Key dates in Thai king's reign

Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej was the world's longest-reigning monarch until his death yesterday at the age
13 October 2016

Lanka leader calls army prosecutions 'political'

Sri Lanka's president on Wednesday accused top anti-corruption officials of launching politically motivated
13 October 2016

Pak delays appeal as judge steps down

Pakistan's Supreme Court delayed an appeal into a notorious blasphemy case against a Christian mother on death row
13 October 2016

Modi's legal reforms divisive

An influential Indian Muslim group yesterday accused the country's Hindu nationalist prime minister of triggering an
13 October 2016

China's Xi visits Cambodia

Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Cambodia for a two-day visit yesterday, praising the close ties that have seen
13 October 2016

China moves to curb troops

Police in the Chinese capital yesterday blocked off streets near a major military building, as hundreds of people wearing green camouflage uniforms chanted and waved national flags to protest against the loss of their posts.
11 October 2016

Four dead as army hunts culprits

Myanmar's army yesterday hunted the attackers who staged deadly raids on border posts, searching homes in Rakhine
10 October 2016

Deadly gun battle erupts in Kashmir town

Indian police say security forces are battling a group of gunmen inside a government compound in the Indian-
10 October 2016

Suspected radioactive leak at Indian airport

Emergency workers sealed off a portion of New Delhi's international airport yesterday after officials suspected a
9 October 2016

India faces major Pak terror attack

Pakistan's NSA, Nasir Janjua talked "de-escalation" with Ajit Doval last week, but at the top levels of the Indian government
9 October 2016

One in 5 in Japan face 'death from overwork'

A fifth of the Japanese workforce faces the risk of death from overwork, according to a new government survey into the country's
8 October 2016

Twin blasts kill six in Pak train attack

Two explosions targeting military personnel on a passenger train killed at least six people and wounded 19 others in
7 October 2016

Two charged for insulting Suu Kyi

A member of Myanmar's ruling pro-democracy party has pressed charges against two villagers for insulting Aung San
7 October 2016

Indian star forced out of Hindu play

An Indian village had to cancel a performance of a traditional Hindu play moments before it was due to start after
7 October 2016

Indian PM warns ministers against 'chest thumping'

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is understood to have cautioned his Cabinet colleagues against creating a hysteria
5 October 2016

Marshalls Islands loses case

The UN's highest court yesterday narrowly threw out landmark cases brought by the tiny Marshall Islands against India, Pakistan and Britain for allegedly failing to halt the nuclear arms race.
5 October 2016

Tennis: Nadal, Murray win China Open first round matches

Rafael Nadal storms through his opening match of the China Open as he seeks to redeem his injury-blighted season with a strong run in Beijing.
4 October 2016

Cricket: BCCI threatens to call off NZ series, Lodha clarifies

With the BCCI threatening to call off the ongoing series between India and New Zealand, the Justice R M Lodha led panel today clarifies that they didn't direct the banks to freeze the accounts of the Board.
4 October 2016

Japanese scientist wins 2016 Nobel medicine prize

Yoshinori Ohsumi won the 2016 Nobel prize for medicine or physiology for his discovery of mechanisms for degrading and recycling cellular components, the award-giving body says.
3 October 2016

Pak boat caught off Gujarat coast: India

A Pakistani boat with nine persons on board was apprehended yesterday off Gujarat coast by the Indian Coast Guard.
2 October 2016