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Thailand teen kills seven in home, school shooting
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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
Hong Kong anti-China activists celebrate vote victory
A new generation of young Hong Kong politicians advocating a break from Beijing has become lawmakers for the first time in a result likely to rattle China.
5 September 2016, 05:45 AM
Rape charge: Delhi's ex-minister arrested
The former women's minister of the Indian capital -- who was sacked over a "sex tape" -- has now been arrested
4 September 2016, 18:00 PM
Young activists take on China
Young Hong Kong independence activists calling for a complete break from China stood for the first time yesterday in city-wide legislative elections, the biggest polls since mass pro-democracy protests in 2014.
4 September 2016, 18:00 PM
Ice cream diplomacy
Despite warm relations between Moscow and Beijing, Vladimir Putin brought a chilly gift for his Chinese counterpart Xi
4 September 2016, 18:00 PM
Avoid empty talks at G20: Xi
Chinese President Xi Jinping urged world leaders to avoid "empty talk" and confront sluggish economic growth and
4 September 2016, 18:00 PM
'Clouded legacy' of 'Saint Teresa'
As the Vatican prepares to declare Mother Teresa a saint today, in the Indian city where she rose to fame, claims of
3 September 2016, 18:00 PM
Abe calls for 'new era' in Russian ties
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe yesterday bappealed to Russian President Vladimir Putin for a new era in ties
3 September 2016, 18:00 PM
Singapore Zika is Asian
Singapore yesterday reported 215 cases of Zika infections as scientists in the city-state said the virus strain comes
3 September 2016, 18:00 PM
India gives Vietnam $500m in defence aid
India yesterday said it is giving Vietnam half a billion dollars in credit to boost defence ties, the latest security deal
3 September 2016, 18:00 PM
Myanmar peace summit ends
Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi concluded a landmark summit with ethnic rebels yesterday, calling it the first step on
3 September 2016, 18:00 PM
Blast at market kills 12 in Philippines
An explosion at a packed night market in the home city of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte killed at least 12 people on Friday and
2 September 2016, 18:00 PM
Japan typhoon kills 9
Surging flood water and mud brought by a devastating typhoon killed nine people in an elderly care home in northern Japan,
31 August 2016, 18:00 PM
Xi reshuffles key party posts ahead of congress
Chinese President Xi Jinping has reshuffled three top provincial-level Communist Party posts as he seeks to place his men in key
29 August 2016, 18:31 PM
North Korea rejects UNSC condemnation
North Korea yesterday hit back at a UN Security Council statement condemning its latest test-firing of a submarine-
28 August 2016, 18:00 PM
S'pore reports 41 locally transmitted Zika cases
Singapore yesterday confirmed 41 locally transmitted cases of the Zika virus, which can cause deformities in unborn
28 August 2016, 18:00 PM
WB hospital fire kills 3
Three people have been killed and 50 children injured in a fire broke out at the Murshidabad Medical College and Hospital in West Bengal
27 August 2016, 18:00 PM
Extradite Dawood, India tells Pak
After the UN confirmation of Dawood Ibrahim's addresses in Pakistan, India said on Friday that it was incumbent upon Islamabad
27 August 2016, 18:00 PM
Japan PM pledges $30b for Africa
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe yesterday told African leaders that his country will commit $30 billion in public and private
27 August 2016, 18:00 PM
Kashmir curfew enters day-50
Police in Indian-administered Kashmir have arrested a top separatist leader, his aide said yesterday, as the region's chief minister met
27 August 2016, 18:00 PM
Bus plunges into Nepal river; 21 killed
A packed passenger bus plunged into a river early yesterday in central Nepal, killing 21 people, a senior local official
26 August 2016, 18:00 PM