AFTERMATH OF NEPAL-CHINA FLOODS / ‘Everything is gone’
17 September 2026
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Asia
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
Football: Malaysia calls for proof after match-fixing claim
Malaysian football authorities on Wednesday called on a former FIFA official to provide evidence after he claimed the country had become the hub for match-fixing in Southeast Asia.
9 November 2016
Chinese firms moving into India's e-commerce sector
China's online travel company Ctrip.com invests $180 million in popular Indian online travel company MakeMyTrip.
7 November 2016
Bangladesh among Asian countries with less forest area
Bangladesh is among the countries with least forest whereas Laos with 92.1 percentage of forest area is on the top of all in Asia.
Bangladesh having 11.2 percent of forest areas of the total area of the country is among India, Mongolia and Pakistan with the least forest, according to the data of Asian Development Bank, 2016.
7 November 2016
Delhi shuts schools for 3 days over smog
Schools in the Indian capital will be closed for the next three days, the Delhi state government said yesterday, as the
6 November 2016
Shelling kills two Indian soldiers
The Indian army said two of its soldiers were killed yesterday in the latest exchange of cross border firing with Pakistan
6 November 2016
Myanmar to arm, train non-Muslims in Rakhine: report
Myanmar's plans to arm and train non-Muslim residents in the troubled north of Rakhine State is likely to "aggravate
5 November 2016
Scandal 'all my fault'
South Korean President Park Geun-Hye yesterday agreed to be questioned in a formal corruption probe, portraying herself as
4 November 2016
Football: Japan on high alert for Saudi 'provocateurs'
Japan coach Vahid Halilhodzic on Friday warned his players against Saudi Arabia's "specialists in provocation" in a home World Cup qualifier this month that could potentially decide his own future.
4 November 2016
South Korean president risks scandal probe
A snowballing political scandal moved closer to embattled South Korean President Park Geun-Hye yesterday, with her newly
3 November 2016
New software can spot crooks 100 times faster
Program developed by Japanese IT giant NEC scans a million faces from footage within 10 seconds, making police work easier.
3 November 2016
S Korea names new PM as scandal grows
South Korea's presidential office yesterday named a new prime minister and finance minister, the highest-level shake-up since
2 November 2016
300 schools shut down in Kashmir
Hundreds of schools were ordered to close indefinitely in Kashmir yesterday after shelling by Indian and Pakistani troops in the
2 November 2016
Envoys visit strife-hit Rakhine state
Foreign diplomats visited flashpoint areas of Myanmar's strife-torn Rakhine state yesterday, authorities said, as pressure
2 November 2016
Rahul Gandhi, Delhi CM detained by Delhi police
Indian Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi was detained for a second time yesterday by Delhi Police and taken to an
2 November 2016
Kejriwal detained after Rahul’s release over army veteran's death
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi are "detained" as they tried to meet the family of an ex-serviceman who had committed suicide over the One Rank One Pension demand.
2 November 2016
China's secretive stealth fighter unveiled in flyby debut
Two of China's secretive J-20 warplanes sweeps over a gasping crowd at the Zhuhai air show, potent symbols of Beijing's aspirations to military might.
1 November 2016
Pak stays execution of mentally ill man
Pakistan's Supreme Court yesterday issued a last minute reprieve to a mentally ill man set to face the gallows this week, after his
31 October 2016
Nepal drains risky lake near Everest
Nepal has successfully drained part of a giant glacial lake near Mount Everest, averting risk of a disastrous flood that could have
31 October 2016
World piracy drops to 20-yr low: watchdog
Pirate attacks worldwide fell to a 20-year low in the third quarter, the International Maritime Bureau said yesterday, as it credited
31 October 2016
Delhi chokes after Diwali fireworks
New Delhi was shrouded in a thick blanket of toxic smog yesterday after millions of Indians lit firecrackers to mark the Diwali
31 October 2016