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

Malaysia reports first pregnant Zika patient

Malaysia yesterday reported its first case of a pregnant woman with Zika -- a resident of a Malaysian state bordering

7 September 2016

AFP opens North Korea bureau

Global news agency AFP opens a bureau in North Korea, becoming one of only a handful of foreign media organisations to have a permanent presence in the one of the world’s most isolated states.

7 September 2016

1 killed in Kashmir

A protester died from pellet gun injuries during fresh clashes yesterday with security forces in Anantnag district of

6 September 2016

Floods kill 60, displace 44,000 in N Korea: UN

Flooding following heavy rain has killed 60 people and left over 44,000 homeless in North Korea, the United Nations

6 September 2016

Blast kills 3 at Thai school

A four-year-old girl and her father were among three killed yesterday when a bomb hidden in a motorcycle's fuel tank exploded

6 September 2016

Buddhists jeer Kofi Annan in Rakhine

Hundreds of Buddhists jeered former UN chief Kofi Annan as he arrived in Myanmar's troubled Rakhine state

6 September 2016

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Suu Kyi to visit US next week

Myanmar's newly installed civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi will visit the United States next week, US President Barack

6 September 2016

North Korea test-fires three missiles: Seoul

North Korea test-fired three ballistic missiles into the sea yesterday, South Korea said, in a new show of force as world

5 September 2016

Suu Kyi oversees panel on plight of Rohingyas

Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi and former UN chief Kofi Annan yesterday oversaw the first meeting of a panel

5 September 2016

Global leaders meet in China

“We agree that facing the risks and challenges of the current world economy, and maintaining a peaceful and stable

5 September 2016

Hong Kong poll, pro-independence candidates, Chinese-controlled city

Hong Kong anti-China activists celebrate vote victory

A new generation of young Hong Kong politicians advocating a break from Beijing has become lawmakers for the first time in a result likely to rattle China.

5 September 2016

Rape charge: Delhi's ex-minister arrested

The former women's minister of the Indian capital -- who was sacked over a "sex tape" -- has now been arrested

4 September 2016

Young Hong Kong independence activists calling for a complete break from China stood for the first time yesterday in city-wide legislative elections, the biggest polls since mass pro-democracy protests in 2014.

4 September 2016