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
Sri Lanka police chief arrested
Sri Lankan police yesterday arrested their top commander and a former defence chief over alleged failures to prevent the Easter Sunday
2 July 2019
Crisis in Congress deepens
Rahul Gandhi has spurned appeals to reconsider his resignation as leader of India’s Congress Party after losing a second general
2 July 2019
Shock as former president’s TV interview taken off air
Pakistan’s largest private broadcaster abruptly took an interview with former president Asif Ali Zardari off air shortly after it began,
2 July 2019
Ease sanctions in ‘timely’ fashion
Chinese President Xi Jinping urged US President Donald Trump to “show flexibility” towards North Korea, including the “timely” easing of
2 July 2019
China demands criminal probe
Hong Kong yesterday grappled with the aftermath of a night of unprecedented anti-government protests which saw parliament
2 July 2019
June was hottest month ever recorded on Earth: EU satellite agency
Last month was the hottest June ever recorded with soaring temperatures worldwide capped off by a record-breaking heatwave across Western Europe, satellite data showed on Tuesday.
2 July 2019
PM places proposal for making any Indo-Pacific initiative a success
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina places a five-point proposal, including creation of an environment of peace and fair competition by all countries staying away from rivalries, to make any Indo-Pacific initia
2 July 2019
HK leader condemns 'extremely violent' protests
Hong Kong's leader has condemned "the extreme use of violence" by masked protesters who stormed and ransacked the city's legislature in an unprecedented challenge to Beijing's authority.
2 July 2019
Sri Lanka president rebuffs UN chief over hangings
Sri Lanka’s president said yesterday he had rejected a telephone appeal by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres to reconsider his
1 July 2019
Protesters ransack HK parliament
Hundreds of protesters stormed Hong Kong’s parliament late yesterday as the territory marked its China handover anniversary,
1 July 2019
Japan restricts chip, smartphone materials exports to South Korea
Japan says it will tighten regulations on the export to South Korea of several chemicals used in chip and smartphone production amid a row with Seoul on wartime forced labour.
1 July 2019
HK protesters block roads before handover ceremony
Protesters in Hong Kong push barriers and dumpsters into the streets in an apparent bid to block access to a symbolically important ceremony marking the anniversary of the return of the former British colony to China.
1 July 2019
‘Beauty and the beast’
Whether he is tweeting from his bed late at night or wrapping up a historical visit to North Korea, US President Donald Trump never fails
30 June 2019
Don’t take democracy for granted: Modi
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday reminded people of the emergency imposed By Indira Gandhi and urged them not to take
30 June 2019
India drought hits crops
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday pushed for greater grassroots water conservation efforts amid concerns weak
30 June 2019
Vietnamese start-ups go global
Nguyen Huu Tuat launches a Vietnamese ride-hailing firm a year ago, with dreams of scaling up the business overseas.
29 June 2019
US, China agree tentative trade truce ahead of G20 summit: SCMP
The United States and China agree to a tentative truce in their trade dispute ahead of a meeting between leaders of the two nations at the G20 summit this weekend, the South China Morning Post reports, citing sources.
27 June 2019
Mamata trying to create West Bangladesh: BJP
Bharatiya Janata Party’s newly-elected Lok Sabha lawmaker from West Bengal Dilip Ghosh yesterday alleged that the Mamata Banerjee
25 June 2019
Cops arrest 11
Indian police yesterday arrested 11 people over the killing of a Muslim man who was tortured and forced to chant Hindu slogans in the
25 June 2019
J&K newspaper publisher arrested
Police arrested the publisher of one of the most widely read newspapers in Indian-controlled Kashmir in a midnight raid over a decades-
25 June 2019