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

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