ICJ genocide case 'flawed and unfounded': Myanmar govt
14 January 2026
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Asia
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
Indian star forced out of Hindu play
An Indian village had to cancel a performance of a traditional Hindu play moments before it was due to start after
7 October 2016
Twin blasts kill six in Pak train attack
Two explosions targeting military personnel on a passenger train killed at least six people and wounded 19 others in
7 October 2016
Indian PM warns ministers against 'chest thumping'
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is understood to have cautioned his Cabinet colleagues against creating a hysteria
5 October 2016
Marshalls Islands loses case
The UN's highest court yesterday narrowly threw out landmark cases brought by the tiny Marshall Islands against India, Pakistan and Britain for allegedly failing to halt the nuclear arms race.
5 October 2016
Tennis: Nadal, Murray win China Open first round matches
Rafael Nadal storms through his opening match of the China Open as he seeks to redeem his injury-blighted season with a strong run in Beijing.
4 October 2016
Cricket: BCCI threatens to call off NZ series, Lodha clarifies
With the BCCI threatening to call off the ongoing series between India and New Zealand, the Justice R M Lodha led panel today clarifies that they didn't direct the banks to freeze the accounts of the Board.
4 October 2016
Japanese scientist wins 2016 Nobel medicine prize
Yoshinori Ohsumi won the 2016 Nobel prize for medicine or physiology for his discovery of mechanisms for degrading and recycling cellular components, the award-giving body says.
3 October 2016
Pak boat caught off Gujarat coast: India
A Pakistani boat with nine persons on board was apprehended yesterday off Gujarat coast by the Indian Coast Guard.
2 October 2016
India ratifies Paris climate change pact
India, the world's third biggest carbon emitter, ratified the Paris agreement on climate change yesterday on the birthday of the country's famously ascetic independence leader Mahatma Gandhi.
2 October 2016
Pak army flies in int'l media to LoC
Pakistani military officials point to an Indian army post high on a forested ridge along the Line of Control dividing
2 October 2016
Formula 1: Ricciardo wins drama-filled Malaysian GP
Daniel Ricciardo leads a Red Bull one-two as Lewis Hamilton's championship hopes went up in smoke at a dramatic, action-packed Malaysian Grand Prix.
2 October 2016
5 things that led India to do that
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi raised hopes of a new era in relations with Islamabad when he paid a surprise
1 October 2016
Pakistan bans all India TV channels
Two days after India's movie industry body banned Pakistani artists and technicians from working in India, Islamabad
1 October 2016
China snubs India again
China yesterday blocked a UN move to ban Pakistan based terrorist group Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) chief Masood Azhar in an apparent
1 October 2016
India, Pakistan bodies in tit-for-tat move
Amid rising political and military tensions, Pakistani and Indian bodies yesterday took tit-for-tat moves banning artistes and movies in
30 September 2016
'US-India military ties closest ever'
India-US military relationship is the "closest it has been ever" and the two countries are exercising together by air, land and sea for the
30 September 2016
China warns Japan not to 'play with fire'
China yesterday warned Japan against "playing with fire" in the contested waters of the South China Sea, after Tokyo announced it may patrol alongside the US in the region.
29 September 2016
Thailand bars Amnesty conference on torture
Thai authorities blocked an Amnesty International news conference on torture in the kingdom yesterday, the watchdog
28 September 2016
Typhoon Megi kills four in Taiwan
The third typhoon to hit Taiwan in two weeks killed four people and injured scores yesterday, bringing violent winds and heavy
27 September 2016
Rafting in China
Yangshuo has many beautiful fresh mountain springs and rivers, tumbling off the mountains. And now, you can tumble off them too!
26 September 2016