More than 20 Thai senators accused of election fraud
15 September 2026
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Asia
Modi, Xi push business links, border peace as ties revive
12 September 2026
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Asia
Philippine ferry fire death toll jumps to 76: coast guard
12 September 2026
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Asia
Kim Jong Un wants North Koreans to have more (state-sanctioned) fun
11 September 2026
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World
Philippine ferry fire kills five, 87 missing: coast guard
10 September 2026
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Asia
Landslides in eastern China kill 13
9 September 2026
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Asia
N Korea calls Russia bridge a sign of tighter ties
9 September 2026
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Asia
Nepal flood disaster puts climate justice under spotlight
5 September 2026
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Asia
Nepal flood losses estimated at $2.56 billion
4 September 2026
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Natural Disaster
Two trapped tunnel workers rescued 9 days after floods hit Nepal
4 September 2026
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Natural Disaster
'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
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
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
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
Park summoned for questioning
South Korean prosecutors will summon former president Park Geun-Hye, whose impeachment was confirmed by the
14 March 2017
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
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
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
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
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
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
30 dead as gunmen dressed as doctors raid Kabul hospital
Gunmen dressed as doctors storm Afghanistan's largest military hospital, killing more than 30 people in a six-hour attack claimed by the Islamic State group as it makes inroads into the war-battered country.
8 March 2017
India to help facilitate first ever train from Dhaka to Istanbul
Indian Railways is going to run a trans-continental container train full of goods from Dhaka to Istanbul, which would cover a 6,000-km journey across five countries - Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Iran and Turkey.
8 March 2017
PM seeks Jakarta help to send back Myanmar refugees
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina requests the Indonesian government to play a role in sending back the Myanmar refugees from Bangladesh.
7 March 2017
900m in Asia had to pay bribes last year: report
More than a quarter of people living in Asia had to pay a bribe while trying to access a public service in the past year, a watchdog says, calling on governments to root out endemic graft in the region.
7 March 2017
Scamming men break women’s hearts, bank accounts
The number of Vietnamese women tricked by online scammers, starting with ‘love affairs’ on social media, has increased in recent years.
7 March 2017
China hikes defence budget to $152b
China has hiked its military spending by seven percent to $152 billion, about three times higher than that of India, as Beijing braced
6 March 2017
North Korea orders Malaysian envoy out
North Korea said yesterday it would expel Malaysia's ambassador after its own envoy was ordered out of the Southeast Asian nation, in
6 March 2017
Three killed in Kashmir
A police officer and two suspected militants were killed in Indian-administered Kashmir during a fierce 15-hour
5 March 2017
Reward for NK defectors
South Korea will award up to one billion won (US$860,000) to defectors from the North with classified information
5 March 2017