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
Nearly 50,000 flee
Nearly 50,000 people have evacuated their homes for fear of an imminent volcanic eruption on the Indonesian resort
25 September 2017
World's ‘heaviest’ woman Eman Ahmed dies in Abu Dhabi
Eman Ahmed, the world's heaviest woman who went to India for weight-loss surgery, has died at 36.
25 September 2017
India 'mother of terrorism'
Pakistan accused India of adopting a posture of that of a "predator" and said if the international community wishes
24 September 2017
Evacuate now
Some 70,000 people have been ordered to evacuate their homes after a rain-swollen dam in Puerto Rico failed in the
23 September 2017
Thai junta says police helped Yingluck escape
Thailand's deputy junta leader has accused three police officers of helping sneak ex-prime minister Yingluck
23 September 2017
China to limits fuel, textile exports to North Korea
China yesterday said it will ban exports of some petroleum products to North Korea, as well as imports of textiles
23 September 2017
No Saarc summit again?
For the second year in a row, there may be no Saarc summit. India, Bangladesh and Afghanistan had pulled out of
23 September 2017
‘Unusual seismic activity’ in North Korea
China's earthquake administration says it has detected a magnitude 3.4 earthquake in North Korea that is a "suspected explosion", raising fears the isolated state had conducted another nuclear bomb test weeks after its last one.
23 September 2017
Process for taking back some Rohingya refugees ‘anytime’, Suu Kei tells Nikkei
Facing worldwide outrage over ethnic violence that forced over four lakhs of Rohingyas to flee to Bangladesh, Myanmar’s de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi says her country is willing to start the verification process “any time” to take back some of the Rohingya refugees.
23 September 2017
Fires continue at Rohingya villages in Myanmar: Amnesty
Amnesty International says new satellite images and videos taken as recently as Friday afternoon in Myanmar’s Rakhine state show smoke rising from Rohingya Muslim villages, contradicting Aung San Suu Kyi’s claims that military operations there have ended.
23 September 2017
Permanent Peoples' Tribunal finds Myanmar guilty of Rohingya genocide
The Myanmar government is guilty of genocide against the Rohingya people and other Muslim minorities, according to the international Permanent Peoples' Tribunal.
22 September 2017
China bans anti-Islam words on social media
"Islamophobic" terms used by Chinese internet users to stigmatize Muslims have been blocked by authorities to prevent bias against
21 September 2017
Trump urges 'strong and swift' UN action to end Rohingya crisis: Mike Pence
US President Donald Trump is urging the United Nations Security Council to take "strong and swift action" to bring Myanmar's Rohingya crisis to an end, US Vice President Mike Pence says.
20 September 2017
Malaysian tribunal reveals horrific details of atrocities against Rohingyas
A woman from Laung Don village flees her house when Myanmar soldiers came into the village, leaving behind her sister who had just given birth and her newborn baby.
20 September 2017
China opens highway to Nepal border via Tibet
China has opened a strategic highway in Tibet to the Nepal border which could be used for civilian and defence purposes, a move that
18 September 2017
Philippine captures key pro-IS base
The Philippine military said yesterday it had captured the command centre of Islamic State group supporters who
17 September 2017
BJP suspends minority leader in Assam
BJP has suspended a leader of its Assam state executive committee belonging to the minority community for voicing
17 September 2017
Pak by-election tests support for ousted PM
Pakistanis began casting votes yesterday for the parliamentary seat vacated by ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif,
17 September 2017
Judgment day for Rohingyas in India
Detested in Myanmar, Rohingyas desperately seeking sanctuary will get a new reminder today of just how unloved
17 September 2017
Tributes pour in for Indian war hero
Tributes poured in yesterday for late Indian war hero Marshal Arjan Singh, who rose to prominence during World War II
17 September 2017