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Asia
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Asia
Suu Kyi makes first public appearance since coup
4 August 2026, 00:00 AM
Asia
Suicide bomber kills 14 at anti-militancy protest in Pakistan
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South Asia
How crypto miners are stealing power in Southeast Asia
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Asia
Avalanche on broad peak: Famed climber Purja, 9 more die
2 August 2026, 00:00 AM
Asia
Hasina not allowed to use Indian soil for politics
1 August 2026, 00:00 AM
India
China coast guard patrols waters east of Taiwan
1 August 2026, 00:00 AM
China
2019 Bombings: Sri Lanka sentences ex‑police chief to death
1 August 2026, 00:00 AM
South Asia
Nepal PM urges calm after unrest leaves 3 dead
1 August 2026, 00:00 AM
South Asia
Witnesses blame cops, politicians
Police and politicians backed by the country's former strongman President Mahinda Rajapaksa joined anti-Muslim riots that rocked
25 March 2018, 18:00 PM
Defiant Abe pledges to change pacifist charter
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe yesterday vowed to press on with his controversial move to amend Japan's pacifist constitution,
25 March 2018, 18:00 PM
N Korea agrees to inter-Korean talks next week
North Korea yesterday agreed to hold high-level talks with Seoul next week to discuss logistics for a rare inter-Korean summit, the
24 March 2018, 18:00 PM
Lalu Prasad gets 14 years in jail
Senior Indian opposition leader and Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad Yadav was yesterday sentenced to 14 years in jail and slapped
24 March 2018, 18:00 PM
Son of Lanka's ex-president denied US entry
A controversial Sri Lankan opposition legislator yesterday said US authorities prevented him from taking a flight to Texas from Moscow
22 March 2018, 18:00 PM
President Yameen lifts emergency
Maldives President Abdulla Yameen lifted a 45-day state of emergency yesterday, a day after senior political opponents were locked up
22 March 2018, 18:00 PM
Suu Kyi ally tipped for presidency
Win Myint, the long-serving member of Myanmar's ruling party who is expected to become the country's next president within days, is
22 March 2018, 18:00 PM
18 people killed in Thai bus crash
At least 18 people were killed and dozens wounded when a bus travelling in northeastern Thailand veered off the road and smashed into
22 March 2018, 18:00 PM
18 killed in Thai bus crash
At least 18 people are killed and dozens wounded when a bus travelling in northeastern Thailand veered off the road and smashed into a tree, authorities say.
22 March 2018, 08:28 AM
19 dead as bus plunges off Philippine cliff
Nineteen people are killed and 21 others injured when a bus veered off the road and plunged down a ravine in the central Philippines, police say.
21 March 2018, 12:57 PM
Attempts to split China 'doomed'
President Xi Jinping yesterday delivered a blistering nationalist speech, warning against any attempts to split China and touting the
20 March 2018, 18:00 PM
Australia bushfires destroy homes
High temperatures and strong winds have fuelled large grass and bushfires in Australia, officials said yesterday, reducing dozens of
19 March 2018, 18:00 PM
China promotes FM, selects defence chief
China yesterday elevated the status of its current foreign minister and selected a new defence minister. National People's Congress
19 March 2018, 18:00 PM
N Korea in talks to free US detainees
North Korea is in talks with the US and Sweden to release three jailed Americans, reports said, as diplomatic activities intensified ahead
19 March 2018, 18:00 PM
Japan PM takes blame for loss of trust
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, his popularity plunging amid a cronyism scandal, took responsibility yesterday for a loss of trust in
19 March 2018, 18:00 PM
Gunmen kill two polio monitors in Pakistan
Gunmen ambushed and shot dead two members of a polio monitoring team in a restive Pakistani tribal region near the
18 March 2018, 18:00 PM
Four killed, 19 trapped in Philippine hotel fire
Four people were killed and 19 feared trapped by a major hotel fire in the Philippine capital Manila yesterday, with
18 March 2018, 18:00 PM
Pak firing kills five family members
Five members of a single family were killed yesterday when a mortar bomb fired by Pakistani soldiers landed on their
18 March 2018, 18:00 PM
Abe's support sliding: poll
A majority of Japanese believe Prime Minister Shinzo Abe bears some responsibility for altered documents at the centre
18 March 2018, 18:00 PM
Lanka tensions subside
Sri Lanka's president yesterday announced he is lifting a nationwide state of emergency imposed 12 days ago to quell
18 March 2018, 18:00 PM