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
Japan passes anti-terror conspiracy law
Japan passed a controversial anti-terror law yesterday that sparked street protests and warnings from critics that it would stomp on
15 June 2017
China launches 1st X-ray telescope
China successfully launched its first X-ray space telescope to study black holes, pulsars and gamma-ray bursts yesterday, state media
15 June 2017
Don't raise bilateral issues at the SCO
Welcoming India and Pakistan into the SCO, China yesterday dismissed apprehensions that their differences could disrupt the unity of
15 June 2017
N Korea: US student release 'humanitarian'
North Korea released US student Otto Warmbier "on humanitarian grounds", state media said yesterday, two days after he was
15 June 2017
Scepticism mounts over real value of Facebook ‘likes’
Experts question impact of politicians’ social media presence.
15 June 2017
Lanka vows legislation to deal hate crimes
Sri Lanka's prime minister yesterday promised tougher legislation to deal with hate crimes after an upsurge in attacks
14 June 2017
S'pore rocked by open feud in Lee family
Tightly-ruled Singapore was rocked by an unprecedented political drama yesterday when a feud between the
14 June 2017
Jailed US student released in N Korea
North Korea has released 22-year-old US student Otto Warmbier from a 15 year sentence of hard labor, officials said yesterday, as
13 June 2017
Panama ditches Taiwan in win for Beijing
Panama and China announced yesterday they were establishing diplomatic relations, as the Central American nation became the latest to
13 June 2017
Indian state writes off loans to farmers
A western Indian state has agreed to write off loans to farmers estimated to be worth nearly $5 billion after 11 days of
12 June 2017
Blasts rock Marawi city
Bomb blasts rocked Marawi City in the southern Philippines yesterday as the national flag was raised to mark
12 June 2017
Pak PM to be quizzed over family's wealth
Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will be questioned on Thursday by investigators probing how his family
12 June 2017
Japan zoo celebrates birth of panda cub
A Japanese zoo celebrates the first birth of a baby panda in five years, with the tiny cub small enough to fit in the palm of a human hand.
12 June 2017
Thai family opens doors to tourists to help boys learn English
A family in Phitsanulok’s Muang district in Thailand has opened its doors – with free accommodation for foreign backpackers to expose their two young sons to everyday use of English.
12 June 2017
Tesla Model S: Is tech becoming new luxury?
Electric sports sedan glides through Seoul - all you have to do is listen carefully to what a voice from a navigation program tells you and press pedals.
12 June 2017
Afghan commando kills 2 US soldiers: Official
At least two American soldiers are killed and two others wounded when an Afghan commando opened fire on them in eastern Afghanistan, a local official says.
10 June 2017
Bangladesh 6th worst extreme weather-affected country
Bangladesh ranks sixth among the world’s top 10 countries most affected by extreme weather events in the last 20 years, according to the Global Climate Risk Index by think-tank Germanwatch.
On an average, a total of 679.05 people died in 185 climatic events in Bangladesh within the period of 1996 to 2015.
10 June 2017
Japan clears way for emperor to abdicate
Japan's parliament passed a law yesterday that clears the way for its ageing Emperor Akihito to step down, in what would be the first
9 June 2017
N Korea fires cruise missiles
North Korea fired what appeared to be several land-to-ship missiles off its east coast yesterday, South Korea's military said, a day
8 June 2017
Chinese exam authorities use drones to catch cheats
Chinese education authorities have gone high-tech to catch cheaters as millions of high-school students take their "gaokao", the
8 June 2017