Suicide car bomber kills 11 in Pakistan's Quetta: Police

A suicide car bomber kills at least 11 people, including four police officers, in an attack near a checkpoint in the volatile southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta, officials say.
23 June 2017

Taliban car bombing at Afghan bank kills 34

At least 34 people are killed when a Taliban car bomb struck a bank in Afghanistan's Lashkar Gah city as people were queueing to withdraw salaries, the latest bloody attack during the holy month of Ramadan.
22 June 2017

Bangladesh among top worst countries in ITUC Global Rights Index 2017

Bangladesh is among the top 10 worst countries in the world for workers as “they are exposed to autocratic regimes and unfair labour practices due to inaccessibility to rights”.
22 June 2017

Toothpick crossbow craze has China quivering

Handheld crossbows that can fire out needles and nails are the latest must-have toy in China but anxious parents want them banned before a young child gets blinded or worse.
22 June 2017

Angolan capital Luanda most expensive for expats: Mercer’s study

Angolan capital Luanda is the world's most expensive city for expatriates in a new ranking that also puts four other Asian centres in the top 10. Luanda took the top spot, followed by Hong Kong and Tokyo. Seoul was at six and Shanghai at eight, according to a survey.
22 June 2017

Prepare coffins

Cambodia's strongman premier yesterday told his critics and political opponents they faced elimination and should
21 June 2017

20 held in India for celebrating Pakistan victory in ICC Champions Trophy final

Twenty men are arrested in two separate regions of India for celebrating Pakistan's epic Champions Trophy victory against India.
21 June 2017

Sri Lanka accuses UN representative of fudging report

Sri Lanka says UN's Special Rapporteur has distorted facts about the independence of its justice system in her report to the international organisation.
21 June 2017

AirAsia named world's best low-cost airline for the ninth time

AirAsia has been named the World's best low-cost airline for the ninth time in a row at the 2017 Skytrax World Airline Awards.
21 June 2017

WAN-IFRA conference in Singapore proposes steps to fight fake news

A two-day ‘Keep it Real: Truth and Trust in the Media’ conference ends in Singapore with a suite of recommendations aimed at curbing the spread of misinformation in Asia. As one of their first moves, news organisations in the region will draw up a step-by-step checklist to help journalists and readers identify and flag fake news.
20 June 2017

China freezes 1,000 bank accounts of Burmese traders

Transactions in Muse are becoming difficult as Chinese banks have frozen over 1,000 bank accounts with estimated deposits of Ks40 billion (US$29.42 million) belonging to Burmese traders.
19 June 2017

Dead paraded in India's Darjeeling amid unrest

Hundreds of protesters yesterday paraded with coffins containing the bodies of two men they claimed were killed in
18 June 2017

Second attempt to rescue Musa Ibrahim, 2 Indian mountaineers called off

The attempt to rescue Musa Ibrahim and two Indian mountaineers who have been stuck at the base camp of Mount Carstensz Pyramid in Papua New Guinea for last six days, has been called off due to bad weather.
18 June 2017

Malaysia to impose tourism tax

The Malaysian government is going ahead with its tourism tax to be imposed from July 1.
17 June 2017

US has trade deficits with most Asian partners

The US imports more from Asian countries than it exports and as per available data the US runs trade deficits with most of Asian countries except Singapore. The US has trade surplus of $8 billion with Singapore.
17 June 2017

China launches 1st X-ray telescope

China successfully launched its first X-ray space telescope to study black holes, pulsars and gamma-ray bursts yesterday, state media
15 June 2017

Don't raise bilateral issues at the SCO

Welcoming India and Pakistan into the SCO, China yesterday dismissed apprehensions that their differences could disrupt the unity of
15 June 2017

N Korea: US student release 'humanitarian'

North Korea released US student Otto Warmbier "on humanitarian grounds", state media said yesterday, two days after he was
15 June 2017

Japan passes anti-terror conspiracy law

Japan passed a controversial anti-terror law yesterday that sparked street protests and warnings from critics that it would stomp on
15 June 2017

Scepticism mounts over real value of Facebook ‘likes’

Experts question impact of politicians’ social media presence.
15 June 2017