Asia

Cyber threat: North Korean hackers build AI tools for attacks

Reuters, Seoul

11 August 2026 • Asia

Ex-Thai MP shoots dead official over money row

AFP, Bangkok

11 August 2026 • Asia

Ex-Thai MP shoots dead local official over money row

AFP

10 August 2026 • Southeast Asia

Thai teen kills 7 in rampage at home, school

AFP, Nonthaburi

8 August 2026 • Asia

Thailand teen kills seven in home, school shooting

AFP, Nonthaburi

7 August 2026 • Southeast Asia

Four dead, 15 injured in Thailand school shooting: deputy minister

Reuters, Bangkok

7 August 2026 • Asia

North Korea fires short-range ballistic missile

Reuters, Seoul

7 August 2026 • Asia

Indian High Commission visa scam warning

Indian visa scam alert: High Commission warns applicants in Bangladesh

Star Online Report

6 August 2026 • South Asia

Pakistan new rules for foreign journalists

Pakistan restricts international media reporting outside main cities

AFP, Islamabad

6 August 2026 • South Asia

India youth protests highlight mistrust in 'lapdog' media

AFP, New Delhi

6 August 2026 • India

Malaysia princess gets married

A large crowd gathered at Dataran Bandaraya Johor Baru to watch the royal wedding of Johor princess Tunku Tun Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah Sultan Ibrahim and Dennis Muhammad Abdullah “live” on two huge video screens.

15 August 2017

PM claims govt majority safe

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said yesterday he was confident his government's one-seat majority was safe, despite questions over his deputy's citizenship which could disqualify him from parliament.

14 August 2017

S Korean buses carry 'comfort women' statue

Buses installed with a statue symbolising South Korea's wartime sex slaves began running through the capital Seoul yesterday, a day

14 August 2017

Bangladesh to Malaysia: Inside student trafficking trade

Thousands of young Bangladeshis are trafficked to Malaysia through obscure private colleges and their unscrupulous “agents”.

14 August 2017

Sr Afghan IS members killed in US air strike

Several senior Islamic State group members in Afghanistan have been killed in a United States air strike. Thursday's

13 August 2017

Five killed in latest violence in Kashmir

Two soldiers and three rebels were killed in an overnight gunbattle in Kashmir, officials said yesterday, in the latest

13 August 2017

Outrage mounts over infant deaths in India

A key ally of Prime Minister Narendra Modi was yesterday facing calls for his resignation after dozens of children

13 August 2017

Tension flares in Rakhine

Hundreds of Buddhists took to the streets in western Myanmar yesterday to protest against aid organisations they

13 August 2017

66 dead, dozens missing

Monsoon floods and landslides have killed at least 66 people across Nepal and India but officials fear that figure

13 August 2017

Job market in Singapore still weak despite stronger economic growth

Singapore has been reporting more cheerful economic growth numbers this year but this pick-up is not translating into a stronger labour market.

13 August 2017

25 killed in Nepal landslides, floods

Floods and landslides caused by torrential monsoon rains have killed at least 25 people in the last two days across

12 August 2017

64 children die in UP

At least 64 children have died over six days at a government hospital in northern India that suffered oxygen

12 August 2017

36 killed in China bus crash

At least 36 people are killed and 13 injured when a packed bus slammed into a wall at the mouth of an expressway tunnel in northern China, authorities say.

11 August 2017