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

Hope fades for finding MH370

The hunt for Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 will be suspended if the aircraft is not found in an area now being
22 July 2016

Pakistan lawmakers debate honour killing

Pakistan's parliament yesterday debated bills aimed at tackling so-called honour killings and amending its rape law,
21 July 2016

Thai junta shuts critical TV channel

Thai authorities have ordered an anti-junta television channel to stop broadcasting as the kingdom's military rulers
21 July 2016

Only 2pc are Muslims

Muslims make up just over two percent of Myanmar's population, government census figures showed yesterday, undercutting
21 July 2016

100 dead or missing from China rains: officials

Torrential rain lashing northern China in recent days has left nearly 100 people dead or missing, official figures
21 July 2016

Malaysia PM under pressure over 'fraud'

Malaysian PM Najib Razak is facing pressure internationally and at home amid US allegations of massive fraud at
21 July 2016

Myanmar's Suu Kyi to visit the US

Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi has accepted an invite from Barack Obama to visit the United States, her
21 July 2016

5 killed as seaplane hits China bridge

An amphibious plane crashed into a highway bridge on the edge of the Chinese commercial hub Shanghai yesterday,
20 July 2016

Taiwan bus inferno kills 26 tourists

A fire ripped through a bus carrying tourists from China in Taiwan yesterday, killing all 26 on board in the worst road
19 July 2016

Maoist ambush in India kills 10 police

Suspected Maoist rebels have killed 10 paramilitary commandos in eastern India after ambushing their convoy and
19 July 2016

North Korea test-fires three ballistic missiles

North Korea test-fired three ballistic missiles yesterday, in further defiance of the international community and in
19 July 2016

Pak man killed for 'honour' over affair

A man was tortured to death in Pakistan for an affair with a married woman, police said yesterday, a rare case of a male
19 July 2016

Beijing announces S China sea drill

China is closing off a part of the South China Sea for military exercises this week, the government said yesterday, days after an international tribunal ruled against Beijing's claim to ownership of virtually the entire strategic waterway.
18 July 2016

Suu Kyi holds talks with rebels

Myanmar's de facto premier Aung San Suu Kyi held landmark talks with senior rebel leaders yesterday, as she strives to
17 July 2016

'Not embarrassed'

The brother of a murdered Pakistani celebrity yesterday said he is "not embarrassed" to have killed her, as Qandeel Baloch's death reignited polarising calls for action against the "epidemic" of honour killings.
17 July 2016

UN, US humiliate Pakistan

Pakistan was humiliated on the world stage on Wednesday after it attempted to crank up international pressure on India on the Kashmir
15 July 2016

Islamabad for ‘resolving differences’ with Dhaka

Pakistan President Mamnoon Hussain attaches importance to increase interaction with Bangladesh in order to “resolve any differences” between the two countries.
15 July 2016

Pak school massacre leader 'killed'

A militant who masterminded a deadly attack on a Pakistani school in 2014 has been killed in a US-led air strike, US
14 July 2016

Tropical storm kills 21 in China

A tropical storm in China has left 21 people dead and 13 missing, reports said yesterday, after it lashed Taiwan with typhoon-
14 July 2016

'Avoid hate speech'

Myanmar's minister for religion yesterday warned ultra-nationalist monks to avoid hate speech, in a rare government
14 July 2016