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
17 killed in China coal mine accident
Seventeen Chinese coal miners were killed when a lift used to move workers fell down a shaft, state media reported,
14 March 2017
Park summoned for questioning
South Korean prosecutors will summon former president Park Geun-Hye, whose impeachment was confirmed by the
14 March 2017
Impeached Park leaves presidential palace
South Korea's impeached ex-president Park Geun-Hye left the Blue House yesterday, issuing an apology for not completing her full term as she arrived back at her private residence.
12 March 2017
India police kill 'IS-linked gunman'
Indian police yesterday shot dead a self-radicalised Islamic State sympathiser who they said was involved in a train
8 March 2017
BBC World stops broadcasting from Thailand
The BBC World Service has stopped broadcasting from one of its major global transmission stations situated in
8 March 2017
India to start river inter-linking project soon
Work on the first project of India's ambitious inter-linking of rivers across the country will begin by the middle of
8 March 2017
Malaysia softens tone to N Korea
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak struck a softer tone with North Korea yesterday, a day after accusing it of
8 March 2017
Stop nuke, missile tests
China, fearing a rapid escalation of tension on the Korean peninsula, yesterday called on North Korea to stop its
8 March 2017
30 dead as gunmen dressed as doctors raid Kabul hospital
Gunmen dressed as doctors storm Afghanistan's largest military hospital, killing more than 30 people in a six-hour attack claimed by the Islamic State group as it makes inroads into the war-battered country.
8 March 2017
India to help facilitate first ever train from Dhaka to Istanbul
Indian Railways is going to run a trans-continental container train full of goods from Dhaka to Istanbul, which would cover a 6,000-km journey across five countries - Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Iran and Turkey.
8 March 2017
PM seeks Jakarta help to send back Myanmar refugees
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina requests the Indonesian government to play a role in sending back the Myanmar refugees from Bangladesh.
7 March 2017
900m in Asia had to pay bribes last year: report
More than a quarter of people living in Asia had to pay a bribe while trying to access a public service in the past year, a watchdog says, calling on governments to root out endemic graft in the region.
7 March 2017
Scamming men break women’s hearts, bank accounts
The number of Vietnamese women tricked by online scammers, starting with ‘love affairs’ on social media, has increased in recent years.
7 March 2017
China hikes defence budget to $152b
China has hiked its military spending by seven percent to $152 billion, about three times higher than that of India, as Beijing braced
6 March 2017
North Korea orders Malaysian envoy out
North Korea said yesterday it would expel Malaysia's ambassador after its own envoy was ordered out of the Southeast Asian nation, in
6 March 2017
Three killed in Kashmir
A police officer and two suspected militants were killed in Indian-administered Kashmir during a fierce 15-hour
5 March 2017
Reward for NK defectors
South Korea will award up to one billion won (US$860,000) to defectors from the North with classified information
5 March 2017
China hikes defence spending
China will raise defence spending "around seven percent" this year as it guards against "outside meddling" in its disputed regional territorial claims, a
4 March 2017
Malaysia to expel N Korea ambassador
Malaysia yesterday said it would expel the North Korean ambassador in a deepening diplomatic row over the
4 March 2017
China defence spending to rise 'around 7%': official
China will raise defence spending "around seven percent" this year as it guards against "outside meddling" in its disputed regional territorial claims, a top official says, in an apparent reference to Washington.
4 March 2017