ICJ genocide case 'flawed and unfounded': Myanmar govt
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Asia
Myanmar made lives of the Rohingyas a nightmare
13 January 2026, 00:00 AM
Myanmar pro-military party claims Suu Kyi's seat in junta-run poll
12 January 2026, 13:58 PM
Bomb attacks on Thailand petrol stations injure 4
12 January 2026, 02:46 AM
Japan PM mulling snap election in coming weeks: reports
11 January 2026, 02:08 AM
Bangabandhu’s autobiography translated to Korean
2 July 2021, 08:18 AM
Asia
Japan minister says necessary to 'wake up' to protect Taiwan
29 June 2021, 02:49 AM
Japan
Myanmar violence escalates with rise of ‘self-defence’ groups: report
28 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Asia
Hong Kong police arrest former Apple Daily journalist at airport: media
28 June 2021, 11:36 AM
China
China turns on world’s second-biggest hydropower dam
28 June 2021, 08:40 AM
China
HK protesters call for new demo
Hong Kong opposition groups yesterday called for another major demonstration after the pro-Beijing government did not respond to
20 June 2019, 18:00 PM
China’s ex-Interpol chief pleads guilty to bribery
Former Interpol chief Meng Hongwei yesterday pleaded guilty at a trial in China to accepting $2.1 million in bribes -- a remarkable fall from grace for the former vice minister of public security.
20 June 2019, 18:00 PM
‘Ridiculous’
Malaysia’s prime minister yesterday criticised the “ridiculous” decision to charge three Russians and a Ukrainian with murder over the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17.
20 June 2019, 18:00 PM
World hopes talks can succeed
The world hopes North Korea and the United States can talk to each other and for those talks to be successful, Chinese President Xi Jinping told North Korean leader Kim Jong Un yesterday, praising Pyongyang’s efforts towards denuclearisation.
20 June 2019, 18:00 PM
Trade disputes to dominate as ASEAN meets in Bangkok
Southeast Asian leaders will dissect the impact of the US-China tariff war this weekend at a Bangkok summit, with Beijing determined to drive forward a trade pact sweeping in 40 percent of global commerce -- but excluding America.
20 June 2019, 05:23 AM
Hong Kong leader says sorry again after fury at extradition bill
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam apologises again day and says she had heard the people "loud and clear" after some of the most violent protests in the Chinese-ruled city against an extradition bill that she promoted and then postponed.
18 June 2019, 08:57 AM
Lanka abusing UN law to make arrests Says rights group after clampdown on media
Media activists yesterday accused Sri Lankan police of using a UN convention on hate speech to crack down on media freedom and the
17 June 2019, 18:00 PM
Army major killed, 3 soldiers injured
An Army major was killed while another officer and two troopers were injured in an encounter with militants in south Kashmir yesterday,
17 June 2019, 18:00 PM
China stands by HK leader
China doubled down on its support for Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam yesterday after days of protests in the Chinese-ruled city over a
17 June 2019, 18:00 PM
Pak removes ISI spy agency head after eight months
Pakistan on Sunday appointed a hardliner general as new chief of the powerful Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) spy agency, replacing the
17 June 2019, 18:00 PM
Indian Houdini drowned as stunt goes wrong
An Indian magician who went missing after being lowered into a river while tied up with chains and ropes in a Houdini-inspired stunt is
17 June 2019, 18:00 PM
Brain disease kills 97 Indian children
The Indian state of Bihar grappled yesterday with twin crises, with a brain virus potentially linked to lychees killing almost 100 children
17 June 2019, 18:00 PM
Jakarta university offers special entrance scheme for YouTubers with 10k subscribers
National Development University Veteran Jakarta (UPNVJ) takes the internet by storm this week after announcing that YouTubers who have at least 10,000 subscribers may enroll at the university through a special admissions scheme.
17 June 2019, 06:09 AM
Huawei prepares for 40%-60% fall in international smartphone shipments
Huawei Technologies Co Ltd is preparing for a 40% to 60% decline in international smartphone shipments, Bloomberg reports.
17 June 2019, 04:51 AM
Hong Kong police clear streets as protesters move to park
Protesters clear out of Hong Kong’s streets, averting possible clashes with police, but stay near government headquarters to press their demands that the city’s leader resign and abandon an extradition bill that stoked fears of Beijing’s expanding control.
17 June 2019, 04:22 AM
Protests choke HK
Hundreds of thousands of protesters choked Hong Kong’s streets yesterday in a defiant rebuke of a reviled extradition law, piling pressure on the city’s embattled pro-Beijing leader despite a weekend climbdown.
16 June 2019, 18:00 PM
Massive demonstration chokes Hong Kong as extradition anger boils
Hundreds of thousands of people have rallied in central Hong Kong against a reviled extradition law, the latest huge demonstration to pile pressure on the city's embattled leader, despite her weekend climbdown.
16 June 2019, 11:24 AM
Middle East attack jolts oil-import dependent Asia
The blasts detonated far from the bustling megacities of Asia, but the attack this week on two tankers in the strategic Strait of Hormuz hits at the heart of the region’s oil import-dependent economies.
15 June 2019, 05:00 AM
Hong Kong leader suspends controversial extradition bill after protests
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam has delayed indefinitely a proposed law to allow extraditions to mainland China, in a dramatic retreat after widespread anger over the bill sparked violent protests in the Asian finance hub.
15 June 2019, 04:20 AM
Hong Kongers alarmed by Google translation gaffe
Hong Kong social media has lit up when protesters noticed Google's translation software was briefly churning out a rather odd suggestion during a week that has seen the worst political violence to hit the city in decades.
14 June 2019, 06:38 AM