Thai teen kills 7 in rampage at home, school
8 August 2026, 00:00 AM
Asia
Thailand teen kills seven in home, school shooting
7 August 2026, 20:48 PM
Southeast Asia
Four dead, 15 injured in Thailand school shooting: deputy minister
7 August 2026, 11:40 AM
Asia
North Korea fires short-range ballistic missile
7 August 2026, 00:00 AM
Asia
Indian visa scam alert: High Commission warns applicants in Bangladesh
6 August 2026, 20:03 PM
South Asia
Pakistan restricts international media reporting outside main cities
6 August 2026, 17:30 PM
South Asia
India youth protests highlight mistrust in 'lapdog' media
6 August 2026, 09:08 AM
India
Rukhsar Ahmed, rape accused in UK, wins Pakistan-occupied Kashmir election on bail
6 August 2026, 08:59 AM
South Asia
Lightning strikes kill 14 in India’s Jharkhand
6 August 2026, 00:00 AM
India
Malaysia says Rohingya refugee return will not go ahead if lives are at risk
5 August 2026, 17:02 PM
Southeast Asia
River recognised as 'legal person'
A New Zealand river revered by Maori has been recognised by parliament as a "legal person", in a move believed to be a world first.
16 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Pakistan launches first census in 19 yrs
Pakistan yesterday launched its first census in nearly two decades, with security high as thousands of enumerators
15 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Manipur gets BJP CM
Ending 15 years of Congress rule in Manipur, BJP leader Nongthombam Biren Singh was sworn in as the state's chief
15 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Girl, 3 militants killed during Kashmir firefight
A seven-year-old girl and three militants were killed in a shootout with government forces in Indian-administered
15 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Pakistan set to get fifth province
Pakistan is planning to declare the strategic Gilgit-Baltistan region as the fifth province, a move that may raise
15 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Dozens more killed
Raging battles on Myanmar's border with China have claimed dozens more lives, military and official sources said
15 March 2017, 18:00 PM
'My wife deserves a medal'
The professor who became an incidental internet sensation when his family crashed a live television interview says his wife
15 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Top US envoy begins first Asia tour
Washington's top diplomat arrived in Tokyo yesterday to kick off a first tour of Asian capitals under the shadow of
15 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Kim Jong-Nam's identity confirmed
Malaysia used a DNA sample from one of Kim Jong-Nam's children to confirm the identity of the assassinated half-
15 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Irish woman killed in Goa: police
Indian police yesterday said they had launched a murder investigation after a young Irish woman was found dead in the
15 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Singapore city infrastructure No. 1: Survey
Singapore has topped a ranking of more than 200 cities around the world in terms of offering the best infrastructure.
15 March 2017, 07:52 AM
Somali pirates stages first attack since 2012
Suspected pirates boarded a Sri Lankan-flagged tanker and forced its crew to change course towards the northeastern
14 March 2017, 18:00 PM
17 killed in China coal mine accident
Seventeen Chinese coal miners were killed when a lift used to move workers fell down a shaft, state media reported,
14 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Park summoned for questioning
South Korean prosecutors will summon former president Park Geun-Hye, whose impeachment was confirmed by the
14 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Impeached Park leaves presidential palace
South Korea's impeached ex-president Park Geun-Hye left the Blue House yesterday, issuing an apology for not completing her full term as she arrived back at her private residence.
12 March 2017, 18:00 PM
India police kill 'IS-linked gunman'
Indian police yesterday shot dead a self-radicalised Islamic State sympathiser who they said was involved in a train
8 March 2017, 18:00 PM
BBC World stops broadcasting from Thailand
The BBC World Service has stopped broadcasting from one of its major global transmission stations situated in
8 March 2017, 18:00 PM
India to start river inter-linking project soon
Work on the first project of India's ambitious inter-linking of rivers across the country will begin by the middle of
8 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Malaysia softens tone to N Korea
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak struck a softer tone with North Korea yesterday, a day after accusing it of
8 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Stop nuke, missile tests
China, fearing a rapid escalation of tension on the Korean peninsula, yesterday called on North Korea to stop its
8 March 2017, 18:00 PM