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

US to stop China taking isles

The new US administration of President Donald Trump vowed on Monday the United States would prevent China from taking over
24 January 2017

China jails ex top official for graft

A Chinese court yesterday jailed for life for corruption Su Rong, a former vice-chairman of the top parliamentary advisory body, the latest
23 January 2017

'If needed, China would assume world leadership '

China does not want world leadership but could be forced to assume that role if others step back from that position, a senior Chinese
23 January 2017

Landslide smash hotel in China; 12 killed

Rescuers have retrieved the bodies of 12 people killed when a landslide smashed into a hotel in central China, the
22 January 2017

Six-point Asean secrets Trump should know

New United States President Donald Trump must be “fantastically” happy with a “wonderful” Asean because it is the only “great” regional organisation that has no military might and has not been at war. The problem is, he might not know about the grouping at all.
21 January 2017

Asia’s most and least powerful passports

If you have citizenship in Singapore, Japan and Malaysia, you have a great deal of travelling power. Singaporean passports have been ranked the most powerful passports in Asia and world's second-most "powerful" passport, according to a worldwide ranking for passports.
21 January 2017

Four dead as car rams Melbourne shoppers

A car ploughed into pedestrians on a popular shopping strip in the heart of Australia's second-largest city yesterday, killing four people
20 January 2017

N Korea preparing to launch new missiles

North Korea is preparing to test new rockets, a report said yesterday, after its leader Kim Jong-Un said the country was in the final stages
19 January 2017

Congress announces alliance with SP in UP

Efforts to form a "grand secular alliance" in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh went into top gear yesterday with the Congress
17 January 2017

Mother gets death

A mother who murdered her own daughter and set her alight for marrying the man of her choice has been sentenced
17 January 2017

Modi hails multi-polar Asia

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday hailed the rise of multi-polarity in Asia, but went on to say that it was not unusual for powerful neighbours to have their differences.
17 January 2017

Ex-CJ Ruhul Amin passes away

Former chief justice MM Ruhul Amin dies of heart diseases at a hospital in Singapore. He was 74.
17 January 2017

37 dead as cargo plane hits Kyrgyz village

A cargo plane attempting to land in thick fog yesterday crashed into a village near Kyrgyzstan's main airport and killed at least 37
16 January 2017

India boat accident toll rises to 26

The death toll from a boat accident in eastern India rose to 26 yesterday, a senior official said, warning of more
15 January 2017

UN: E-waste rising sharply in Asia

Electronic waste is rising sharply across Asia as higher incomes allow hundreds of millions of people to buy
15 January 2017

Duterte threatens martial law to wage his drug war

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has threatened to impose martial rule to prosecute his deadly war on drugs,
15 January 2017

US's pick for top diplomat can talk his way into war

Prospective US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson better watch his mouth, angry Chinese media said yesterday, warning
13 January 2017

Uproar as Modi replaces Gandhi

It is Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi spinning the "charkha" - not Mahatma Gandhi - on the 2017 calendar and
13 January 2017

Indian soldier kills four colleagues

A paramilitary soldier from one of India's elite security units shot dead four of his senior officers yesterday in an apparent row over
12 January 2017

Pak stays execution of mentally ill man

A Pakistani court yesterday stayed the execution of a schizophrenic man, his lawyers said, days before he was set to
12 January 2017