Thai teen kills 7 in rampage at home, school
8 August 2026
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Asia
Thailand teen kills seven in home, school shooting
7 August 2026
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Southeast Asia
Four dead, 15 injured in Thailand school shooting: deputy minister
7 August 2026
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Asia
North Korea fires short-range ballistic missile
7 August 2026
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Asia
Indian visa scam alert: High Commission warns applicants in Bangladesh
6 August 2026
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South Asia
Pakistan restricts international media reporting outside main cities
6 August 2026
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South Asia
India youth protests highlight mistrust in 'lapdog' media
6 August 2026
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India
Rukhsar Ahmed, rape accused in UK, wins Pakistan-occupied Kashmir election on bail
6 August 2026
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South Asia
Lightning strikes kill 14 in India’s Jharkhand
6 August 2026
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India
Malaysia says Rohingya refugee return will not go ahead if lives are at risk
5 August 2026
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Southeast Asia
Modi has made a ‘historic blunder’
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan yesterday addressed the nation on the Kashmir issue and the government’s future strategy on the
26 August 2019
Indonesia picks site for new capital
Indonesia will move its capital from Jakarta to East Kalimantan.
26 August 2019
Manmohan Singh’s top security cover withdrawn
Former Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s top Special Protection Group (SPG) security will be withdrawn. He will have Central
26 August 2019
Truck driver killed in Kashmir by protesters
Stone-throwing protesters in Indian Kashmir killed a driver of what they thought was a military truck, police said yesterday, as a crippling
26 August 2019
Could data help us tell Dengue’s future?
2019 is one of the worst years for dengue outbreaks. Scientists and officials looking for new ways to use data to predict the deadly
26 August 2019
Could data help us tell Dengue’s future?
2019 is one of the worst years for dengue outbreaks. Scientists and officials are looking for new ways to use data to predict the deadly disease.
26 August 2019
HK officer fires shot
A Hong Kong police officer fired at least one gunshot yesterday, the first time a live round has been used during three months of
25 August 2019
‘Nothing more anti-national’
Indian Congress’s Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, whose brother Rahul Gandhi was turned away from Srinagar airport on Saturday, ripped into
25 August 2019
North Korea launches 2 short-range missiles
North Korea fired what appeared to be two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea off its east coast yesterday, the South Korean military said, the latest in a series of launches in recent weeks amid stalled denuclearisation talks.
24 August 2019
Opposition delegation led by Rahul Gandhi sent back to Delhi on arrival at Srinagar airport
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi along with other opposition leaders, who had flown to Jammu and Kashmir, are sent back to Delhi from the Srinagar airport.
24 August 2019
Pompeo a ‘diehard toxin’: North Korea
North Korea’s top diplomat said yesterday that US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was a “diehard toxin” who only complicates denuclearisation talks and North Korea was ready for both dialogue and standoff.
23 August 2019
S Korea scraps intel-sharing pact with Japan amid row
South Korea yesterday said it will scrap an intelligence-sharing pact with Japan, a decision that could further escalate a dispute over history and trade and undercut security cooperation on North Korea.
22 August 2019
Myanmar troops' sexual violence against Rohingyas 'genocidal intent': UN report
Sexual violence committed by Myanmar troops against Rohingya women and girls in 2017 was an indication of the military's genocidal intent to destroy the mainly Muslim ethnic minority, United Nations investigators concluded in a report release.
22 August 2019
Australia’s Cardinal Pell loses child sex abuse appeal
Disgraced Cardinal George Pell lost his appeal against child sex abuse convictions yesterday, prompting relief from victims who fought to
21 August 2019
Australia to join US in Gulf mission
Australia will join the US-led mission to protect shipping through the Strait of Hormuz amid heightened tensions with Iran, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced yesterday. Morrison said Australia would send a “modest” contribution -- including a frigate, a P8
21 August 2019
China threatens sanctions
China yesterday blasted a huge planned US arms shipment to self-ruled Taiwan and threatened to sanction firms involved in the sale of F-16 fighter jets.
21 August 2019
Emperor ‘prevented from voicing remorse’ after war
Japan’s wartime emperor Hirohito wanted to express his regret and remorse shortly after World War II but the prime minister at the time stopped him, local media reported yesterday, citing newly disclosed documents.
20 August 2019
Afghan wedding suicide blast kills 63, amid hopes for talks
A suicide bomber kills 63 people and wounds 182 in an attack on a packed wedding reception in the Afghan capital, the interior ministry says, as violence shows no sign of easing despite hopes for a deal on a US troop withdrawal.
18 August 2019
Open for business, not for sale
Greenland is not for sale, local authorities said Friday, after a newspaper reported that US President Donald Trump is looking into whether it might be possible for the United States to buy the mineral-rich Arctic island.
17 August 2019
Hong Kong adds another dimension to US-China trade war
The United States and China are embroiled in a trade war for almost two years with reciprocal tariffs and fiery rhetoric coming from both sides.
17 August 2019