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
India MP charged over wife's death
A charismatic Indian opposition figure and former top UN official was yesterday charged over the death of his wife, reigniting a mystery
14 May 2018
Mahathir vows to probe toppled government
Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad yesterday vowed to investigate faults that may have been committed by the government
14 May 2018
Senior Indian politician rejects abetment charge in wife's death
A prominent leader of India's opposition Congress party, Shashi Tharoor, rejects police charges against him for abetment in the suicide of his wife in a case that has led to political mudslinging.
14 May 2018
China to deliver world's largest amphibious aircraft by 2022: Xinhua
China expects to deliver its domestically developed AG600, the world's largest amphibious aircraft, to customers by 2022, the state-run Xinhua news agency reports citing the plane's manufacturer.
14 May 2018
Beijing urges ceasefire
China yesterday condemned fighting on its border between Myanmar forces and ethnic rebels that has left 19 dead, mostly civilians, in
13 May 2018
Row flares over cabinet
Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad and jailed politician Anwar Ibrahim tried to ease a rift within the ruling alliance yesterday
13 May 2018
PM'S CABINET PICKS
A fierce critic of former PM Najib Razak, Lim Guan Eng has been chief minister of Penang since 2008 and is the leader of Chinese-
13 May 2018
Multiple blasts hit Afghan city, gun battle underway
Afghan security forces battled a group of attackers who stormed a government building in the eastern city of Jalalabad in a coordinated attack that killed at least nine people and wounded dozens, local officials say.
13 May 2018
Police cordon off entrance to Najib's private residence in Taman Duta
Police begins cordoning off the exit to and from the private residence of former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak at Jalan Langgak Duta, Taman Duta.
13 May 2018
Pakistan bars US diplomat from leaving amid tense relations
Pakistani authorities have barred a US diplomat involved in a fatal traffic accident from leaving the country, forcing an American military aircraft flown in for his departure to leave without him, local media report.
13 May 2018
Malaysia appoints first finance minister from Chinese origin in 44 years
Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad appoints Lim Guan Eng as finance minister, the first Chinese to helm the ministry in 44 years.
13 May 2018
Malaysia cops deny raid on apartment belonging to Najib’s family
Kuala Lumpur city police chief Comm Mazlan Lazim has denied a Reuters news report that police had raided a luxury apartment said to belong to family members of Najib Razak.
13 May 2018
Family of IS-inspired suicide bombers attack Indonesian churches, 13 killed
A family of six launches suicide attacks on Christians attending Sunday services at three churches in Indonesia's second-largest city of Surabaya, killing at least 13 people and wounding 40, officials say.
13 May 2018
Rebel attack on Myanmar military posts kills 19
At least 19 people were killed yesterday in northern Myanmar when ethnic rebels attacked security force posts and a casino in an area
12 May 2018
Nawaz admits Paki played role in 26/11
Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has admitted in an interview that Pakistan played a role in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks.
12 May 2018
Sacked CJ to appeal her ouster
The ousted top judge of the Philippines will appeal against the decision to sack her, after she battled with President Rodrigo Duterte
12 May 2018
Exit polls see BJP's win
Exit polls in the southern Indian state of Karnataka yesterday suggest Narendra Modi's BJP could emerge as the leading party,
12 May 2018
Malaysian PM Mahathir names 3 senior ministers in new Cabinet
Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad names three senior ministers in his new Cabinet, three days after his Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition ended Barisan Nasional's six decades in power.
12 May 2018
Anwar to get royal pardon
Malaysia's newly-elected Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said yesterday that the country's monarch has indicated he was willing to grant a full royal pardon to jailed politician Anwar Ibrahim immediately.
11 May 2018
Indonesia evacuates residents, shuts airport after Java volcano erupts
Indonesian authorities orders people living near a volcano to leave their homes on Friday and a major city closes its airport after the 5,500 metre (18,000 ft) peak send a column of steam and ash into the sky.
11 May 2018