ICJ genocide case 'flawed and unfounded': Myanmar govt
14 January 2026
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Myanmar made lives of the Rohingyas a nightmare
13 January 2026
Bomb attacks on Thailand petrol stations injure 4
12 January 2026
Japan PM mulling snap election in coming weeks: reports
11 January 2026
Bangabandhu’s autobiography translated to Korean
2 July 2021
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Asia
Japan minister says necessary to 'wake up' to protect Taiwan
29 June 2021
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Japan
Myanmar violence escalates with rise of ‘self-defence’ groups: report
28 June 2021
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Asia
Hong Kong police arrest former Apple Daily journalist at airport: media
28 June 2021
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China
China turns on world’s second-biggest hydropower dam
28 June 2021
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China
Irish woman killed in Goa: police
Indian police yesterday said they had launched a murder investigation after a young Irish woman was found dead in the
15 March 2017
Pakistan launches first census in 19 yrs
Pakistan yesterday launched its first census in nearly two decades, with security high as thousands of enumerators
15 March 2017
Manipur gets BJP CM
Ending 15 years of Congress rule in Manipur, BJP leader Nongthombam Biren Singh was sworn in as the state's chief
15 March 2017
Girl, 3 militants killed during Kashmir firefight
A seven-year-old girl and three militants were killed in a shootout with government forces in Indian-administered
15 March 2017
Pakistan set to get fifth province
Pakistan is planning to declare the strategic Gilgit-Baltistan region as the fifth province, a move that may raise
15 March 2017
Dozens more killed
Raging battles on Myanmar's border with China have claimed dozens more lives, military and official sources said
15 March 2017
'My wife deserves a medal'
The professor who became an incidental internet sensation when his family crashed a live television interview says his wife
15 March 2017
Top US envoy begins first Asia tour
Washington's top diplomat arrived in Tokyo yesterday to kick off a first tour of Asian capitals under the shadow of
15 March 2017
Singapore city infrastructure No. 1: Survey
Singapore has topped a ranking of more than 200 cities around the world in terms of offering the best infrastructure.
15 March 2017
Somali pirates stages first attack since 2012
Suspected pirates boarded a Sri Lankan-flagged tanker and forced its crew to change course towards the northeastern
14 March 2017
17 killed in China coal mine accident
Seventeen Chinese coal miners were killed when a lift used to move workers fell down a shaft, state media reported,
14 March 2017
Park summoned for questioning
South Korean prosecutors will summon former president Park Geun-Hye, whose impeachment was confirmed by the
14 March 2017
Impeached Park leaves presidential palace
South Korea's impeached ex-president Park Geun-Hye left the Blue House yesterday, issuing an apology for not completing her full term as she arrived back at her private residence.
12 March 2017
India police kill 'IS-linked gunman'
Indian police yesterday shot dead a self-radicalised Islamic State sympathiser who they said was involved in a train
8 March 2017
BBC World stops broadcasting from Thailand
The BBC World Service has stopped broadcasting from one of its major global transmission stations situated in
8 March 2017
India to start river inter-linking project soon
Work on the first project of India's ambitious inter-linking of rivers across the country will begin by the middle of
8 March 2017
Malaysia softens tone to N Korea
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak struck a softer tone with North Korea yesterday, a day after accusing it of
8 March 2017
Stop nuke, missile tests
China, fearing a rapid escalation of tension on the Korean peninsula, yesterday called on North Korea to stop its
8 March 2017
30 dead as gunmen dressed as doctors raid Kabul hospital
Gunmen dressed as doctors storm Afghanistan's largest military hospital, killing more than 30 people in a six-hour attack claimed by the Islamic State group as it makes inroads into the war-battered country.
8 March 2017
India to help facilitate first ever train from Dhaka to Istanbul
Indian Railways is going to run a trans-continental container train full of goods from Dhaka to Istanbul, which would cover a 6,000-km journey across five countries - Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Iran and Turkey.
8 March 2017