Landslides in eastern China kill 13
9 September 2026
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N Korea calls Russia bridge a sign of tighter ties
9 September 2026
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Nepal flood disaster puts climate justice under spotlight
5 September 2026
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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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Nepal PM demands climate action after Himalayan disaster
1 September 2026
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Nepal-China floods: Rescuers race to reach 933 believed trapped in tunnels
1 September 2026
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Nepal teams seek hundreds trapped in hydropower tunnels after deadly floods
31 August 2026
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Nepal buries dead as rescuers seek thousands missing
31 August 2026
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Xi hails 'unity' of bloc
Chinese President Xi Jinping yesterday opened a regional security summit attended by Russia and Iran with boasts of the bloc's "unity",
9 June 2018
Central bank chief steps down
Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has accepted the resignation of the central bank governor, the latest in a string of
6 June 2018
Pak journo freed after abduction
A Pakistani journalist and rights activist who openly criticised the military and its alleged meddling in politics was freed early yesterday,
6 June 2018
World Bank backs India
The World Bank (WB) has asked Pakistan to stop pursuing the Kishanganga dam dispute in the International Court of Arbitration (ICA)
6 June 2018
Pak anti-graft body orders inquiry into former PMs
Pakistan's anti-corruption agency has approved an inquiry into former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and his predecessor
6 June 2018
Pakistani journalist critic of military freed after abduction
A Pakistani journalist and rights activist who openly criticised the military and its alleged meddling in politics is freed early today, several hours after being abducted.
6 June 2018
Duterte says will quit if enough women protest his kiss
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte defends his kiss on the lips of a married Filipino woman in South Korea, and says he will resign if enough women are offended and sign a petition calling for him to step down.
6 June 2018
Trump-Kim summit to be held at Sentosa hotel
The Capella Hotel on Sentosa will host next Tuesday's summit between United States President Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un, Chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
6 June 2018
11 killed, 25 trapped in China mine blast
Eleven people were killed and nine injured yesterday in an explosion at an iron-ore mine in northeast China's Liaoning province, state
5 June 2018
Japan FM returns salary over scandal
Japan's Finance Minister Taro Aso said yesterday he was returning a year's salary after his ministry scrubbed public documents related to
4 June 2018
US, China tussle over Tiananmen anniversary
China lashed out at the United States yesterday after Washington marked the anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen protests by urging
4 June 2018
Mid-air scare
An Indian Air Force aircraft carrying External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj to South Africa went incommunicado for fourteen minutes
4 June 2018
Outrage as Duterte kisses worker on stage
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte draws condemnation after kissing a Filipino woman onstage during his visit to South Korea, prompting outraged activists to call it "disgusting".
4 June 2018
8 killed in Kabul suicide blast near clerics' gathering
A motorcycle suicide bomber kills at least eight people near a gathering of Muslim clerics in the Afghan capital after they had issued a fatwa against suicide bombings, officials say, in the latest in a series of attacks to hit Kabul.
4 June 2018
Filipino man dies days after defending 2 women in Slovakia
A Filipino man dies a “hero” days after he was attacked by two men who he confronted trying to defend two women in Slovakia.
4 June 2018
Feminist activists protest topless, Facebook Korea apologises
Facebook apologises the deletion of the post from a feminist group
4 June 2018
India test-fires nuclear capable Agni-5 missile
India yesterday successfully test-fired its indigenously developed nuclear-capable Long Range Ballistic Missile Agni-5, which has a strike
3 June 2018
Indo-Pak clash along border ends brief truce
India and Pakistan exchanged fire across the Kashmir border yesterday, officials said, killing two guards and ending a days-old
3 June 2018
Philippines' Duterte tells UN expert to 'go to hell'
President Rodrigo Duterte yesterday told a United Nations rights expert to "go to hell" over criticism of the Philippine leader for
3 June 2018
Toyota’s auto manufacturing birthplace unveiled
Toyota Motor Corp unveils to the media its historic plant where the company’s first prototype vehicle was developed in the early years of Showa era (1926-1989).
3 June 2018