Myanmar president arrives in India to strengthen ties
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Rescuers free one of seven men trapped in Laos cave
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Southeast Asia
Dozens killed in blast targeting train in Pakistan: official
24 May 2026, 12:51 PM
Southeast Asia
Gunshots at Philippine Senate as lawmaker wanted by ICC holds out
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Southeast Asia
Thailand's ex-PM Thaksin released from prison
11 May 2026, 08:35 AM
Southeast Asia
Two Singaporeans confirmed dead in Indonesia volcano eruption
10 May 2026, 11:45 AM
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Voting underway in India's West Bengal and Tamil Nadu
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Southeast Asia
Fire in Malaysia's Sabah destroys 1,000 homes, thousands displaced
20 April 2026, 09:37 AM
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Pakistan announces power cuts in bid to control energy prices
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US-Israel war on Iran
Myanmar junta chief elected president by pro-military MPs
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World
Trump lauds Hasina’s role in Rohingya crisis
US President Donald Trump lauds the “personal leadership” of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in addressing the plight of the Rohingyas who have fled to Bangladesh from Rakhine State in Myanmar.
25 March 2018, 14:21 PM
No quick fix to Rohingya crisis: New Chinese ambassador
The new Chinese Ambassador Zhang Zuo says that there is no quick solution to Rohingya crisis.
21 March 2018, 08:36 AM
Tribute song for US-Bangla plane crash victims
Music artists from Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka have put together a tribute song in memoirs of the victims of the US-Bangla Airlines plane crash that killed 51 people.
21 March 2018, 07:04 AM
Myanmar is worst-performing country for aid access
Myanmar tops a list of countries where the ability of aid groups to reach people in need has worsened in the past six months, the Geneva-based research group ACAPS has said.
20 March 2018, 06:37 AM
Myanmar's Suu Kyi 'unwell', scraps Australia public appearance
Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi pulls out of a public speech and question-and-answer session in Sydney because she was "not feeling well", the event's organisers say.
19 March 2018, 13:57 PM
Suu Kyi spoke at length about Myanmar troubles: Turnbull
Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi spoke at length about her country’s troubled western state of Rakhine at a Sydney conference on Sunday and appealed to Southeast Asian neighbors for help, Australia’s prime minister says.
19 March 2018, 12:30 PM
US-Bangla plane crash survivor Kabir Hossain returns
Kabir Hossain, one of the injured victims of the US-Bangla plane crash, is brought back to Dhaka.
19 March 2018, 12:08 PM
ASEAN leaders tackle Rohingya crisis and urge South China Sea calm
Australia and its ASEAN neighbours vows to boost defence ties while stressing the importance of non-militarisation in the disputed South China Sea at a summit where the "complex" Rohingya crisis took centre stage.
18 March 2018, 09:02 AM
Malaysian journalists’ investigation follows traffickers to Bangladesh
In the middle of a bustling town in Bangladesh, two R.AGE undercover journalists hide in a van, listening in as one human trafficker after another sold their lies.
18 March 2018, 09:01 AM
IOM appeals for US$ 182m to help Rohingyas, local community
IOM, the UN Migration Agency, is appealing for USD 182.1 million to assist 900,000 Rohingya refugees and local community members in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.
18 March 2018, 08:44 AM
Crushed hopes greet Aung San Suu Kyi in Australia
The long journey to find peace for Rohingya refugee Kobir Ahmed can be told through the different birth countries of his eight children -- Myanmar, Malaysia and Australia -- although they remain citizens of no nation.
18 March 2018, 04:16 AM
Sri Lanka lifts nationwide state of emergency
Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena says he has lifted a nationwide state of emergency imposed on March 6 after Buddhist-Muslim clashes.
18 March 2018, 04:10 AM
Lawyers in Australia seek to prosecute Suu Kyi for crimes against humanity
Lawyers in Australia file a private application in a Melbourne court seeking prosecution to press charges against Myanmar’s de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi of crimes against humanity committed against ethnic Rohingya minorities in the country’s Rakhine state.
17 March 2018, 04:33 AM
Canadian aviation expert joins Nepal plane crash probe team
A Canadian aviation expert joins the probe body in Nepal to investigate into the plane crash of US-Bangla Airlines.
16 March 2018, 07:48 AM
With Rohingya gone, Myanmar's ethnic Rakhine seek Muslim-free 'buffer zone'
Buddhist flags hang limply from bamboo poles at the entrance to Koe Tan Kauk, a "model" village for ethnic Rakhine migrants shuttled north to repopulate an area once dominated by Rohingya Muslims.
16 March 2018, 07:04 AM
Malaysia to dissolve House at end of March
Malaysia's parliament will be dissolved on March 28, 29 or 30, making way for general elections that must be held by August, The Star
15 March 2018, 18:00 PM
Duterte to quit ICC over drug inquiry
President Rodrigo Duterte said yesterday he was pulling the Philippines out of the treaty underpinning the International Criminal
14 March 2018, 18:00 PM
Myanmar verifies fewer than 400 Rohingya for repatriation
Myanmar is only able to verify 374 Rohingya Muslim refugees for possible repatriation from Bangladesh, officials say, blaming their neighbour for not providing the correct information about the refugees.
14 March 2018, 15:42 PM
BGB, BGP conduct joint patrol at border
Bangladesh and Myanmar’s border troopers conduct a joint patrol at Cox’s Bazar border.
14 March 2018, 07:21 AM
Govt declares mourning day tomorrow
The government declares to observe mourning day on Thursday following the casualties in the US-Bangla Airlines plane crash in Kathmandu, Nepal.
14 March 2018, 06:19 AM