Nepal flood disaster puts climate justice under spotlight
5 September 2026
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Asia
Nepal flood losses estimated at $2.56 billion
4 September 2026
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Natural Disaster
Two trapped tunnel workers rescued 9 days after floods hit Nepal
4 September 2026
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Natural Disaster
Last-minute flood warning saved over 900 Nepal students, school head says
1 September 2026
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Asia
Nepal PM demands climate action after Himalayan disaster
1 September 2026
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Asia
Nepal-China floods: Rescuers race to reach 933 believed trapped in tunnels
1 September 2026
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Asia
Nepal teams seek hundreds trapped in hydropower tunnels after deadly floods
31 August 2026
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Asia
Nepal buries dead as rescuers seek thousands missing
31 August 2026
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Asia
Before flood catastrophe, Nepal asked China for early warnings as risks mounted
31 August 2026
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Asia
Nepal’s high-tech disaster response meets low-tech reality
30 August 2026
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World
Congress won't let it pass: Rahul
Congress president Rahul Gandhi yesterday said his party would not allow the Citizenship Amendment Bill, that seeks to give citizenship
3 April 2019
Rising Thai political star faces fresh legal woes
The telegenic leader of a Thai political party who rode to prominence during last month's election on a wave of millennial support stands
3 April 2019
Malaysia ex-PM goes on trial over 1MDB scandal
Malaysia's disgraced ex-leader Najib Razak pleaded not guilty to all charges against him as he went on trial yesterday over a multi-
3 April 2019
Brunei introduces new harsh sharia laws
Brunei yesterday introduced harsh new sharia laws, including death by stoning for adultery and gay sex, despite a storm of global
3 April 2019
Malaysia ex-PM Najib goes on trial over 1MDB mega-scandal
Malaysia's disgraced ex-leader Najib Razak pleads not guilty to all charges against him as he went on trial today over a multi-billion-dollar fraud, almost a year after his shock election loss.
3 April 2019
Chinese pet owners seek recourse in traditional cures
Traditional Chinese veterinary medicine has a history going back thousands of years. It originated in primitive Chinese society when people started domesticating animals. Veterinary education started as early as the Tang Dynasty (618-907), and the first veterinary hospital was built during the Song Dynasty (960-1279).
3 April 2019
3 Pakistan soldiers killed as India retaliates strongly to unprovoked shelling in Jammu and Kashmir
Three Pakistan Army soldiers have been killed and one injured in Rakhchikri sector of Rawalkot as Indian Army retaliated strongly to unprovoked shelling by Pakistani troops in Poonch of the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir that had on Monday claimed three lives, including a 5-years old girl.
2 April 2019
Sri Lanka powers up South Asia’s first pilot mobile 5G service
For the first time in South Asia, Sri Lanka's largest telecommunications service provider Dialog Axiata PLC has successfully demonstrated a fully standards based 5G mobile service, integrating 5G network infrastructure with a mobile 5G device.
2 April 2019
30 Chinese firefighters die battling forest fire
Thirty firefighters died after they were sent to tackle a forest blaze in remote mountains in southwest China's Sichuan province at the weekend, authorities said yesterday.
1 April 2019
Emperor burger: Tokyo chef whips up $900 monster for new monarch
A Tokyo restaurant is honouring the crowning of the new Japanese emperor next month with a football-sized wagyu beef hamburger served between gold-dusted buns -- at an eye-watering cost of $900.
1 April 2019
New Japanese imperial era Reiwa takes name from ancient poetry
Japan's new imperial era when Crown Prince Naruhito becomes emperor on May 1 will be called Reiwa, the government says, with the country's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe saying it emphasized traditional values at a turning point in Japan's history.
1 April 2019
Marriage rate declines to fresh low in China
China’s birthrate has been on a decline over the past few years, and now the number of people tying the proverbial knot is also heading lower.
1 April 2019
Storms kill 25 in Nepal
Over two dozen people were killed in a severe thunderstorm that swept through parts of southern Nepal and hundreds more were injured, police and officials say.
1 April 2019
China plant explosion kills seven people
An explosion at a electronics component manufacturer in east China yesterday killed seven and injured five others, local authorities said.
31 March 2019
Rahul Gandhi to contest 2nd seat from Kerala
India's main opposition party Congress yesterday announced its President Rahul Gandhi would contest from a second constituency
31 March 2019
N Korea calls Feb raid a terror attack
North Korea yesterday described the February raid on its embassy in Madrid by a dissident group as a "grave terrorist attack" and
31 March 2019
US migrant crisis deepens
The US government cut aid to El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras on Saturday after President Donald Trump blasted the Central
31 March 2019
Vietnam to build policies for ageing population
As the world sets out an inspirational new development agenda and commits to reaching the Sustainable Development Goals, Vietnam should envision a new model that addresses demographic ageing with economic and social growth and protects the elderly population’s rights.
31 March 2019
Taliban kill 9 police in Afghanistan
Nine Afghan policemen are killed when Taliban fighters stormed their checkpoints and launched a follow-up ambush in the eastern Afghanistan city of Ghazni, officials say.
30 March 2019
Wising up to what’s real and what’s not
Malaysians love fake news, but a growing number are now checking their veracity.
30 March 2019