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
Myanmar takes first step to ease Buddhist-Muslim tension
Myanmar launches its first bid to improve relations between Buddhists and Muslims since an eruption of deadly violence in August inflamed communal tension and triggered an exodus of some 520,000 Muslims to Bangladesh.
11 October 2017
Thai junta chief vows elections in Nov 2018
Thailand's junta chief yesterday said the country would hold elections in November 2018, more than four years after the military seized
10 October 2017
N Korea hacked Seoul's war plan
North Korean computer hackers have stolen hundreds of classified military documents from South Korea including
10 October 2017
Rivals trade blows as Japan campaign starts
Tokyo's popular governor Yuriko Koike and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe traded barbs yesterday as the gloves came off
10 October 2017
Blue Whale: Class 9 student saved by Indian teacher
A class 9 student of Rajasthan's Jhunjhunu district who reaches advanced stages of the 'Blue Whale Challenge' have been prevented from taking the fatal plunge, thanks to a prompt intervention by his teacher.
10 October 2017
1.34m China officials punished since 2013
China's anti-graft watchdog said roughly 1.34 million lower-ranking officials have been punished since 2013 under
8 October 2017
Japan's Dentsu fined for overtime work culture
Japan’s Dentsu Inc is fined just 500,000 yen ($4,400) after a Tokyo court rules it makes employees work overtime beyond legal limits - a case that followed a high profile death from overwork at the advertising giant.
8 October 2017
Seven killed in Indian military chopper crash
An Indian military helicopter crashed in a disputed area near the border with China yesterday, killing all seven troops
6 October 2017
13 dead after Chinese boat, HK tanker collide
The Japanese coastguard yesterday said it had discovered a dozen bodies inside a Chinese fishing boat that capsized
6 October 2017
Japan reporter died after 159 hrs of overtime
Japan's public broadcaster yesterday apologised to the parents of a young reporter who died of heart failure after
6 October 2017
6.3 magnitude quake hits eastern Japan
An earthquake measuring 6.3 strikes off the eastern coast of Japan, the US Geological Survey sayss.
6 October 2017
Indian military helicopter crashes near China border, 7 dead
An Indian airforce helicopter crashes in a remote mountain region near the border with China, killing all seven personnel on board, officials says.
6 October 2017
Japanese reporter died after 159 hours of overtime
Japan's public broadcaster vows to reform its working practices as it reveals that a young reporter died of heart failure after logging 159 hours of overtime in a month.
6 October 2017
Rohingya refugee detained in Manikganj
A Rohingya refugee is detained from Saturia upazila of Manikganj district.
5 October 2017
India struggles to rein in border flows of cattle and Rohingya
Stopping Rohingya refugees from crossing India's porous eastern border with Bangladesh is straining the resources of guards battling to halt a flow of smuggled cattle in the opposite direction, security officials say.
5 October 2017
Indian cross-border firing kills 2 in Pakistan
Two civilians were killed and two others wounded after Indian troops fired into Pakistani Kashmir yesterday, officials
4 October 2017
34 gets life in jail over Erdogan death plot
A Turkish court yesterday handed life sentences to 34 people for plotting to assassinate President Recep Tayyip
4 October 2017
Maoists form alliance with CPN-UML
Nepal's Maoist party yesterday announced an alliance with the Communist Party Nepal-Union Marxist Leninist (CPN-
4 October 2017
N Korea accuses US of imposing an 'economic blockade'
North Korea's UN ambassador accused the United States of imposing "an economic blockade" on his country and deploying nuclear assets on the Korean peninsula aimed at toppling leader Kim Jong Un.
4 October 2017
‘Myanmar will take back verified refugees’
Myanmar government has said it will repatriate Rohingya refugees willing to return from Bangladesh after verification in accordance to Joint Statement of April 1992.
3 October 2017