Singapore criminalises AI-generated abuse images
AFP, Singapore
14 August 2026 Southeast 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
North Korea fires short-range ballistic missile
Reuters, Seoul
7 August 2026 Asia

Kailash Satyarthi's stolen Nobel replica recovered

The high-profile case of theft at Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi's residence in India has been solved with the recovery of the replica of the Nobel Peace Prize and other stolen valuables, reports The Time of India.
12 February 2017

Jealousy the motive behind Bangladeshi’s death: Malaysian cops

Malaysian police believes the victim, a 29-year-old Bangladeshi subcontractor, had been decapitated and then flung off the 11th floor of the apartment building near Jeram that was under construction.
12 February 2017

Suicide bomber kills 7, wounds 20 in Afghanistan

A suicide bomber kills seven people and wounds 20 others outside a bank in the capital city of Afghanistan's Helmand province, the governor's office says.
11 February 2017

Indian IT companies worried over Trump's new visa plans

As the United States looks at tightening visa rules for skilled foreign workers, concerns are mounting that India's software industry will take a hit.
11 February 2017

Which Asian country consumes more oil?

Three countries -- China, India and Japan -- account for more than 63% of the Asia’s total oil consumption, according to the BP Statistical Review of World Energy report.
11 February 2017

Japan's Abe heads for Trump summit

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe headed to Washington yesterday with a massive investment package for Donald
9 February 2017

Nepal extends deadline for war crimes probe

Nepal yesterday extended the mandates for two commissions tasked with probing crimes committed during the bloody
9 February 2017

Live cockroach pulled out from woman's skull

It's the stuff of nightmares -- a cockroach crawls up your nose in the middle of the night, burrows in and drives you
9 February 2017

Abducted Pak blogger breaks silence

A Pakistani activist abducted last month has broken his silence on his weeks-long disappearance, but is refusing to
9 February 2017

China villages cheer Robin Hood-like hero in festival

Carrying the golden statue of a revered ancient general, villagers in eastern China dash wildly through waterlogged
9 February 2017

Nasheed to stand for polls

The exiled former leader of the Maldives yesterday announced he would return to run for election as president of the
9 February 2017

No plan for travel ban on Pakistanis: US

The Trump administration has no plan to ban Pakistani citizens from travelling to the United States because Pakistan is providing the data they need to vet a visitor, US officials say.
9 February 2017

6 Red Cross staff killed, 2 missing in Afghanistan

Suspected Islamic State gunmen kill six Afghan employees of the Red Cross delivering relief supplies in snowbound northern Afghanistan, officials say.
9 February 2017

Tamil Nadu CM refuses to give way to successor

The chief minister of India's Tamil Nadu state yesterday refused to give way to his anointed successor, threatening to
8 February 2017

Pope Francis speaks out on 'tortured' Rohingya

Pope Francis yesterday spoke out over the alleged maltreatment of Myanmar's Rohingya Muslim minority, who he
8 February 2017

Myanmar rejects criticism

A Myanmar state commission probing allegations the military has killed, tortured and raped Rohingya Muslims
7 February 2017

20 dead in blast outside Supreme Court in Afghan capital

At least 20 people are killed in a bomb blast outside the Supreme Court in the centre of Afghanistan's capital, Kabul, government officials say.
7 February 2017

Start-up fever grips young tech-savvy Indians

In the basement of a Bangalore building, hundreds of young Indians sit in neat rows of desks typing furiously, all dreaming of becoming the new Steve Jobs or Mark Zuckerberg.
7 February 2017

China welcomes Mattis' emphasis

China yesterday welcomed US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis' suggestion that diplomacy should be the priority in the South China Sea, and
6 February 2017

18 killed in massage parlour fire in China

Police detain one person in connection with a fire at a foot massage parlour in China that kills at least 18 people and injures another 18, media says.
6 February 2017