4 Bangladeshis jailed in Singapore for financing terrorism

Singapore court sentences four Bangladeshi workers to two to five years’ imprisonment for financing terrorism. They were detained in April under the Internal Security Act (ISA).
12 July 2016

Abe claims win in Japan parliamentary poll

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe claims victory in weekend elections, giving a boost to his long-cherished desire to water down the country's pacifist constitution.
11 July 2016

Kashmir fear after mob drowns policeman

There are fears of more violence in Indian-administered Kashmir, after a policeman drowns when an angry crowd pushed his car in a river.
11 July 2016

NKorea threatens action over US anti-missile system

North Korea threatens to take "physical action" after Washington and Seoul announced they would deploy a sophisticated US anti-missile defence system to counter the growing menace from Pyongyang.
11 July 2016

Eyeing polls, Modi backtracks on 'minimum government'

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inducted 19 new ministers into his cabinet to bolster his two-year-old
10 July 2016

MJ Akbar debuts as federal minister

Veteran journalist MJ Akbar made his debut as a federal Indian minister last Tuesday when Prime Minister Narendra Modi undertook an expansion of his council of ministers for the second time in just over two years.
10 July 2016

Six more killed

Five protesters and a police officer were killed in India's northern Jammu and Kashmir state yesterday, police said, raising the death toll in violence sparked by the death of a separatist militant to 21 since Friday.
10 July 2016

Floods in India kill 15

Flash floods from torrential downpours in the in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh have killed 15 people, with
10 July 2016

Japan ruling coalition wins super majority

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling coalition won a landslide victory yesterday in an election for parliament's upper house, despite concerns about his economic policies and plans to revise the nation's post-war pacifist constitution for the first time.
10 July 2016

Eight killed in Kashmir after Rebel's death

Eight protesters were killed and more than 200 others injured in disputed Indian-administered Kashmir yesterday after
9 July 2016

Philanthropist Edhi dies aged 88

Renowned Pakistani philanthropist Abdul Sattar Edhi, who dedicated his life to the poor, has died at the age of 88. Edhi's family said he
9 July 2016

Saudis arrest 12 Pakistanis over bombs

Saudi officials say 12 out of 19 people arrested over Monday's three bomb attacks in the country are Pakistani.
8 July 2016

Baghdad bombing death toll rises to 281

Iraqi officials have again raised the figure for the number of people killed in Sunday's suicide bombing in Baghdad.
7 July 2016

Flash floods kill 43 in northern Pakistan

Overnight flash floods killed at least 43 people in northern Pakistan, the majority in a remote village that did not receive an evacuation warning before the waters hit washing away most of the settlement, officials said yesterday.
3 July 2016

Myanmar mob burns down mosque

A mob burns down a mosque in northern Myanmar in the second attack of its kind in just over a week.
3 July 2016

India designed jet joins air force

The first Indian-designed fighter jet, the Tejas, has been inducted into the country's air force, 31 years after it was first
1 July 2016

One killed by Taiwan accidental missile

A Taiwanese warship mistakenly launched a supersonic "aircraft carrier killer" missile towards China yesterday, hitting
1 July 2016

Myanmar frees famed activist monk

A former monk and influential leader of Myanmar's 2007 anti-junta uprising has been freed from jail and charges
1 July 2016

Duterte urges rebels to kill criminals

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte yesterday urged communist rebels to start killing drug traffickers, adding another
1 July 2016

Indian soldiers kill 2 rebels in Kashmir

Hundreds of protesters clashed with police yesterday in Indian-administered Kashmir after two suspected insurgents
30 June 2016