47 killed in India road crash

At least 47 people are killed and 11 others injured as a bus fell into a deep gorge in northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, a senior police official of the country says.
1 July 2018

Cops find 11 bodies in Delhi home

Police in the Indian capital says they found 11 bodies in a village home in mysterious circumstances, 10 of them blindfolded and hanging from the roof.
1 July 2018

Pakistan vows to improve record

Placed back on a terror financing watch list this week, Pakistan yesterday vowed to tighten regulations and follow an action plan to curb
30 June 2018

Rescuers cling to hope

Having failed to find any sign of 12 boys and their soccer coach during a week-long search of flooded cave complex in northern Thailand, rescuers
30 June 2018

Opposition unites, fields joint candidate against Yameen

Opposition parties in the Maldives yesterday agreed to field a joint candidate in September's presidential elections to challenge
30 June 2018

Myanmar downgraded in US trafficking report

Myanmar is not doing enough to tackle human trafficking, according to a US State Department report that downgraded its ranking to the worst tier.
29 June 2018

Rescue halted for rising water level

The underwater search for 12 children and their football coach trapped in a flooded cave in Thailand was halted as water levels rose amid relentless rainfall yesterday.
28 June 2018

Knife-wielding man kills 2 primary schoolchildren in Shanghai

A man armed with a knife attacks students at the entrance to a primary school in Shanghai's central Xuhui district, killing two of the children, police say.
28 June 2018

Tech, tools to assist differently-abled in Singapore

Many Singapore companies are still reluctant to hire persons with disabilities (PwDs). To help them overcome this, the Singapore government - working through SG Enable - provides technical and funding support to encourage the hiring of people with special needs.
28 June 2018

Pakistan’s first blind judge takes oath

Pakistan''s first visually impaired civil judge, Yousaf Saleem, takes oath at his office along with 20 other recently appointed judicial officers in Punjab.
28 June 2018

Bangla India's second most spoken language

Bangla is the second most spoken language of India after Hindi, says the latest Indian census conducted in 2011. The percentage of
27 June 2018

N Korea still building at nuclear site

North Korea is carrying out rapid improvements to its nuclear research facility, a monitor said yesterday, despite declaring a commitment
27 June 2018

Prayers, hope for trapped children

Chanting monks in orange robes prayed alongside distraught relatives outside a flooded cave in northern Thailand where 12 children
27 June 2018

China not 'expansionist'

Chinese President Xi Jinping told US Defense Secretary James Mattis yesterday that China has no plans to create chaos in the world --
27 June 2018

Vietnam flood death toll rises to 15

The death toll from floods and landslides in Vietnam rose to 15 yesterday with authorities warning the toll could go higher with more
26 June 2018

Afghan Taliban vows to continue fighting

The Taliban yesterday vowed to continue its bloody fight against the Afghan government and their foreign backers, brushing aside rising
26 June 2018

Mattis visits China amid tensions

US Defense Secretary James Mattis arrived in Beijing on his first ever visit to China yesterday, aiming to find room for military cooperation as security tensions between the two superpowers edge higher.
26 June 2018

Thailand signals polls could be delayed

Thailand will hold a general election by May 5 next year, a deputy prime minister said yesterday, signalling the possibility of another
25 June 2018

Take care

The summer heat took its toll on an IAF personnel who collapsed during the guard of honour ceremony organised at the Rashtrapati
25 June 2018

Malaysia arrests Najib ex-aide

Malaysian authorities have made the first arrest in a renewed probe into the multi-billion dollar scandal at state fund 1MDB, remanding a
25 June 2018