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N Korea boosting ability to make nuclear arms: UN
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Pakistan announces power cuts in bid to control energy prices
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India mulls reptile river guards on Bangladesh border
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5.3-magnitude quake hits central Pakistan

A magnitude-5.3 earthquake struck central Pakistan on Sunday morning, according to the United States Geological Survey
29 June 2025, 02:20 AM

Step down Shinawatra!

Thousands of anti-government protesters rallied in the Thai capital of Bangkok yesterday, demanding Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra resign after a leaked diplomatic phone call stirred public anger.
28 June 2025, 19:14 PM

Pakistan flash floods kill 32

Heavy rain and flash flooding across Pakistan have killed 32 people including 16 children since the start of the monsoon season this week, disaster management officials said.
28 June 2025, 19:13 PM

Suicide blast kills 16 soldiers in Pakistan

A suicide attack claimed by the Pakistani Taliban killed 16 soldiers and wounded more than two dozen people, including civilians, local government officials and police officers told AFP yesterday.
28 June 2025, 18:46 PM

India arrests 3 after student gang-rape in Kolkata

Indian police have arrested three men accused of gang raping a law student in Kolkata, officials said yesterday, a case that has reignited anger in a city still scarred by the rape and murder of a doctor last year.
27 June 2025, 22:33 PM

India bans land import of jute, yarn from Bangladesh

India yesterday banned the imports of certain jute products and woven fabrics from Bangladesh through land ports.
27 June 2025, 21:10 PM

Japan executes ‘Twitter killer’ who murdered nine people

Japan yesterday executed a man dubbed the “Twitter killer” who murdered and dismembered nine people he met online, in the nation’s first enactment of the death penalty since 2022.
27 June 2025, 19:01 PM

North Pakistan: Nine dead as floodwaters sweep away children

At least nine people died when floodwaters swept away children in a river in northern Pakistan and relatives jumped into the water to try to save them yesterday, officials said.
27 June 2025, 19:00 PM

India’s ties with Bangladesh must go beyond Hasina era: experts

One expert said India needs to grasp the reality of the new power structure in Bangladesh and move ahead
27 June 2025, 18:56 PM

Border dispute: India calls for a permanent solution with China

Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh told his Chinese counterpart that the two countries should seek a “permanent solution” to their decades-old border dispute, in a new push for a conclusive outcome.
27 June 2025, 18:56 PM

Lanka court stops state land grab from Tamils

Sri Lanka’s top court yesterday halted a government move to acquire land in northern regions still reeling from the consequences 16 years after the end of a decades-long civil war.
27 June 2025, 18:55 PM

Six dead from floods in China’s south

Six people have died from floods inundating China’s Guizhou province, state media said yesterday, after more than 80,000 people were driven from their homes this week.
26 June 2025, 19:39 PM

People of W Bengal being branded Bangladeshis

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee yesterday said Bangla-speaking people from the state were being branded as “Bangladeshis” in some BJP-ruled states.
24 June 2025, 18:42 PM

UN rights chief asks Sri Lanka to punish war criminals

The United Nations human rights chief yesterday urged Sri Lanka to ensure accountability for crimes committed during its protracted ethnic war.
24 June 2025, 18:23 PM

Thai party plans no confidence vote against embattled PM

Bhumjaithai has 69 seats and would need the support of another 30 lawmakers to launch the motion when parliament reconvenes on July 3
24 June 2025, 11:04 AM

Political, judicial crisis: Embattled Thai PM reshuffles cabinet

Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra yesterday began a cabinet reshuffle as a political and judicial crisis sparked by a leaked phone call threatens to sink her government.
23 June 2025, 18:00 PM

India arrests 2 for harbouring J&K attackers

New Delhi’s counter-terrorism agency said yesterday it has arrested two men in India-administered Kashmir for allegedly harbouring Pakistani gunmen behind a deadly attack on civilians that sparked a days-long conflict between the two countries.
22 June 2025, 18:00 PM

India to evacuate citizens of Nepal and Sri Lanka from Iran

India has decided to evacuate all citizens of Nepal and Sri Lanka from war-hit Iran following a request from the two South Asian countries..The Indian Embassy in Tehran said in a post on its official X handle that “On request of the Governments of Nepal and Sri Lanka, the Indian Embassy’s
22 June 2025, 03:49 AM

India will ‘never’ restore Indus water treaty

New Delhi will “never” reinstate a key water treaty it suspended with Pakistan over deadly violence in India-administered Kashmir, the interior minister said in an interview published yesterday.
21 June 2025, 18:23 PM

Air India removes three officials over crew rostering lapses after fatal crash

The action by Air India came just over a week after its Gatwick-bound Boeing 787 Dreamliner crashed shortly after takeoff from Ahmedabad airport
21 June 2025, 09:32 AM