Massive oil, gas reserves found in Pakistani waters: senior security official

A substantial deposit of petroleum and natural gas has been discovered in Pakistan’s territorial waters, a cache so large its exploitation could change the country’s destiny, DawnNewsTV quoted a senior security official as saying on Friday
11 September 2024, 05:32 AM

Pakistan: Several PTI MPs arrested in midnight raids

Pakistani police arrested several lawmakers and leaders of ex-prime minister Imran Khan’s party in midnight raids a day after it held a major rally in the capital to demand his release, the party and police said yesterday.
10 September 2024, 18:00 PM

Star Media Group’s Esther Ng elected new chair of ANN

Datin Paduka Esther Ng, chief content officer of Malaysia's Star Media Group, has been elected the next chairman of the Asia News Network (ANN)
6 September 2024, 04:55 AM

Pakistan hunts separatist militants who killed dozens

Pakistani forces hunted separatist militants Tuesday who killed dozens when they pulled passengers off buses, blew up a bridge and stormed a hotel a day earlier.
27 August 2024, 18:00 PM

Experts sound alarm on new Rohingya crackdown in Myanmar

The persecuted and stateless Rohingya minority is caught in a new violent crackdown in Myanmar, with children among those killed, two reports from influential expert groups warned today.
27 August 2024, 09:49 AM

Vietnam to have new president in October: state media

Vietnam's national assembly will elect the country's new president in October, state media said today, the latest top-level change during an unusually turbulent period for the communist state.
27 August 2024, 05:21 AM

Southwest Pakistan: Over 70 killed in militant attacks

At least 73 people were killed in Pakistan’s province of Balochistan when separatist militants attacked police stations, railway lines and highways and security forces launched retaliatory operations, officials said yesterday.
26 August 2024, 18:00 PM

Flash floods in Thailand after heavy rain kill 22 people

Flash floods caused by heavy monsoon rains in Thailand have killed 22 people in recent days, disaster officials said today, as they warned of further sudden flooding this week.
26 August 2024, 08:34 AM

Gunmen kill 22 on Pakistan highway

Separatist gunmen shot and killed at least 22 people in southwest Pakistan today in an attack that singled out ethnic Punjabis, government officials said.
26 August 2024, 08:30 AM

34 dead in two Pakistan bus accidents: rescue officials

At least 34 people were killed in two separate bus accidents in Pakistan today, including 12 pilgrims who had been trying to reach Iran, rescue officials said.
25 August 2024, 08:52 AM

Pakistan blast kills two children Injures 16

A bomb blast in southwestern Pakistan killed two children and injured 16 people yesterday, police officials said.
24 August 2024, 18:00 PM

27 dead in Nepal after Indian pilgrim bus plunges into river

A bus carrying 43 Indian tourists and crew members plunged into a rain-swollen river in neighbouring Nepal today, killing more than half of those on board, a Nepali armed police spokesperson said.
23 August 2024, 11:00 AM

Sri Lanka defends diplomat fined for exploitation in Australia

Sri Lanka’s government has defended a top diplomat ordered by an Australian court to pay over $360,000 in back wages to her former housekeeper held in Canberra under “slavery-type conditions”.
19 August 2024, 18:00 PM

Thai ex-PM Thaksin gets royal pardon

Thailand’s billionaire former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra received a royal pardon shortening his parole by two weeks, his lawyer said yesterday, a day after his daughter was elected premier by parliament.
17 August 2024, 18:00 PM

Pakistan logs first mpox case

Pakistan said yesterday it had confirmed a case of mpox, a day after Sweden recorded the first infection outside of Africa involving a new, more dangerous strain of the virus that has killed hundreds in the DR Congo.
16 August 2024, 18:00 PM

Thai MPs elect Shinawatra heiress as PM

The 37-year-old daughter of billionaire Thaksin Shinawatra became Thailand’s prime minister yesterday, the third member of the influential but divisive clan to lead the country.
16 August 2024, 18:00 PM

Pakistan reports first case of deadly mpox virus

Pakistan health officials announced on Friday their first case of the deadly mpox virus this year, after the World Health Organization declared an international emergency over its spread
16 August 2024, 08:40 AM

Paetongtarn Shinawatra elected Thailand's youngest PM

Thai lawmakers on Friday elected the 37-year-old daughter of billionaire Thaksin Shinawatra as prime minister, elevating a third member of the influential but divisive clan to the nation's top job
16 August 2024, 06:20 AM

Heightened surveillance blamed for internet slowdown in Pakistan

Amid growing concerns from the business community in Pakistan, the internet service providers on Wednesday alleged that the government’s heightened efforts to monitor internet traffic had resulted in a significant nationwide slowdown of services
15 August 2024, 07:53 AM

Two Sri Lankan ministers sacked over defection

Two government ministers who defected from Sri Lanka’s main opposition were sacked from the cabinet yesterday, after the Supreme Court upheld disciplinary action against them.
9 August 2024, 18:00 PM