Seven killed as strong quakes strike southern Philippines
10 October 2025, 14:08 PM
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Myanmar junta strike kills 40 at festival protest: residents
8 October 2025, 03:43 AM
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Death toll from Indonesia school collapse rises to 37
5 October 2025, 03:39 AM
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Indonesia school collapse death toll rises to 17, dozens still missing
4 October 2025, 13:51 PM
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Indonesia school collapse death toll rises to 14
4 October 2025, 05:44 AM
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Indonesia school collapse death toll rises to 13
3 October 2025, 18:37 PM
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Myanmar's reclusive general turns jet-setter in quest for election backing
3 October 2025, 16:00 PM
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91 people possibly still under collapsed Indonesian school: official
1 October 2025, 04:47 AM
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UN warns Myanmar conflict blocking Rohingya return
30 September 2025, 15:15 PM
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Argentina court urged to include Arakan Army atrocities in Rohingya genocide case
3 September 2025, 13:03 PM
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Thai opposition parties dominate early election count
Thai opposition parties dominated the early vote count in today's national elections, in what was shaping up as a huge rejection of nearly a decade of military-backed government..The election campaign played out as a clash between a young generation yearning for change and the conservative
14 May 2023, 15:54 PM
Social media blackout fuels momentum
A state-imposed social media blackout to quell massive protests around the arrest of Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan has instead fuelled momentum for him, analysts say.
12 May 2023, 18:00 PM
‘Deeply concerned’
Southeast Asian leaders meeting in Indonesia yesterday called for an immediate end to violence in military-ruled Myanmar, in an effort to create a window for dialogue and the delivery of humanitarian aid as fighting intensifies.
10 May 2023, 18:00 PM
Arrest hinders Imran’s path to second Pak innings
Since being ousted from office by a vote of no confidence last year, former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan has vowed he will captain the country a second time.
9 May 2023, 18:00 PM
Myanmar military used ‘vacuum bomb’ in village strike: HRW
Myanmar's military used a "vacuum bomb" in an air strike on an opposition village that killed dozens of people in a likely war crime last month, Human Rights Watch said today.
9 May 2023, 12:55 PM
Vietnam posts record high temperature of 44.1 degrees Celsius
Vietnam reported a record high temperature late Saturday with a north-central weather station measuring 44.1 degrees Celsius (111.38 degrees Fahrenheit), officials said, breaking a previous high set in 2019
7 May 2023, 04:43 AM
Laos political activist survived shooting
A Laotian political activist who was reported to have died after being shot twice at close range in fact survived the attack, Human Rights Watch said yesterday. Anousa “Jack” Luangsuphom was shot in the face and side in a Vientiane cafe on Saturday and
4 May 2023, 18:00 PM
Myanmar junta pardons over 2,000 prisoners jailed for dissent against military
Myanmar's junta on Wednesday announced it had pardoned more than 2,000 prisoners jailed under a law used widely in its crackdown on dissent since seizing power more than two years ago
3 May 2023, 03:34 AM
Singapore hangs man over 1 kg of cannabis
Singapore hanged a prisoner yesterday after he was convicted of conspiracy to smuggle one kilogram of cannabis, despite rights groups decrying “many flaws” in the case.
26 April 2023, 18:00 PM
Myanmar crisis: Neighbours, some Asean members hold secretive talks
Government and think-tank representatives from Myanmar and its neighbours, including India and China, held talks in New Delhi on Tuesday as part of a secretive effort to de-escalate a bloody crisis in the army-run Southeast Asian nation, two sources said
26 April 2023, 12:43 PM
UN urges Singapore to halt execution over drug offence
The United Nations Human Rights Office pressed Singapore yesterday to “urgently reconsider” its scheduled execution of a man over one kilogram of cannabis.
25 April 2023, 18:00 PM
Japan supports industrial use of AI: Kishida
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said yesterday the country supports the development of industrial uses of generative artificial intelligence technologies such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT.
25 April 2023, 18:00 PM
34m Afghans in poverty under Taliban rule: UN
The number of Afghans in poverty nearly doubled to 34 million as the nation was racked by the collapse of the US-backed government and the Taliban takeover, the UN said yesterday.
18 April 2023, 18:00 PM
Landslide in Pakistan buries trucks, kills at least 2 people
A landslide during a thunder and lightning storm on the main road through northwest Pakistan's Khyber Pass buried more than 20 trucks on Tuesday, killing at least two people, with dozens more feared trapped, officials said.
18 April 2023, 07:09 AM
Japan PM unhurt, resumes campaigning
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida was evacuated unhurt after a suspect threw what appeared to be a smoke bomb at an outdoor speech in western Japan yesterday.
15 April 2023, 18:00 PM
G7 foreign ministers meet in Japan
G7 allies met yesterday for two days of “difficult” climate talks in northern Japan, facing pressure to show progress on key fossil fuel commitments in an example to other major economies including China.
15 April 2023, 18:00 PM
Asean 'strongly condemns' Myanmar air strike that killed dozens
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean), criticised for its inaction over the deepening Myanmar crisis, yesterday strongly condemned air strikes that reportedly killed dozens of people
13 April 2023, 13:01 PM
Killing of dozens in sagaing: Outrage as Myanmar confirms deadly air strike
Myanmar’s ruling junta has confirmed that it carried out an air strike on a village in which dozens of people were reported killed, drawing condemnation from the United Nations and Western powers.
12 April 2023, 18:00 PM
Sri Lanka again delays local polls
Sri Lanka again postponed local polls yesterday in defiance of a court order, delaying a de facto referendum on President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s efforts to restore the bankrupt island nation’s finances.
11 April 2023, 18:00 PM
‘Irresponsible’
Pakistan yesterday condemned India’s decision to hold Group of 20 meetings in the disputed Himalayan territory of Kashmir next month, calling the move “irresponsible”.
11 April 2023, 18:00 PM