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
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