Singapore criminalises AI-generated abuse images
14 August 2026
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Southeast Asia
Ex-Thai MP shoots dead local official over money row
10 August 2026
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Southeast Asia
Thailand teen kills seven in home, school shooting
7 August 2026
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Southeast Asia
Malaysia says Rohingya refugee return will not go ahead if lives are at risk
5 August 2026
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Southeast Asia
Myanmar approves death sentence for cyberscam offences
28 July 2026
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Southeast Asia
Bangkok pub fire kills 27, officials say emergency exits were obstructed
13 July 2026
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Accidents and Fires
Bangladeshi man found in container with expired Malaysian passports
5 July 2026
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Crime & Justice
Myanmar president arrives in India to strengthen ties
30 May 2026
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Southeast Asia
Rescuers free one of seven men trapped in Laos cave
30 May 2026
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Southeast Asia
Dozens killed in blast targeting train in Pakistan: official
24 May 2026
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Southeast Asia
Why is most of Asia looking away from Myanmar?
The latest resolution passed by the United Nations General Assembly condemning rights abuses against Rohingya Muslims and other minority groups in Myanmar was the third such resolution on the subject.
4 January 2020
Next move on deportation of Rohingyas in Jammu and Kashmir: Indian minister Jitendra Singh
A key Indian minister has said the government's next move would be relating the deportation of Rohingya refugees in Jammu and Kashmir as they would not be able to secure citizenship under the amended Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).
4 January 2020
Gun attack on Rab at Rohingya camp: Key suspect killed in 'gunfight'
Two hours after two members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) were injured in a gun attack by Rohingya drug peddlers at Neela Noyapara Rohingya camp in Teknaf upazila, the prime suspect has been killed in a reported gunfight with the elite force.
31 December 2019
Rohingya man held with fake passport at Dhaka airport
A Rohingya man is detained with fake passport and other documents after he lands at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka from Malaysia.
29 December 2019
NASA's Mars 2020 rover set to hunt Martian fossils
A NASA robotic rover is nearing completion ahead of a journey next year to search for evidence of past life on Mars and lay the groundwork for the space agency's mission to send humans into deep space.
28 December 2019
UN ups 2020 budget, includes funds for war crimes probes
The United Nations General Assembly on Friday adopted a $3.07 billion operating budget which for the first time includes funding for the investigation of war crimes in Syria and Myanmar.
28 December 2019
UN condemns human rights abuses against Myanmar’s Rohingya
The UN General Assembly approves a resolution strongly condemning human rights abuses against Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslims and other minorities, including arbitrary arrests, torture, rape and deaths in detention.
28 December 2019
Dhaka, Beijing discuss ways for early repatriation of Rohingyas
Bangladesh and China discusses ways for the “early repatriation” of Rohingyas, currently taking shelter in Cox’s Bazar district, to their place of origin in Rakhine state of Myanmar.
26 December 2019
Boat carrying migrants including Bangladeshis sinks in Turkey's Lake Van, 7 dead
Seven people died and 64 were rescued when a boat carrying migrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan sank on Thursday in eastern Turkey's Lake Van, the governor's office in Bitlis province says.
26 December 2019
Rakhine rebels say Myanmar official killed in fighting
Rebels in Myanmar's Rakhine region said a captured official from Aung San Suu Kyi's ruling party has died, two weeks after being taken for organising protests against genocide accusations faced by Myanmar at the World Court.
26 December 2019
Rohingya Repatriation: Russia urged to put pressure on Myanmar
Bangladesh has urged Russia to use its influence on Myanmar and put pressure so that Naypyidaw takes back its people currently living in Cox's Bazar camps.
23 December 2019
Afghanistan and Pakistan jolted by strong 6.1 quake: USGS
A strong earthquake rattled Afghanistan and Pakistan, the US Geological Survey says, forcing residents into the streets in Kabul and Islamabad.
20 December 2019
Locals not getting benefits of development projects in Cox’s Bazar for Rohingya influx: Speakers
Local people affected by the massive influx of the Rohingyas are not getting equitable benefits of the development projects undertaken in Cox’s Bazar, say development experts, government officials and aid agencies.
19 December 2019
Annular solar eclipse on December 26, 2019
A partial solar eclipse will be visible on December 26 in Bangladesh if the sky remains clear, according to Bangladesh Meteorological Department.
19 December 2019
An Ignoble Nobel Laureate
After his death in 1896, the will of Alfred Nobel, the Swedish inventor of dynamite, established the Nobel Prize in the fields of Physics, Chemistry, Medicine, Literature and Peace.
17 December 2019
Former Pakistan military dictator Musharraf handed death sentence in high treason case
In a first in Pakistan's history, a three-member bench of the special court in Islamabad hands former military ruler Pervez Musharraf death sentence in the long-drawn high treason case against him.
17 December 2019
Half a million Rohingya children yet to see inside of classroom: Amnesty
The international community must not shirk its responsibility to the education of Rohingya children in Bangladesh Cox’s Bazar camps, Amnesty International says ahead of the first Global Refugee Forum.
15 December 2019
Citizenship law: Fresh violence breaks out in West Bengal
Sporadic violence breaks out in Nadia, North 24 Parganas and Howrah districts of India’s West Bengal state where protest grew against the amended Citizenship Act, police say.
15 December 2019
Violence erupts in West Bengal over new citizenship law
Arson and violent protest erupt in parts of West Bengal for the second consecutive day of the protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act.
14 December 2019
Suu Kyi’s visit to Dutch parliament cancelled
Myanmar civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi has cancelled her proposed visit to the Dutch parliament. The Dutch parliamentarians wanted to meet her to discuss the background of the genocide charges pressed by the Gambia.
14 December 2019