Modi, Xi push business links, border peace as ties revive
12 September 2026
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Asia
Philippine ferry fire death toll jumps to 76: coast guard
12 September 2026
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Asia
Kim Jong Un wants North Koreans to have more (state-sanctioned) fun
11 September 2026
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World
Philippine ferry fire kills five, 87 missing: coast guard
10 September 2026
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Asia
Landslides in eastern China kill 13
9 September 2026
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Asia
N Korea calls Russia bridge a sign of tighter ties
9 September 2026
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Asia
Nepal flood disaster puts climate justice under spotlight
5 September 2026
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Asia
Nepal flood losses estimated at $2.56 billion
4 September 2026
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Natural Disaster
Two trapped tunnel workers rescued 9 days after floods hit Nepal
4 September 2026
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Natural Disaster
Last-minute flood warning saved over 900 Nepal students, school head says
1 September 2026
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Asia
Typhoon swipes eastern China
Typhoon Chan-hom swiped eastern China yesterday, paralysing transport links and devastating farmland as authorities evacuated more
11 July 2015
Chinese journo freed after detention
A Chinese journalist detained for nine months after helping a German magazine report on democracy protests in Hong Kong has been released, she told AFP
10 July 2015
World's oldest man Sakari Momoi dies at 112 in Japan
The world's oldest man, Japanese supercentenarian Sakari Momoi, has died in Tokyo at the age of 112.
7 July 2015
China factory collapse kills 12
Twelve people died after a shoe factory collapsed in eastern China, state media reported yesterday, with more than 40 escaping on their own or being rescued.
5 July 2015
China 'trying to hack into everything'
Hillary Clinton accused China on Saturday of "trying to hack into everything that doesn't move in America" and stealing government information, in strongly
5 July 2015
6.4 quake kills 3 in China's Xinjiang
A shallow 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck China's far western region of Xinjiang yesterday, the US Geological Survey said, with three
3 July 2015
17 killed in Pakistan train plunge
At least 17 die in Pakistan after a train carrying hundreds of army personnel derails from a bridge and plunges into a canal.
3 July 2015
Khmer Rouge leaders begin appeal hearings
Two former Khmer Rouge leaders yesterday began appeal hearings against landmark convictions for crimes against humanity last year
2 July 2015
Pilot shut off wrong engine: probe report
The pilot flying a TransAsia Airways (6702.TW) ATR mistakenly switched off the plane's only working engine seconds before it crashed in February, killing 43
2 July 2015
Ferry tragedy kills 38 in Philippines
A ferry loaded with nearly 200 people capsized off a central Philippine port on yesterday, officials said, killing at least 38 people in the
2 July 2015
Ferry tragedy kills 38 in Philippines
A ferry loaded with nearly 200 people capsized off a central Philippine port on yesterday, officials said, killing at least 38 people in the
2 July 2015
China welcomes US-Cuba deal
China yesterday welcomed the re-establishment of formal ties between the US and Cuba, despite the move representing a reconciliation between Beijing's
2 July 2015
Afghan court quashes Farkhunda mob killing death sentences
An Afghan appeals court quashes death sentences imposed on four men for their part in the mob killing of a young woman in Kabul in March.
2 July 2015
IS beheads two Syrian women 'for the first time'
The Islamic State group beheads two women in Syria on accusations of "sorcery," the first such executions of female civilians in Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
30 June 2015
Taiwan water park fire hurts more than 500
Witnesses described the scene at a Taiwan water park as "hell" after a ball of fire ripped through a crowd, with authorities putting the
28 June 2015
Dog's photo on ITI entrance admit card
An ITI aspirant is in utter shock after finding a dog’s photo on his admit card, reports the Times of India.
28 June 2015
Suicide blast at Kuwait mosque kills 25
The death toll from a suicide attack on a Shia mosque during Friday prayers in the Kuwaiti capital rises to at least 25, the interior ministry says.
26 June 2015
Syria Crisis: Islamic State 'kills 120 civilians' in Kobane
Islamic State (IS) militants kills more than 120 civilians since launching a fresh attack on the Syrian border town of Kobane, activists say.
26 June 2015
India floods: 50 die in Gujarat rains
Heavy rains have been battering the worst-affected Saurashtra region, where more than 50 people dies in flood-related incidents.
25 June 2015
Youth found dead
Police recovered the body of an unidentified youth, aged about 23, from the River Jamuna at Delua Madhyapara in Belkuchi upazila of the district on Tuesday afternoon. Officer-
24 June 2015