Kim Jong Un wants North Koreans to have more (state-sanctioned) fun
11 September 2026
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World
Philippine ferry fire kills five, 87 missing: coast guard
10 September 2026
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Asia
Landslides in eastern China kill 13
9 September 2026
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Asia
N Korea calls Russia bridge a sign of tighter ties
9 September 2026
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Asia
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
India set to get head of state from lowest caste
India's next president will emerge from the Dalit caste -- a community so marginalised they were once known as
15 July 2017
Place where woman can't go
Visitors will not be allowed to set foot on a men-only UNESCO World Heritage island in Japan from next year, an
15 July 2017
Liu Xiaobo gets sea burial
The ashes of China's late Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo were scattered in the sea yesterday after a controversial funeral, as
15 July 2017
Comedy group AIB charged by Mumbai police for Modi meme
Comedy group AIB has been accused of posting offensive content on Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a complaint filed by the Mumbai police.
15 July 2017
Indonesia blocks web-based Telegram app
Web-based Telegram is blocked in Indonesia as the government finds some of its users promote radicalism and terrorism in the web.
15 July 2017
India rejects China's J&K mediation offer
India has rejected China's offer to mediate and help resolve the Kashmir issue, insisting talks will only take place with
14 July 2017
China slams criticism over Xiaobo's death
China yesterday lashed out at international criticism after it denied Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo's dying wish to leave
14 July 2017
Death toll hits 83
Floods in India's northeast have killed at least 83 people and led to the death of three rare one-horned rhinoceros at a national park that has the world's largest concentration of the species.
14 July 2017
China upholds UN sanctions on North Korea
China yesterday insisted that it was upholding UN sanctions on North Korea despite a jump in its trade with the nuclear-armed nation
13 July 2017
Japan flood death toll rises to 30
The death toll from heavy rains and flooding in Japan's south has risen to 30, officials said yesterday, while rescue workers continued
13 July 2017
China's Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo dies
China's Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo dies while still in custody following a battle with cancer, authorities said, after officials ignored international pleas to let him spend his final days free and abroad.
13 July 2017
Facebook to help South Korean startups go global
US social networking giant Facebook says it has partnered with South Korean business agencies to launch a new programme to help Korean startups expand overseas with digital strategies leveraging its platform.
13 July 2017
World’s most coal-fired power plant projects in 4 Asian countries
China, India, Indonesia and Vietnam have the world’s four biggest coal-fired power plants in pipeline. Together, they represent 82 percent of the 718 units globally under construction.
13 July 2017
Liu Xiaobo suffers respiratory failure
China's cancer-stricken Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo suffered respiratory failure as his condition worsened yesterday, his
12 July 2017
Myanmar vows no restrictions to journos
Myanmar yesterday pledged "no restrictions" on journalists visiting the troubled state of Rakhine this week, in the first
12 July 2017
China sends troops to Djibouti in Africa
Ships carrying personnel for China's first overseas military base, in Djibouti in the Horn of Africa, have set sail to begin setting
12 July 2017
Widodo signs decree to ban radical groups
Indonesia has issued a decree allowing it to ban groups that oppose its official state ideology, in a move seen to
12 July 2017
China's Nobel laureate in 'critical condition'
China's cancer-stricken Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo is in a critical condition, his hospital said yesterday, raising fears
10 July 2017
Sri Lanka monks vow to resist govt deal
Sri Lanka's hardline monks yesterday broadened a growing campaign by the Buddhist clergy against the government,
10 July 2017
Indian lab develops 'beef detection kits'
A government-run laboratory in western India has developed portable "beef detection kits" that will allow police to
10 July 2017