Russia-backed port plan: Myanmar military offensive targets land in south
22 August 2026
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Asia
Indian army chief conferred honorary rank of Nepali Army general
18 August 2026
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South Asia
Pakistan detains 258 in scam centre raid
18 August 2026
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South Asia
India says it thwarted attacks by Pakistan-backed militants, arrested over 200 operatives
17 August 2026
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South Asia
Korean liberation day: N Korea’s Kim tells Putin he is ‘proud’ of strong ties
17 August 2026
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Asia
Over 700 aid trucks enter Afghanistan
17 August 2026
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Asia
Over three lakh Rohingyas verified for repatriation
16 August 2026
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Asia
Singapore criminalises AI-generated abuse images
14 August 2026
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Southeast Asia
Cyber threat: North Korean hackers build AI tools for attacks
11 August 2026
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Asia
UN adopts resolution on human rights of Rohingya, other minorities in Myanmar
The UN General Assembly (UNGA) has adopted a resolution "on the situation of human rights of Rohingya and other minorities in Myanmar" without a vote.
16 November 2022
Sunak-Xi meeting at G20 cancelled
A planned meeting between Britain’s new Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the G20 summit has
16 November 2022
6 killed in firing on police mobile patrol in Pakistan
Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Mahmood Khan sought a report from the provincial police chief after a police mobile patrol came under gunfire in Lakki Marwat on Wednesday morning.
16 November 2022
Xi urges better ties in rare summit with Australia
Chinese President Xi Jinping yesterday called for soured relations with Australia to “improve” and “develop”, as the two countries held a first formal summit in more than five years.
15 November 2022
Xi returns to global stage at G20 after Covid isolation
China’s Xi Jinping was the leader everyone wanted to meet at this week’s G20 summit, where he took centre stage in a carefully choreographed appearance after three years of self-imposed pandemic isolation.
15 November 2022
Covid lockdowns: Hundreds protest in southern China
Protesters in southern China clashed with police in a rare display of public opposition to anti-Covid measures, videos posted online showed, after lockdowns in the area were extended over a surge in infections.
15 November 2022
Economy can recover by end of 2023: Sri Lanka president
The crisis-hit Sri Lankan economy can turn around by the end of 2023 if budget policies, which are not limited to the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) recommendations, are followed, President Ranil Wickremesinghe said in the budget speech on Monday.
15 November 2022
Anwar couldn't be PM as he thought people love him, but they don't: Mahathir
Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim’s repeated attempts to become prime minister have failed because he thinks he is loved by the public, said former premier Mahathir Mohamad.
15 November 2022
Biden, Xi clash on Taiwan
Presidents Joe Biden and Xi Jinping yesterday clashed over Taiwan but found areas of common ground, including a joint warning against Russia using nuclear weapons in Ukraine.
14 November 2022
Fully implement Islamic Sharia law
Afghanistan’s supreme leader has ordered judges to fully enforce aspects of Islamic law that include public executions, stonings and floggings, and the amputation of limbs for thieves, the Taliban’s chief spokesman said.
14 November 2022
German Chancellor Scholz wants closer EU ties with Southeast Asia
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said the European Union should expand its cooperation with Southeast Asian nations (ASEAN), saying it was crucial to deepen ties in the face of the war in Ukraine, addressing a meeting of business leaders in Singapore on Monday.
14 November 2022
Taliban ban Afghan women from gyms
Gyms and public baths are now also off limits to Afghan women, the Taliban confirmed yesterday, days after banning them from parks and funfairs.
13 November 2022
US, Japan, S Korea warn N Korea against nuclear test
The United States, Japan and South Korea on Sunday vowed a “strong and resolute response” if Pyongyang carried out a nuclear test.
13 November 2022
Get democracy ‘back on track’
UN chief Antonio Guterres yesterday urged the Myanmar junta to immediately return to democracy, saying it was the only way to stop the “unending nightmare” engulfing the country.
12 November 2022
Rajiv Gandhi killers walk free after India court order
The last co-conspirators jailed for the 1991 assassination of former Indian prime minister Rajiv Gandhi walked out of prison yesterday, a day after the country’s Supreme Court ordered their release.
12 November 2022
Voting begins in high-stakes Himachal Pradesh Assembly elections
Voters queued up today to cast their votes in the legislative assembly elections in the north Indian state of Himachal Pradesh as ruling Bharatiya Janata Party seeks to snap the state's four-decade streak of not reelecting an incumbent government.
12 November 2022
India SC frees six killers of Rajiv Gandhi
India’s top court yesterday ordered the release of six people convicted over the assassination of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi.
11 November 2022
China warns US on Taiwan briefing
China yesterday condemned a White House plan to brief Taiwan on the results of a much-anticipated meeting between President Joe Biden and his counterpart, Xi Jinping, next week on the sidelines of a G20 gathering in Indonesia.
11 November 2022
India's billionaire Hinduja family agrees to end long family feud
India's billionaire Hinduja family has agreed a worldwide truce in a long feud after a legal battle over the future of its global business empire, a London court ruling published on Friday showed.
11 November 2022
Indian Supreme Court frees Rajiv Gandhi's killers
India's top court Friday ordered the release of six people convicted over the assassination of former PM Rajiv Gandhi.
11 November 2022