Asia

Modi, Xi push business links, border peace as ties revive

Reuters, New Delhi

12 September 2026 • Asia

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Philippine ferry fire death toll jumps to 76: coast guard

AFP, Coron

12 September 2026 • Asia

Kim Jong Un wants North Koreans to have more (state-sanctioned) fun

11 September 2026 • World

Philippine ferry fire kills five, 87 missing: coast guard

AFP, Manila, Philippines

10 September 2026 • Asia

Landslides in eastern China kill 13

AFP, Beijing

9 September 2026 • Asia

N Korea calls Russia bridge a sign of tighter ties

AFP, Seoul

9 September 2026 • Asia

Nepal flood disaster puts climate justice under spotlight

Deutsche Welle

5 September 2026 • Asia

Nepal flood losses estimated at $2.56 billion

Reuters, Kathmandu

4 September 2026 • Natural Disaster

Two trapped tunnel workers rescued 9 days after floods hit Nepal

AFP, Kathmandu

4 September 2026 • Natural Disaster

Last-minute flood warning saved over 900 Nepal students, school head says

Reuters

1 September 2026 • Asia

India ratifies Paris climate change pact

India, the world's third biggest carbon emitter, ratified the Paris agreement on climate change yesterday on the birthday of the country's famously ascetic independence leader Mahatma Gandhi.

2 October 2016

Pak army flies in int'l media to LoC

Pakistani military officials point to an Indian army post high on a forested ridge along the Line of Control dividing

2 October 2016

Formula 1: Ricciardo wins drama-filled Malaysian GP

Daniel Ricciardo leads a Red Bull one-two as Lewis Hamilton's championship hopes went up in smoke at a dramatic, action-packed Malaysian Grand Prix.

2 October 2016

5 things that led India to do that

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi raised hopes of a new era in relations with Islamabad when he paid a surprise

1 October 2016

Pakistan bans all India TV channels

Two days after India's movie industry body banned Pakistani artists and technicians from working in India, Islamabad

1 October 2016

China snubs India again

China yesterday blocked a UN move to ban Pakistan based terrorist group Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) chief Masood Azhar in an apparent

1 October 2016

'US-India military ties closest ever'

India-US military relationship is the "closest it has been ever" and the two countries are exercising together by air, land and sea for the

30 September 2016

India, Pakistan bodies in tit-for-tat move

Amid rising political and military tensions, Pakistani and Indian bodies yesterday took tit-for-tat moves banning artistes and movies in

30 September 2016

China warns Japan not to 'play with fire'

China yesterday warned Japan against "playing with fire" in the contested waters of the South China Sea, after Tokyo announced it may patrol alongside the US in the region.

29 September 2016