Car bomb hits Thailand's troubled south, injures 51

More than 50 people including children are injured when a car bomb explodes outside a supermarket in Thailand's insurgency-plagued south, police say, the largest attack for months on a civilian target there.
9 May 2017

Indonesia to disband radical Islamist group

Indonesia said yesterday it would disband the local branch of radical Islamist group Hizb ut-Tahrir, as concerns grow
8 May 2017

Corruption, North Korea ignite South Korea poll

South Korea's presidential hopefuls made a final push for votes yesterday, with the left-leaning candidate a clear
8 May 2017

World leaders react to Macron's win

"Congratulations to Emmanuel Macron on his big win today as the next President of France. I look very much forward
8 May 2017

Outrage as Kejriwal faces bribery allegation

Anti-corruption crusader Arvind Kejriwal's government in the Indian capital plunged into a crisis yesterday as a
7 May 2017

China to tighten internet controls

China will further tighten its internet regulations with a pledge to strengthen controls over search engines and online
7 May 2017

N Korea detains another US citizen

North Korea has detained another US citizen for committing "hostile acts", it said yesterday, its second arrest of an
7 May 2017

Five killed in latest Kashmir violence

Suspected militants launched an attack in Indian Kashmir killing three civilians and a policeman, the latest violence
7 May 2017

Pakistan claims 50 killed, Kabul disputes toll

Pakistan's military yesterday said it had killed more than 50 Afghan soldiers in a clash on a major border crossing
7 May 2017

200 students hospitalised

Nearly 200 school students were hospitalised yesterday after complaining of irritation in their eyes and throat following
6 May 2017

Pak airlines to suspend Mumbai-Karachi flight

Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), which operates a weekly flight between Mumbai and Karachi, will suspend its
5 May 2017

200 inmates break out of Indonesia jail

About 200 inmates broke out of an overcrowded prison in western Indonesia yesterday, rushing out of the jail after
5 May 2017

Clashes erupt on Pak-Afghan border

Pakistani and Afghan officials accused each other of killing civilians yesterday after gunfire erupted near a major
5 May 2017

Myanmar warns of fake news about Suu Kyi govt

Myanmar's government has warned the public that false news and rumours are being spread by unidentified people
5 May 2017

Nepal SC blocks impeachment of chief justice

Nepal's Supreme Court yesterday blocked the government's attempt to impeach the chief justice, a move that had
5 May 2017

India's top court upholds death sentences for four

India's top court yesterday upheld death sentences against four men who fatally gang raped a woman on board a
5 May 2017

Pak police register report against PM

Pakistani police have registered a report against Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif for allegedly provoking people and
5 May 2017

China makes world's first quantum computer

Chinese scientists have successfully built the world's first quantum computing machine that is 24,000 times faster than its international
4 May 2017

Dust storm hits Beijing

A dust storm enveloped a swathe of northern China yesterday dragging down air quality and visibility and prompting warnings for
4 May 2017

China wants to be good neighbour with N Korea

China said yesterday it wants to be good neighbours with North Korea, after the isolated country's state news agency published a rare
4 May 2017