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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Intensify drills for a ‘real war’
Kim Jong Un ordered North Korea’s military to intensify drills for a “real war”, state media reported yesterday, as the leader oversaw a fire assault drill with his daughter in tow.
10 March 2023, 18:00 PM
Pak bans airing of Imran’s speeches
Pakistan TV stations have been banned from broadcasting speeches by former prime minister Imran Khan, the state media watchdog said, the latest hurdle facing the politician as he campaigns for early elections.
6 March 2023, 18:00 PM
Pak police attempt to arrest Imran Khan
Police in Pakistan said officers yesterday attempted to arrest former prime minister Imran Khan, who is battling several legal cases as he pressures the government for early elections.
5 March 2023, 18:00 PM
Indonesia to relocate residents or move fuel facility after fire
Indonesia will relocate residents living near a fuel-storage fire that killed 16 people or remove the depot owned by state energy company Pertamina to a safer location, President Joko Widodo said on Sunday..The decision will rest with State-Owned Enterprise Minister Erick Thohir, Pertamina
5 March 2023, 07:31 AM
Pakistan bans Women’s Day march
Authorities in Pakistan’s eastern city of Lahore have refused permission for a rally to mark International Women’s Day, which regularly meets a fierce backlash in the conservative, patriarchal country.
4 March 2023, 18:00 PM
Fire at Indonesian fuel storage station kills 17
At least 17 people were killed when a fire broke out on Friday at a fuel storage station operated by Indonesia's state energy company Pertamina in the capital Jakarta, an official at the city's main firefighting unit said
3 March 2023, 19:55 PM
Myanmar junta at war with its own people: UN
Myanmar’s military rulers now see civilians as their adversaries and are making war on the country’s own people, harming even the basic ability to live, the United Nations said yesterday.
3 March 2023, 18:00 PM
Myanmar military has caused perpetual human rights crisis: UN report
A report published by the United Nations on Friday accused Myanmar's military of creating "a perpetual human rights crisis" in the southeast Asian country and called for an immediate end to violence there.
3 March 2023, 14:51 PM
Four killed, 14 hurt in Pak market blast
At least four people were killed and 14 wounded in an explosion inside the Rakhni market in Balochistan’s Barkhan yesterday morning, police and health officials said.
26 February 2023, 18:00 PM
Marcos, son of ex-dictator, seeks unity, reconciliation
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr called for reconciliation and unity yesterday as the Southeast Asian nation marked the 37th anniversary of the “people power” revolution that toppled his dictator father.
25 February 2023, 18:00 PM
Main Afghan-Pak border crossing closed
Taliban authorities have closed the main border crossing between Afghanistan and Pakistan, an Afghan official said yesterday, and residents in the area reported the sound of gunfire near the normally bustling border transit point.
20 February 2023, 18:00 PM
Plane crashes in Philippines, search underway for 4 on board
The plane was carrying two passengers, a pilot and a crew member
19 February 2023, 06:18 AM
Lanka bans single-use plastics
Sri Lanka will ban single-use plastics, the government said yesterday, in a move that follows a series of wild elephant and deer deaths from plastic poisoning.
14 February 2023, 18:00 PM
Philippine mayor gives singles extra pay on Valentine's Day
"On Valentine's Day no one will give them chocolates, flowers... so we thought of giving them this kind of incentive so they can also feel someone cares for them, someone loves them."
14 February 2023, 06:17 AM
Sub-agents, bribes and other woes of migrant workers in Malaysia
Adrian Pereira of North-South Initiative said Malaysia needs a comprehensive law or agreement with the migrant workers country to clearly define and cap recruitment fees
11 February 2023, 05:27 AM
Taliban detain Afghan educator
Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities have “beaten and detained” an academic who voiced outrage on live television against their ban on women’s university education, his aide said yesterday.
3 February 2023, 18:00 PM
Myanmar extends state of emergency by six months
Myanmar's National Defence and Security Council has agreed to extend the country's state of emergency by six months, state media said Wednesday, likely delaying elections the junta had pledged to hold by August..Junta chief Min Aung Hlaing's request to prolong the state of emergency declar
1 February 2023, 13:44 PM
6.0-magnitude quake rocks southern Philippines
A 6.0-magnitude earthquake rocked the southern Philippines on Wednesday, the US Geological Survey said, with local authorities warning of aftershocks and possible damage.
1 February 2023, 11:27 AM
Two years on, Myanmar coup takes a 'catastrophic toll'
Two years after Myanmar's military coup, a young factory worker turned resistance fighter mourns the loss of his leg in battle. A former diplomat has not seen his family in four years.
31 January 2023, 16:45 PM
Myanmar slapped with fresh sanctions on eve of coup anniversary
The United States and its allies will impose further sanctions on Myanmar on Tuesday, marking the two-year anniversary of the coup with curbs on energy officials and members of the junta, among others..Washington will impose sanctions on the Union Election Commission, mining enterprises, e
31 January 2023, 16:29 PM