Pakistan strikes on eastern Afghanistan kill dozens
AFP, Islamabad, Pakistan
29 June 2026, 09:31 AM South Asia
India reopens tourist visas for Bangladeshis after nearly two years
Star Online Report
25 June 2026, 15:22 PM Bangladesh
School shooting in Philippines leaves 3 students dead
Inquirer.net / ANN
23 June 2026, 14:59 PM Asia
Rebels ‘remove’ Mamata from TMC helm
Agencies
23 June 2026, 00:00 AM India
China gives PM grand welcome
BSS, China
23 June 2026, 00:00 AM Asia
China launches probe over diaper row
AFP, Beijing
23 June 2026, 00:00 AM China
China sanctions 10 US firms in tit-for-tat move
AFP, Beijing
23 June 2026, 00:00 AM China

"It is an honour to have met Hon PM of Bangladesh"

Indian business tycoon Gautam Adani called on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in New Delhi today (September 5, 2022).
5 September 2022, 17:35 PM

Jailed Malaysian former PM Najib seeks royal pardon

Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has applied for a royal pardon, the speaker of parliament said on Monday, less than two weeks after he was sent to jail for 12 years for corruption.
5 September 2022, 08:22 AM

8 killed in Afghanistan earthquake

At least eight people were killed overnight in an earthquake in north-eastern Afghanistan and the toll could rise, according to an official quoted by the state news agency.
5 September 2022, 06:49 AM

Flood-hit Pakistan breaches freshwater lake to avert overflow

Authorities in flood-hit Pakistan breached the country’s largest freshwater lake yesterday, displacing up to 100,000 people from their homes but saving more densely populated areas from gathering flood water, a minister said.
4 September 2022, 18:00 PM

China’s No. 3 leader to visit Russia

China’s top legislator Li Zhanshu will visit Russia next week, state media reported yesterday, becoming the highest-ranking Communist Party politician to travel to the country since Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine
4 September 2022, 18:00 PM

Hatred, anger on the rise in India

There is growing hatred since the BJP government came to power in India, former Congress President Rahul Gandhi said yesterday from the stage at the Congress’s mega rally against price rise at the Ramlila ground in Delhi. He said people are afraid -- about their future, inflation, and unemployment -- and that’s turning them towards hate. “BJP and RSS are dividing the country,” he added.
4 September 2022, 18:00 PM

2 Chinese fighter jets crosses median line of Taiwan Strait

Two Chinese fighter jets crossed on Sunday the median line of the Taiwan Strait, which normally acts as an unofficial barrier between the two sides, Taiwan's defence ministry said, as Beijing continues its military activities near the island.
4 September 2022, 13:41 PM

Ex-Tata Sons chairman Cyrus Mistry killed in Maharashtra car accident

Cyrus Mistry, former chairman of Tata Sons --one of India’s biggest industrial groups-- was killed today (September 4, 2022) when the Mercedez Benz car carrying him hit a road divider in western Indian state Maharashtra's Palghar district neighbouring Mumbai, a senior police officer said.
4 September 2022, 12:17 PM

Myanmar junta chief to visit Russia

The leader of Myanmar’s military junta will travel to Russia next week for economic talks, state media in the Southeast Asian nation reported yesterday.
3 September 2022, 18:00 PM

Pak flood toll rises with 57 more deaths

The toll from cataclysmic floods in Pakistan continued to climb yesterday with 57 more deaths, 25 of them children, as the country grapples with a relief and rescue operation of near unprecedented scale.
3 September 2022, 18:00 PM

Gotabaya returns amid arrest calls

Deposed Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa faced calls for his arrest yesterday after returning home from self-imposed exile under the protection of the government that took charge when he fled.
3 September 2022, 18:00 PM

Evacuation, flight cancellations as Japan braces for super typhoon "Hinnamnor"

Super Typhoon Hinnamnor is approaching Japan's southerly Okinawan islands with hurricane-force winds that prompted the local authorities to order evacuations and airlines to cancel flights.
3 September 2022, 15:07 PM

Sri Lanka's ex-president Rajapaksa gets residence, security on return

Sri Lanka's ousted President Gotabaya Rajapaksa was provided on Saturday with an official residence and security by the government after he returned to the country he had fled in July during economic unrest, two senior officials said.
3 September 2022, 13:35 PM

2 mortar shells fired from Myanmar fighter jets land in Bandarban

Two more mortar shells fired from Myanmar fighter jets landed inside Bangladeshi territory in Bandarban this (September 3, 2022) morning, police said.
3 September 2022, 10:40 AM

Indonesia hikes fuel prices as “government's last option”

Indonesia has raised subsidised fuel prices by about 30 percent on Saturday, top officials said, as the government moves to rein in ballooning subsidies despite a risk of mass protests.
3 September 2022, 09:30 AM

Japanese elderly care home hires babies to cheer up residents

A nursing home in southern Japan is "hiring" babies for a very important job -- to keep its elderly residents company and make them smile. The salary? Nappies and milk formula.
3 September 2022, 07:22 AM

Sri Lanka's ex-president Rajapaksa returns home

Sri Lanka's ousted President Gotabaya Rajapaksa returned home in the early hours of Saturday after fleeing the country in July, a senior security official said.
3 September 2022, 05:14 AM

Pakistan floods threaten Afghanistan food supply: UN

The devastating floods in Pakistan will place huge strains on efforts to get food into neighbouring Afghanistan to relieve its catastrophic humanitarian crisis, the United Nations warned yesterday.
2 September 2022, 18:00 PM

Gotabaya ‘to return home’

Bankrupt Sri Lanka’s deposed former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa is expected to end his self-imposed exile in Thailand and return home early today, a top defence official told AFP yesterday.
2 September 2022, 18:00 PM

Suu Kyi gets jail with hard labour

A Myanmar junta court yesterday sentenced ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi to three years in jail “with hard labour”, for electoral fraud in the 2020 polls that her party won in a landslide, a source said.
2 September 2022, 18:00 PM