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Pakistan announces power cuts in bid to control energy prices
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US-Israel war on Iran
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India mulls reptile river guards on Bangladesh border
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India proposes strict rules to label AI content
India’s government yesterday proposed that artificial intelligence and social media firms should clearly label AI-generated content to tackle the spread of deepfake and misinformation, prompted by similar moves by the European Union and China.
22 October 2025, 18:00 PM
Thai minister resigns over cyberscam allegations
Vorapak Tanyawong denies wrongdoing but steps down to fight legal battle
22 October 2025, 12:35 PM
SpaceX 'disabled' 2,500 Starlink kits in Myanmar scam centres
Said a company vice-president
22 October 2025, 12:31 PM
Pakistan navy ship seizes drugs worth nearly $1 billion in Arabian Sea
The crew seized several tons of crystal methamphetamine and a smaller amount of cocaine
22 October 2025, 02:32 AM
Takaichi makes history as Japan’s first female PM
Hardline conservative Sanae Takaichi was elected Japan’s first female prime minister yesterday, shattering the political glass ceiling and setting the country up for a decisive turn to the right.
21 October 2025, 18:13 PM
India reopens Kabul embassy after four-year closure
Embassy reopening follows visit by Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi
21 October 2025, 14:57 PM
PM Sanae Takaichi, Japan's Iron Lady 2.0
She became Japan's first woman prime minister today
21 October 2025, 06:20 AM
Scam crackdown: 10 S Koreans arrested, two rescued in Cambodia
Ten South Koreans have been arrested in Cambodia for alleged involvement in cyberscams and two more rescued, Seoul’s top diplomat said yesterday, days after dozens accused of working in the vast fraud operation were repatriated.
20 October 2025, 18:20 PM
Myanmar junta says raided scam compound, seized 30 Starlink receivers
Starlink did not respond to a request for comment following AFP's investigation
20 October 2025, 03:00 AM
China accuses US of cyberattacks on nat’l time centre
China yesterday accused the United States of conducting cyberattacks on Beijing’s national time centre that could have caused severe damage to critical financial and telecommunications infrastructure.
19 October 2025, 18:00 PM
Doha talks: Pakistan and Afghanistan agree to new truce
Afghanistan and Pakistan agreed to an immediate ceasefire during talks in Doha, both sides said yesterday, after a week of fierce border clashes, the worst violence between the South Asian neighbours since the Taliban seized power in Kabul in 2021.
19 October 2025, 18:00 PM
Tropical storm kills family of five in Philippines
Tropical Storm Fengshen headed out to sea yesterday after killing a family of five on the Philippines’ main island Luzon, officials and state weather forecasters said.
19 October 2025, 18:00 PM
Pakistan-Afghanistan conflict signals a new geopolitical equation in South Asia
Political analyst Altaf Parvez unpacks the roots of conflict, ideological spillovers, and India’s strategic return
19 October 2025, 06:36 AM
Pakistan, Afghanistan agree to 'immediate ceasefire' in Qatar talks
Kabul had accused Islamabad of violating a 48-hour ceasefire, which briefly put a stop to nearly a week of cross-border clashes that killed dozens of troops and civilians on both sides
19 October 2025, 03:30 AM
BSF hands over 14 Bangladeshis to BGB at Meherpur border
Four women, four children, and six men of Thakurgaon district were repatriated following a flag meeting
19 October 2025, 03:03 AM
64 South Koreans repatriated
Sixty-four South Koreans who had been detained in Cambodia for alleged involvement in cyberscam operations returned home yesterday and were under arrest, a police official told AFP.
18 October 2025, 18:00 PM
Doha talks to go ahead
Pakistan and Afghan officials were due to meet in Qatar yesterday, a day after Islamabad launched air strikes that killed at least 10 people in Afghanistan and broke a ceasefire that had brought two days of calm to the border.
18 October 2025, 18:00 PM
At least 10 Afghans dead as Kabul accuses Pakistan of breaking truce
The 48-hour truce paused nearly a week of bloody border clashes
18 October 2025, 04:02 AM
Japan ex-PM Murayama, famous for WW2 apology, dies aged 101
Japan’s former prime minister Tomiichi Murayama, best known for making a statement apologising over World War II, died Friday aged 101, officials said.
17 October 2025, 18:56 PM
Afghan-pak border clashes: Ceasefire extended as Doha talks set to begin
Pakistan and Afghanistan yesterday mutually agreed to extend their 48-hour ceasefire until conclusion of planned talks in Doha, according to three Pakistani security officials and one Afghan Taliban source.
17 October 2025, 18:00 PM