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
Ex-Thai MP shoots dead official over money row
11 August 2026
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Asia
Nepal Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak resigns amid protests
Resignation follows deaths of 19 people during Gen Z protests
8 September 2025
Curfew imposed in parts of Kathmandu including areas near president, PM’s house
Police use water cannons and teargas as few enter Parliament building premises
8 September 2025
How will Japan pick its next leader?
With Japanese PM announcing his resignation, attention turns to who will next steer the world's fourth-largest economy
7 September 2025
Afghanistan quake: Series of strong aftershocks cause more injuries
A series of strong aftershocks from a deadly earthquake that hit eastern Afghanistan at the weekend injured at least another 10 people and caused further damage, Taliban authorities said yesterday.
5 September 2025
‘We decide who stays’
Pakistan’s government yesterday said “we decide who stays”, after the United Nations refugee chief urged the country to pause its mass expulsion of Afghans after a major earthquake.
5 September 2025
Crackdown on misuse: Businesses, users hit as Nepal restricts social media
Several social media platforms, including Facebook, were inaccessible in Nepal yesterday after the government blocked unregistered platforms, leaving millions of users angry and confused.
5 September 2025
Mumbai on high alert after terror threat text
According to Mumbai police, the message said 34 vehicles in the Indian city have been fitted with ‘human bombs’
5 September 2025
Businesses and users hit as Nepal restricts social media
Several social media platforms, including Facebook, were inaccessible in Nepal on Friday
5 September 2025
Beijing rejects Trump call to pressure China on Ukraine
China has never denounced Russia's war nor called for it to withdraw its troops, and many of Ukraine's allies believe that Beijing has provided support to Moscow
5 September 2025
Third quake strikes southeastern Afghanistan after series that killed over 2,200
About 84,000 affected, thousands displaced, says aid agency
5 September 2025
Indonesian student protesters meet ministers, set out complaints
Student groups met two senior ministers late on Thursday to press their complaints after more than a week of sometimes violent protests over lawmakers' bonuses and police tactics used against demonstrators.
5 September 2025
Sri Lanka bus plunges off precipice, 15 dead
The accident took place on Thursday night in the mountainous Ella area, about 130 kilometres (81 miles) east of the capital.
5 September 2025
Right-wing tycoon Anutin new Thai PM
Right-wing Thai tycoon Anutin Charnvirakul was confirmed yesterday by parliament as the nation’s next prime minister, ousting the dominant populist Shinawatra dynasty.
4 September 2025
Afghanistan rattled by another quake
A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck southeastern Afghanistan yesterday, the German Research Centre for Geosciences said, the third tremor in the same region since Sunday, when one of the country’s deadliest quakes in years killed more than 2,200 people.
4 September 2025
India slashes consumption tax in face of US tariffs
Indian finance minister made the announcement after a daylong GST Council meeting
3 September 2025
Undocumented immigrants: India orders states to set up detention camps
All Indian states and union territories were asked to set up designated detention camps for undocumented immigrants apprehended in India and restrict their movement pending deportation.
3 September 2025
India’s BSF initiates training for ‘drone commandos’ to guard borders
A ‘School of Drone Warfare’ was inaugurated by BSF’s director general in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh
3 September 2025
Argentina court urged to include Arakan Army atrocities in Rohingya genocide case
The Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK (BROUK) filed the petition seeking arrest warrants for the AA Commander-in-Chief Major General Twan Mrat Naing, Deputy Commander-in-Chief Brigadier General Nyo Twan Awng, and others in the chain of command
3 September 2025
China's parade of new weaponry sends message of deterrence
New weapons seen aiming to dominate E Asia, deter US, allies
3 September 2025
Xi, Putin, Kim meeting 'direct challenge' to international system: EU top diplomat
Russia's Vladimir Putin and North Korea's Kim Jong Un flanked Xi at the event to mark the end of World War II, capping a week of diplomatic grandstanding by the Chinese president and his allies against the West
3 September 2025