Over three lakh Rohingyas verified for repatriation
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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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North Korea fires short-range ballistic missile
7 August 2026
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Indian visa scam alert: High Commission warns applicants in Bangladesh
6 August 2026
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South Asia
Prachanda sworn in as Nepal PM
Maoist chief Pushpa Kamal Dahal "Prachanda" was sworn in as Nepal's new Prime Minister yesterday, a day after being elected by
4 August 2016
Don't glorify terrorists
Indian Home Minister Rajnath Singh yesterday called for tough action against terrorism and countries supporting it,
4 August 2016
Sonia Gandhi falls ill, admitted to hospital
India's Congress President Sonia Gandhi's condition is "stable" and she is recovering at the Army's Research and
3 August 2016
Japan PM picks nationalist as defence chief
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Wednesday picked a close confidante with staunchly nationalist views as the new
3 August 2016
N Korea stokes Japan's fury
North Korea fired a ballistic missile directly into Japanese-controlled waters for the first time yesterday, drawing an
3 August 2016
Four killed in clashes near Kashmir border
Two soldiers and two suspected rebels were killed overnight in a gunbattle in Indian-administered Kashmir, the Indian
30 July 2016
Two sisters shot dead in Pakistan
A man killed his two sisters on the eve of their weddings in Pakistan's central Punjab province, police said yesterday,
30 July 2016
Floods kill 50 in India
Floods triggered by days of torrential monsoon rains have claimed more than 50 lives in eastern India this week, the country's home minister and reports said yesterday, with millions of people affected by surging waters.
30 July 2016
Afghan cleric held for marrying six-year-old girl
An elderly Afghan cleric has been arrested after he married a six-year-old girl, officials said, in the latest case highlighting the scourge of child marriages in the war-battered country.
30 July 2016
Suu Kyi meets rebel group leaders
Myanmar's most heavily armed ethnic group yesterday held "positive" talks with the country's de facto leader Aung San
29 July 2016
Indonesia executes four drug convicts
Indonesia executed four convicted drug traffickers, including three Nigerians, early yesterday as it pushed ahead with
29 July 2016
China, Russia to hold joint naval drills in September
China and Russia will hold "routine" naval exercises in the South China Sea in September, China's Defence Ministry said
28 July 2016
Floods, landslides kill 58 in Nepal
At least 58 people have died in floods and landslides triggered by heavy rains in Nepal, the government said
27 July 2016
Ex-Thai PM turns on junta's draft charter
A former prime minister whose party supported Thailand's last coup lambasted the junta's new constitution yesterday
27 July 2016
Indian women beaten for carrying beef
Two Muslim women have been beaten up at a railway station in central India on suspicion of carrying beef, an offence
27 July 2016
Large deposits of gas found in Bay
Scientists from India, the United States and Japan have struck upon a large natural gas deposit in the Bay of Bengal, the
26 July 2016
Death toll in China floods passes 150
Floods in north and central China have killed at least 150 people, with scores missing and hundreds of thousands forced from homes, officials say.
24 July 2016
Indian charity worker rescued in Afghanistan
An Indian charity worker kidnapped from Kabul has been rescued, officials said yesterday, more than a month after she
23 July 2016
India steps up search mission
India yesterday stepped up a major search operation for an air force plane that disappeared over the Bay of Bengal
23 July 2016
China floods, landslides kill 87
Heavy rain in China has killed at least 87 people and forced thousands from their homes, state media reported
23 July 2016