Singapore criminalises AI-generated abuse images
14 August 2026
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Southeast Asia
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
Philippines urges Bangladesh to share results of heist investigation
The Philippine government wants Bangladesh to share the findings of its investigation into how unknown hackers pulled off one of the world's largest cyber bank heists, to help speed up recovery of the stolen funds.
4 December 2016
Suu Kyi must stop Rohingya 'genocide': Malaysia PM
Aung San Suu Kyi must step in to prevent the "genocide" of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, Malaysia's prime minister said as he mocked the Nobel laureate for her inaction.
4 December 2016
Foreign investments in Singapore property at 9-year high
Singapore is seen as a safer investment destination in turbulent world. Mega office deals helped drive foreign investment in local real estate to its highest level since 2007.
4 December 2016
Letter of thanks from Obama to Hiroshima
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum receives a letter of thanks from US President Barack Obama, who became in May the first sitting US president to visit the atomic-bombed city of Hiroshima.
4 December 2016
China coal mine blasts kill 38
At least 38 people were killed in two separate Chinese coal mine blasts this week, according to death tolls reported by state
3 December 2016
Mass protest in Seoul demands ouster of Park
Hundreds of thousands of protestors marched in Seoul for the sixth-straight week yesterday to demand the ouster and arrest
3 December 2016
Myanmar’s new probe body is a sham
There is little doubt that the questionable homegrown commission is simply a tool to temporarily quell the backlash that Suu Kyi is facing as a result of her silence and inaction on the army crackdown in the northwest, resulting in at least 86 deaths and 10,000 fleeing to Bangladesh.
3 December 2016
China lodges protest after Trump call with Taiwan president
President-elect Donald Trump speaks with the president of Taiwan, a move that will be sure to anger China.
3 December 2016
China clears man 21 yrs after execution
China's top court yesterday cleared a man executed 21 years ago for murder -- more than a decade after another man confessed
2 December 2016
N Korea drill targets South
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un conducted a large-scale artillery drill simulating an attack on the South Korean capital and
2 December 2016
Indonesian Muslims protest against Christian governor
More than 200,000 Indonesian Muslims pray in unison and chant Koranic verses in the second major demonstration against Jakarta's Christian governor, as conservative groups push for his arrest for allegedly insulting Islam.
2 December 2016
Activists reject Myanmar's new Rakhine body as Annan visits
A new body set up by Myanmar's government to investigate allegations of rights abuses against Rohingya in Rakhine lacks credibility, activists said Friday, as former UN chief Kofi Annan began a visit to the troubled state.
2 December 2016
UN slaps toughest ever penalties
The United Nations Security Council on Wednesday unanimously imposed its toughest ever sanctions on North Korea, placing a
1 December 2016
Football: Malaysia cancels two matches with Myanmar over Rohingya crackdown
Malaysia's national soccer team has cancelled two friendly under-22 matches with Myanmar, in protest against the Southeast Asian nation's bloody crackdown on ethnic Rohingya Muslims, a team spokesman said on Thursday.
1 December 2016
Non-rectangular football pitch among 2016's best inventions
A property development company AP Thailand's social outreach project, which sees the construction of non-rectangular shaped football pitches, is listed in Time magazines' "The 25 Best Inventions of 2016" list.
1 December 2016
Nepal govt approves charter amendment
Nepal's government on Tuesday approved amendments to the controversial constitution that was rushed through
30 November 2016
Let women drive, urges Saudi prince
An outspoken billionaire Saudi prince wants an "urgent" end to his country's ban on women driving, saying overturning the law was
30 November 2016
India cinemas ordered to play nat'l anthem
All cinemas must play the national anthem before screening movies and audiences should stand for it, India's highest
30 November 2016
Aides of Duterte attacked in ambush
Seven military bodyguards of President Rodrigo Duterte and two other soldiers were wounded yesterday in an ambush
29 November 2016
People won't tolerate graft: Indian PM
Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday said the BJP's performance in parliamentary, assembly and local polls across
29 November 2016