Cyber threat: North Korean hackers build AI tools for attacks
11 August 2026
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Asia
Ex-Thai MP shoots dead official over money row
11 August 2026
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Asia
Ex-Thai MP shoots dead local official over money row
10 August 2026
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Southeast Asia
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
Pakistan blocks LeT linked party from election
A Pakistani group linked to the deadly 2008 Mumbai terror attacks was denied permission yesterday to register as a political party just
13 June 2018
S Korea ruling party sweeps local polls
South Korea's ruling Democratic Party (DP) won a landslide victory yesterday in local elections held the day after a historic summit
13 June 2018
Journos mark six months in detention
A Myanmar police investigator failed to show up at court on Tuesday to testify as a prosecution witness against two Reuters reporters
13 June 2018
Top Malaysian officials quit as new govt cleans house
Malaysia's top two judges and its election chief are resigning, officials said yesterday, the latest senior public servants to leave their
13 June 2018
13 killed as boat sinks in Indonesia
At least 13 people died when a passenger boat overloaded with holidaymakers celebrating Eid capsized off the Indonesian island of
13 June 2018
Bend it like Modi
Narendra Modi, whose supporters boast of his physical prowess and indifference to sleep, has shared the secrets to his morning
13 June 2018
Rahul Gandhi vows to fight RSS in court
India's opposition leader Rahul Gandhi pleaded not guilty yesterday to defaming a powerful Hindu supremacist group closely linked to the ruling party of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
12 June 2018
We have heard this before
Two key words were conspicuous by their absence from the joint statement signed by US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un after their high-profile, soundbite-rich summit in Singapore.
12 June 2018
Trump, Kim agree on denuclearisation, but deal seen symbolic
US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un pledge to work toward complete denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula while Washington committed to provide security guarantees for its old enemy.
12 June 2018
Prawns and Haagen-Dazs on menu as Trump-Kim meet
The main course may be hard-to-swallow denuclearisation, but Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un also had a heady mix of Yangzhou fried rice and a dark chocolate tartlet ganache on their plates during their historic summit.
12 June 2018
Xi backs nuclear deal in talks with Rouhani
Chinese leader Xi Jinping called for the Iran nuclear deal to be "earnestly" implemented as he met the country's president following the US withdrawal from the pact, state media said yesterday.
11 June 2018
Cyber addiction: We can do more to help our children
It is said too much of a good thing is bad thing. And the internet and technology are most certainly good things.
11 June 2018
Two-year stint only a suggestion: Mahathir
Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has said that his stint at the premiership could be extended beyond the two years
10 June 2018
Xi rejects 'selfish' trade policies
Chinese President Xi Jinping, whose country is locked in a high-stakes trade dispute with the United States, yesterday said China
10 June 2018
Trump, Kim arrive for US-N Korea summit
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump arrive in Singapore for an unprecedented summit, with Pyongyang's nuclear arsenal at the top of the agenda and the US president calling it a "one-time shot" at peace.
10 June 2018
Tokyo hopes ‘solar road’ will lead to greener power
The Tokyo metropolitan government intends to take the initiative in introducing the new technologies of “solar roads” that collect energy from the sun via solar panels installed beneath the surface of roads and “power-generating floors” that generate electricity by utilizing the vibrations created by people walking, according to sources.
10 June 2018
Knife attack on Japan bullet train leaves 1 dead
A knife attack on a Japanese bullet express train near Tokyo left one passenger dead and two others injured, police say, as they arrested a suspect who was on top of a man lying unconscious.
10 June 2018
Xi hails 'unity' of bloc
Chinese President Xi Jinping yesterday opened a regional security summit attended by Russia and Iran with boasts of the bloc's "unity",
9 June 2018
Central bank chief steps down
Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has accepted the resignation of the central bank governor, the latest in a string of
6 June 2018
Pak journo freed after abduction
A Pakistani journalist and rights activist who openly criticised the military and its alleged meddling in politics was freed early yesterday,
6 June 2018