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
Auxiliary power unit of Air India plane catches fire at New Delhi airport
No casualties; An Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner crashed soon after take-off in Ahmedabad on June 12, killing 241
22 July 2025
India court acquits 12 in 2006 train blasts case
An Indian court yesterday acquitted 12 men previously convicted for a series of bomb blasts that ripped through packed commuter trains in Mumbai in 2006 that killed 187 people.
21 July 2025
Yarlung dam won’t affect neighbours
China will not withdraw or use any water from the Yarlung Zangbo river, where a hydropower project is underway, Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Yao Wen said yesterday.
21 July 2025
Pak militants use drones to target security forces: officials
Militants in Pakistan have started using commercially acquired quadcopter drones to drop bombs on security forces in the country’s northwest, police said, a potentially dangerous development in the volatile region.
21 July 2025
Air India jet skids off runway in Mumbai
An Air India Airbus A320 flight veered off the runway as it landed during heavy rain at the Mumbai International Airport yesterday, briefly shutting the runway and damaging the underside of one of the plane’s engines.
21 July 2025
Indian Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar resigns
He sent his resignation to President Droupadi Murmu and said he was stepping down with immediate effect
21 July 2025
180 dead as Pakistan faces intensified monsoon
Over 500 injured across Pakistan since rains began
21 July 2025
Indonesia ferry fire kills five as hundreds rescued
The ferry sinking en route to Bali this month was attributed to bad weather
21 July 2025
Indonesia ferry fire kills five as hundreds rescued
An Indonesian ferry fire killed at least five people yesterday, the country’s coast guard said, while more than 200 others were saved with many jumping overboard to flee the huge blaze.
20 July 2025
Sri Lanka sacks top cop over Easter Sunday bombings
Sri Lanka’s independent regulator has sacked a senior police officer for failing to prevent the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings, which killed 279 people including 45 foreigners.
20 July 2025
Election thrashing projected for Japan PM
PM Ishiba's centre-right LDP has governed Japan almost continuously since 1955, albeit with frequent changes of leader
20 July 2025
China starts building dam on Brahmaputra
China started building a mega-dam yesterday on a river running through Tibet and India, with Premier Li Qiang attending the commencement ceremony, state media said.
19 July 2025
Myanmar's junta chief makes first appearance at memorial event
Myanmar's junta chief on Saturday attended annual commemorations for the country's assassinated independence hero for the first time since the military seized power more than four years ago
19 July 2025
Lightning strikes kill 33 in eastern India this week
Lightning strikes during monsoon storms in eastern India this week killed at least 33 people and injured dozens, officials said yesterday.
18 July 2025
Myanmar conflict: Junta offers cash rewards to anti-coup defectors
Myanmar’s junta said yesterday it is offering cash rewards to fighters willing to desert armed groups defying its rule and “return to the legal fold” ahead of a slated election.
18 July 2025
Incorrect speed record card caused 2024 Nepal plane crash: panel
A passenger plane crash in Nepal last year that killed 18 people was caused by faulty information about the aircraft’s takeoff speed in the flight documentation, a report issued yesterday by a government-appointed investigation panel said.
18 July 2025
Myanmar junta claims recapture of town near military academy
Myanmar’s junta yesterday claimed to have ousted armed rebels who captured a town near the military’s main officer training academy after a year-long battle.
17 July 2025
63 killed in 24hrs of heavy rain in Pakistan
Heavy monsoon rains across Pakistan’s Punjab province killed at least 63 people and injured nearly 300 in the past 24 hours, provincial officials said yesterday, bringing the nationwide death toll from the rains to at least 159 since late June.
17 July 2025
China jails Japanese national for espionage: embassy
A court in China sentenced a Japanese businessman to three-and-a-half years in prison yesterday for spying, Tokyo’s ambassador in Beijing said.
16 July 2025
‘Prove they’re Rohingyas’
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee yesterday expressed concerns over the alleged harassment of Bengali-speaking people in BJP-ruled states, challenging the BJP to prove they were Rohingyas.
16 July 2025