14 dead in 'horrific' Malaysian bus crash

An interstate bus in Malaysia carrying passengers from Singapore and Myanmar careers off a highway, killing 14 people and injuring 16 others, officials say.
24 December 2016

Thai police bust huge loan shark racket

Thai police have broken up the country's biggest loan shark syndicate with nationwide raids on a network of creditors who circulated
23 December 2016

Chinese schoolboy driver kills pedestrian

An 11-year-old Chinese schoolboy, who learned to drive by looking up lessons online, killed a pedestrian after stealing a car in eastern
23 December 2016

Security forces across Asia on Christmas alert

Security forces across Asia were on alert yesterday ahead of the Christmas and New Year holidays, as police in Australia and Indonesia
23 December 2016

Japan cabinet approves biggest defence budget

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's cabinet yesterday approved Japan's biggest annual defence budget in the face of North Korea's
22 December 2016

China launches CO2 monitoring satellite

China yesterday launched a satellite to monitor carbon dioxide levels, state media said, making the Asian giant the third country
22 December 2016

US makes biggest Okinawa land return

A deal to return American military land on Okinawa to the Japanese government was hailed yesterday as the biggest
21 December 2016

China welcomes Sao Tome's split with Taiwan

China yesterday welcomed Sao Tome and Principe's decision to sever ties with Taiwan, a move that comes after
21 December 2016

World War Two 'remains' found in India

A US agency which deals with soldiers missing in action has found the suspected remains of more airmen who went
21 December 2016

Indonesian cops kill 3 'suicide attackers'

Indonesian police kill three terrorists and arrest another one during a raid on a rented house outside Jakarta, where they also find bombs possibly meant for a suicide attack.
21 December 2016

Ancient barter trade returns to eastern Indian farmlands after note ban

Farmers in eastern India have fallen back on the exchange of labour to tide over the crash crunch after the launch of the government's demonetisation drive in villages.
20 December 2016

Top N Korean defector fled slavery

Top-ranking North Korean diplomat Thae Yong-Ho, whose recent defection gifted a major propaganda coup to the South, vowed
19 December 2016

China rejects Trump claim it stole drone

China yesterday rejected US President-elect Donald Trump's claim that it had "stolen" an American research drone, as state
19 December 2016

Plants closed, cars stopped as China faces smog 'red alert'

Engulfed in choking smog, some northern Chinese cities limit the number of cars on roads and temporarily shut down factories to cut down pollution during a national "red alert."
19 December 2016

China to return US drone

China will return an underwater US drone seized by a naval vessel this week in the South China Sea, both countries
18 December 2016

China to return seized US drone, says Washington

China will return an underwater US drone seized by a naval vessel this week in the South China Sea, both countries say, but Beijing complained that Washington had been "hyping up" the incident.
18 December 2016

China seizes US naval probe

China and the United States are using military channels to "appropriately handle" the seizure by the Chinese navy of a US
17 December 2016

Gunmen kill 5 female staff of Afghan airport

Five female Afghan guards working in the airport in southern Kandahar were killed by unknown gunmen as they were on their way to work, security officials say, the latest in a string of attacks against women in Afghanistan.
17 December 2016

Asia’s digital music market flourishes

Japan is Asia’s biggest digital music market, selling $432 million worth of music a year.
17 December 2016

India offers more time to black money hoarders to come clean

The Indian government has extended the span of the income declaration scheme from Dec 17- March 31.
17 December 2016