airport yesterday, briefly shutting the runway and damaging the underside of one of the plane’s engines.
21 July 2025, 19:48 PM

Indian Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar resigns

He sent his resignation to President Droupadi Murmu and said he was stepping down with immediate effect
21 July 2025, 16:57 PM

180 dead as Pakistan faces intensified monsoon

Over 500 injured across Pakistan since rains began
21 July 2025, 03:33 AM

Indonesia ferry fire kills five as hundreds rescued

The ferry sinking en route to Bali this month was attributed to bad weather
21 July 2025, 03:14 AM

Indonesia ferry fire kills five as hundreds rescued

An Indonesian ferry fire killed at least five people yesterday, the country’s coast guard said, while more than 200 others were saved with many jumping overboard to flee the huge blaze.
20 July 2025, 19:09 PM

Sri Lanka sacks top cop over Easter Sunday bombings

Sri Lanka’s independent regulator has sacked a senior police officer for failing to prevent the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings, which killed 279 people including 45 foreigners.
20 July 2025, 18:10 PM

Election thrashing projected for Japan PM

PM Ishiba's centre-right LDP has governed Japan almost continuously since 1955, albeit with frequent changes of leader
20 July 2025, 14:05 PM

China starts building dam on Brahmaputra

China started building a mega-dam yesterday on a river running through Tibet and India, with Premier Li Qiang attending the commencement ceremony, state media said.
19 July 2025, 20:49 PM

Myanmar's junta chief makes first appearance at memorial event

Myanmar's junta chief on Saturday attended annual commemorations for the country's assassinated independence hero for the first time since the military seized power more than four years ago
19 July 2025, 10:14 AM

Lightning strikes kill 33 in eastern India this week

Lightning strikes during monsoon storms in eastern India this week killed at least 33 people and injured dozens, officials said yesterday.
18 July 2025, 19:47 PM

Myanmar conflict: Junta offers cash rewards to anti-coup defectors

Myanmar’s junta said yesterday it is offering cash rewards to fighters willing to desert armed groups defying its rule and “return to the legal fold” ahead of a slated election.
18 July 2025, 19:46 PM

Incorrect speed record card caused 2024 Nepal plane crash: panel

A passenger plane crash in Nepal last year that killed 18 people was caused by faulty information about the aircraft’s takeoff speed in the flight documentation, a report issued yesterday by a government-appointed investigation panel said.
18 July 2025, 18:52 PM

Myanmar junta claims recapture of town near military academy

Myanmar’s junta yesterday claimed to have ousted armed rebels who captured a town near the military’s main officer training academy after a year-long battle.
17 July 2025, 19:32 PM

63 killed in 24hrs of heavy rain in Pakistan

Heavy monsoon rains across Pakistan’s Punjab province killed at least 63 people and injured nearly 300 in the past 24 hours, provincial officials said yesterday, bringing the nationwide death toll from the rains to at least 159 since late June.
17 July 2025, 19:15 PM

China jails Japanese national for espionage: embassy

A court in China sentenced a Japanese businessman to three-and-a-half years in prison yesterday for spying, Tokyo’s ambassador in Beijing said.
16 July 2025, 18:39 PM

‘Prove they’re Rohingyas’

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee yesterday expressed concerns over the alleged harassment of Bengali-speaking people in BJP-ruled states, challenging the BJP to prove they were Rohingyas.
16 July 2025, 18:31 PM

China says economy grew 5.2% in second quarter

The country's leadership is fighting a multi-front battle to sustain growth, a challenge made more difficult by US President Donald Trump's tariff campaign
15 July 2025, 02:19 AM