Five soldiers killed in Thailand's restive south: army

Six civilians were also wounded in the Wednesday evening attack in Narathiwat province, one of three Muslim-majority provinces gripped by a decades-long separatist insurgency
23 July 2026

Food, fury and supporters near and far keep India protest alive

Motorcycles weave through traffic before pulling up beside clusters of volunteers, ferrying donations from supporters across India and abroad unable to join a rare display of public dissent against Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government.
23 July 2026

Protest spreads in India

Crowds of supporters of India’s online “cockroach” movement swelled at a New Delhi protest site yesterday, while demands for accountability and education reform following examination scandals echoed in rallies across the country.
23 July 2026

Delhi Police file 10 FIRs over CJP protest violence; Rahul released

A heavy deployment of Delhi Police and Rapid Action Force personnel remained at the venue
22 July 2026

Opposition turns up heat on Modi

Delhi Police yesterday detained Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and several senior leaders of the Congress-led INDIA alliance after forcibly removing them from a sit-in outside Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s official residence, where they were protesting a police crackdown on student demonstrations demanding education reforms.
22 July 2026

Sri Lanka uses navy drones to tackle dengue

Sri Lanka’s public health services and hospitals are battling the worst outbreak of mosquito-borne dengue in nearly a decade, and turning to the island nation’s armed forces to help curb the spread of the disease.
22 July 2026

3 members of Myanmar army and police held

Three members of Myanmar’s security forces -- one soldier and two cops -- were detained after entering Bangladesh while fleeing the ongoing conflict in Myanmar’s Rakhine State on Monday.
22 July 2026

Rahul Gandhi detained from protest near Indian PM Modi's house

Police also removed other Congress leaders who were staging the protest against the crackdown on Cockroach Janata Party protesters
21 July 2026

Scam losses in Asian regions up to $114 billion in 2025: UN

Victims of transnational online scams in East Asia, Southeast Asia, Australia and New Zealand lost up to $114.1 billion last year, a UN report said Tuesday, with estimated losses at least tripling from 2023
21 July 2026

India's 'Cockroach' movement vows to protest until education minister resigns

India's "Cockroach" party movement vowed Tuesday to press ahead with their campaign until Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigns
21 July 2026
20 July 2026

India launches first private orbital rocket

India’s first privately built orbital rocket took its maiden flight yesterday, its company said, marking a significant step for the South Asian giant as it eyes a bigger slice of the global space economy.
19 July 2026

Indian activist moved to hospital after 20-day hunger strike

Delhi police forcibly moved activist Sonam Wangchuk to a hospital on Saturday over health concerns after 20 days of his hunger strike to protest against India's examination system
18 July 2026

500 feared dead as boats sink

Two boats carrying more than 500 people may have capsized off the coast of Myanmar in recent days, UN agencies said yesterday, as refugees from the war-torn country continue to make perilous maritime journeys in search of safety and better opportunities.
17 July 2026

Sri Lanka expands anti-dengue drive as deaths mount

Sri Lanka is intensifying a military-backed drive to contain the spread of mosquito-borne dengue fever, a senior official said yesterday, as the death toll climbed to 49 since the start of the year.
16 July 2026

Bangkok pub fire kills 27, officials say emergency exits were obstructed

One video of the incident posted on social media and verified by Reuters showed thick smoke billowing out of the pub, before an intense horizontal plume of fire jets out of a doorway, as screaming customers fled the premises around midnight (1700 GMT) on Sunday.
13 July 2026

Rape of 11-yr-old: Dozens arrested in West Bengal after protests

Indian police yesterday said they had arrested dozens of people for violence and vandalism during protests this week over the rape and murder of an 11-year-old girl in West Bengal.
11 July 2026

‘He has received punishment’: Mother rejects body of rape suspect shot dead by West Bengal police

The killing of an 11-year-old girl triggered violent protests, arrests and renewed anger over women’s safety in India
10 July 2026

At least 28 killed in shoe factory fire in southeast China

The fire broke out in Jinjiang in Fujian province
9 July 2026