Over three lakh Rohingyas verified for repatriation
16 August 2026
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Asia
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
China escalator mishap: New video footage shows mall employees had close shave minutes before tragedy
New video footage shows mall employees experience a close shave just minutes before Xiang Liujuan was killed in the escalator mishap.
1 August 2015
Myanmar frees 6,966 prisoners ahead of polls
Myanmar pardons and releases 6,966 prisoners, including 210 foreigners, the government says.
30 July 2015
Why Delhi buys water on the black market
20 percent of Delhi population have no access to piped water and have to be supplied by water tankers, but difference between demand and supply is over 750 million litres a day.
29 July 2015
Depression likely to cross Bangladesh tomorrow
A deep depression over the northeast Bay of Bengal and adjoining coastal areas of Bangladesh and Indian state of West Bengal is likely to cross Bangladesh tomorrow morning.
29 July 2015
Pak army releases pics to 'prove' Indian drone claim
Pakistan Army's media arm releases several photos and videos that purportedly show the drone was launched from the Indian side for a spying mission.
28 July 2015
US would show flexibility in talks
The recent nuclear deal with Iran showed that the United States can be flexible with a willing counterpart, including North Korea if it
27 July 2015
Cameron visits Southeast Asia
British Prime Minister David Cameron began a visit to Southeast Asia yesterday, looking to seal $1.2 billion in trade deals and push for
27 July 2015
US, Turkey to create ISIS-free zone in Syria
The US and Turkey have agreed to work together to drive Islamic State jihadists from northern Syria, a senior US official said yesterday, as
27 July 2015
Afghanistan: Wedding shootout in Baghlan province 'kills 20 people'
At least 20 people have been killed and 10 wounded in a gunfight at a wedding party in Baghlan province in northern Afghanistan
27 July 2015
China cops foil Spartan 'invasion'
Beijing police said Thursday they halted the march of dozens of semi-naked young foreigners dressed as Spartan warriors because the
24 July 2015
China's '300': When Spartans met the Beijing police
Half-naked models, dressed as Spartan warriors similar to the action-fantasy film "300" are subdued by Beijing police while taking part in a marketing stunt,
24 July 2015
Toshiba president, senior execs quit over $1.2 bn scandal
Toshiba president Hisao Tanaka and his predecessor Norio Sasaki resign over a $1.2 billion accounting scandal blamed on management's overzealous pursuit of profit that has battered one of Japan's best-known firms.
21 July 2015
Malaysia cops hunt 'culprits' who leaked documents
Malaysian police said yesterday a special task force set up to probe reported transfers involving a state investment fund to Prime
13 July 2015
Dog filmed steering motorcycle, owner faces hefty fine (video)
In Vietnam a man faces fine of up to $320 for allowing his dog steer his motorbike in an 'extremely dangerous' stunt, reports NDTV
12 July 2015
Air strike kills ISIS leader in Afghanistan
A senior Islamic State commander has been killed by an air strike in eastern Afghanistan, intelligence officials said yesterday, the fourth
11 July 2015
Typhoon swipes eastern China
Typhoon Chan-hom swiped eastern China yesterday, paralysing transport links and devastating farmland as authorities evacuated more
11 July 2015
Chinese journo freed after detention
A Chinese journalist detained for nine months after helping a German magazine report on democracy protests in Hong Kong has been released, she told AFP
10 July 2015
World's oldest man Sakari Momoi dies at 112 in Japan
The world's oldest man, Japanese supercentenarian Sakari Momoi, has died in Tokyo at the age of 112.
7 July 2015
China factory collapse kills 12
Twelve people died after a shoe factory collapsed in eastern China, state media reported yesterday, with more than 40 escaping on their own or being rescued.
5 July 2015
China 'trying to hack into everything'
Hillary Clinton accused China on Saturday of "trying to hack into everything that doesn't move in America" and stealing government information, in strongly
5 July 2015