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 rejects China's J&K mediation offer
India has rejected China's offer to mediate and help resolve the Kashmir issue, insisting talks will only take place with
14 July 2017
China slams criticism over Xiaobo's death
China yesterday lashed out at international criticism after it denied Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo's dying wish to leave
14 July 2017
Death toll hits 83
Floods in India's northeast have killed at least 83 people and led to the death of three rare one-horned rhinoceros at a national park that has the world's largest concentration of the species.
14 July 2017
China upholds UN sanctions on North Korea
China yesterday insisted that it was upholding UN sanctions on North Korea despite a jump in its trade with the nuclear-armed nation
13 July 2017
Japan flood death toll rises to 30
The death toll from heavy rains and flooding in Japan's south has risen to 30, officials said yesterday, while rescue workers continued
13 July 2017
China's Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo dies
China's Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo dies while still in custody following a battle with cancer, authorities said, after officials ignored international pleas to let him spend his final days free and abroad.
13 July 2017
Facebook to help South Korean startups go global
US social networking giant Facebook says it has partnered with South Korean business agencies to launch a new programme to help Korean startups expand overseas with digital strategies leveraging its platform.
13 July 2017
World’s most coal-fired power plant projects in 4 Asian countries
China, India, Indonesia and Vietnam have the world’s four biggest coal-fired power plants in pipeline. Together, they represent 82 percent of the 718 units globally under construction.
13 July 2017
Liu Xiaobo suffers respiratory failure
China's cancer-stricken Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo suffered respiratory failure as his condition worsened yesterday, his
12 July 2017
Myanmar vows no restrictions to journos
Myanmar yesterday pledged "no restrictions" on journalists visiting the troubled state of Rakhine this week, in the first
12 July 2017
China sends troops to Djibouti in Africa
Ships carrying personnel for China's first overseas military base, in Djibouti in the Horn of Africa, have set sail to begin setting
12 July 2017
Widodo signs decree to ban radical groups
Indonesia has issued a decree allowing it to ban groups that oppose its official state ideology, in a move seen to
12 July 2017
India kicks off naval drills with US, Japan
India began holding naval exercises with the United States and Japan off its south coast yesterday, seeking to forge
10 July 2017
China's Nobel laureate in 'critical condition'
China's cancer-stricken Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo is in a critical condition, his hospital said yesterday, raising fears
10 July 2017
Sri Lanka monks vow to resist govt deal
Sri Lanka's hardline monks yesterday broadened a growing campaign by the Buddhist clergy against the government,
10 July 2017
Indian lab develops 'beef detection kits'
A government-run laboratory in western India has developed portable "beef detection kits" that will allow police to
10 July 2017
Militants force hostages, children to fight: army
Children and hostages are being forced to fight alongside pro-Islamic State gunmen waging a seven-week battle for
10 July 2017
Pak probe panel submits final report to SC
A joint investigation team probing the Panamagate graft case against Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his
10 July 2017
US rebuilding 'lost trust' with Turkey: Tillerson
The United States is starting to rebuild trust that was lost in its relationship with key Nato ally Turkey after a series
10 July 2017
Japan’s ancient ritual island Okinoshima joins Unesco World Heritage sites
The UNESCO World Heritage Committee adds the island of Okinoshima, an ancient ritual site in the Munakata region of Fukuoka Prefecture in Japan, to the UN cultural agency’s list of World Heritage sites.
10 July 2017