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Afghan air force strikes Pak militant hideouts
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Indian court rejects appeal over ban on Telegram app
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El Nino threatens livelihoods in Southeast Asia
16 June 2026, 09:03 AM
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Five killed in India military transport plane crash
13 June 2026, 14:47 PM
India
South Korea's ex-president gets 30 years over North Korea drone incident
12 June 2026, 09:37 AM
Asia
Three Indian sailors dead after US hit ship off Oman: minister
11 June 2026, 13:56 PM
India
‘Working to stop water flowing into Pakistan’
11 June 2026, 00:00 AM
India
Pak checkpoint: Militants kill 6, abduct 8 paramilitary troops
10 June 2026, 00:00 AM
South Asia
Another blow to Mamata
9 June 2026, 00:00 AM
India
14 killed, 37 injured in north China road tunnel accident
Fourteen people were killed and 37 others injured after a bus crashed inside an expressway tunnel in northern China, state media reported today
20 March 2024, 03:11 AM
2 Pakistan miners killed, 8 feared dead in gas explosion
Two bodies have been pulled from a collapsed mine in southern Pakistan, rescuers said Wednesday, with eight more people feared dead
20 March 2024, 03:04 AM
India SC issues notice to Centre
India’s Supreme Court (SC) yesterday issued notice to Union government on 20-odd applications seeking stay of implementation of Citizenship Amendment Act and the Rules, which was notified on March 11, 2024.
19 March 2024, 18:00 PM
UN alarmed by reports of casualties in airstrikes
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is alarmed by reports that military airstrikes in Myanmar, including on Monday in Minbya township, have killed and injured many civilians, a UN spokesman said.
19 March 2024, 18:00 PM
China’s claims over Arunachal Pradesh state absurd: India
India’s foreign ministry said yesterday that China was making “absurd claims” over Arunachal Pradesh, adding that the northeastern state which shares a border with China will always be an “integral and inalienable part of India”.
19 March 2024, 18:00 PM
Hong Kong passes tough national security law
Hong Kong legislators unanimously passed a new national security law yesterday, introducing penalties such as life imprisonment for crimes related to treason and insurrection, and up to 20 years’ jail for the theft of state secrets.
19 March 2024, 18:00 PM
North Korea's Kim oversees 'super-large' rocket launcher drills
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw firing drills involving "newly-equipped super-large" multiple rocket launchers, state media said Tuesday, a day after Seoul said Pyongyang had fired several short-range ballistic missiles
19 March 2024, 05:39 AM
EC removes home secretaries of six states, West Bengal top cop
India’s Election Commission yesterday issued orders for the removal of six Home Secretaries - including the top bureaucrats from Gujarat, Bihar, and Uttar Pradesh.
18 March 2024, 18:00 PM
8 killed in Pak air strikes on Afghanistan
Afghanistan’s Taliban said yesterday that Pakistan carried out two air strikes on its territory, killing five women and three children, and it fired heavy weapons at Pakistani forces along the border in retaliation.
18 March 2024, 18:00 PM
Anti-piracy ops: Pentagon chief praises Indian navy’s role
US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin today appreciated Indian navy's important role in conducting anti-piracy operations in the Indian Ocean region
18 March 2024, 13:40 PM
Kabul says 8 killed in Pakistan air strikes on eastern Afghanistan
Eight people, all women and children, were killed on Monday in "reckless" air strikes by the Pakistan military in the border regions of Afghanistan, the Taliban government's spokesman said..Border tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan have risen since the Taliban government seized powe
18 March 2024, 07:49 AM
China congratulates Putin on election victory
Key Russian ally China on Monday congratulated President Vladimir Putin on his election victory
18 March 2024, 07:49 AM
21 dead after bus collides with tanker in Afghanistan
Twenty-one people were killed and 38 injured yesterday in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province when a bus collided with an oil tanker and a motorbike, provincial officials said.
17 March 2024, 18:00 PM
Escaping to Thailand: Fleeing military service in Myanmar
In the village of Wale, Thailand and Myanmar are connected by a small wooden bridge. The narrow river that flows beneath it constitutes the border.
17 March 2024, 08:44 AM
21 dead in bus collision with tanker in Afghanistan: provincial official
Twenty-one people were killed and 11 injured in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province on Sunday when a bus collided with a tanker and a motorbike, a provincial official said
17 March 2024, 06:34 AM
Taiwanese man goes for leg amputation in scam to claim million-dollar payout
A Taiwanese university student was hoping to pocket over NT$41 million (S$1.7 million) in insurance payouts by claiming that he lost his feet to frostbite
17 March 2024, 05:32 AM
Indian navy intercepts Somali pirates
An Indian navy warship has intercepted the hijacked cargo ship Ruen and demanded the Somali pirates on board surrender, a navy spokesperson said yesterday.
16 March 2024, 18:00 PM
Afghan govt welcomes UN mission extension
Taliban authorities yesterday welcomed the renewal of the mandate of the UN mission to Afghanistan, saying the agency should help boost ties between the country and other nations.
16 March 2024, 18:00 PM
World’s largest polls to begin in April
Setting the stage for a marathon electoral battle spread across nearly two months, India’s Election Commission announced today that the 18th Lok Sabha polls of the world’s largest democracy, will be held in seven phases between April 19 and June 1, involving nearly 97 crore voters.
16 March 2024, 18:00 PM
Indian Navy thwarts Somali pirates by intercepting a 'pirate vessel'
The Indian Navy today said one of its warships yesterday intercepted a pirate vessel
16 March 2024, 08:17 AM