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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51 killed in Pakistan transport tragedies
At least 51 people were killed in two separate transport accidents in western Pakistan yesterday, when a bus plunged off a bridge and a boat carrying a class of children capsized.
29 January 2023, 18:00 PM
UN aid chief raises concerns with Taliban
The United Nations’ aid chief visited Kabul on Monday and raised concerns over women’s education and work with the Taliban administration’s acting minister of foreign affairs, an Afghan ministry statement said.
24 January 2023, 18:00 PM
Power returns to Pakistan after outage
The national power grid was restored in Pakistan, the energy minister said yesterday, a day after a nationwide breakdown left most of the country’s 220 million people without electricity and caused tens of millions of dollars in industry losses.
24 January 2023, 18:00 PM
Fighting flares between junta and rebels in Myanmar’s Karen state
Fighting has flared in recent days between Myanmar junta forces and rebels opposed to their rule, officials and locals said today, with reports that large numbers of civilians have fled the violence.
24 January 2023, 11:28 AM
Tackling birth rate crisis ‘cannot wait’
Japan’s low birth rate and ageing population pose an urgent risk to society, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said yesterday, pledging to address the issue by establishing a new government agency.
23 January 2023, 18:00 PM
Fault in nat’l grid: Pakistan hit with major power outage
A massive power breakdown in Pakistan yesterday affected most of the country’s more than 220 million people, including in the mega cities of Karachi and Lahore.
23 January 2023, 18:00 PM
Deadly plane crash: Nepal finds all but 1 missing person
Rescuers used drones and abseiled down a deep gorge yesterday looking for the last missing person from Nepal’s worst air disaster in 30 years, in which at least 71 people died including small children.
17 January 2023, 18:00 PM
Pak PM makes conditional talks offer to India
Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has made a conditional offer to his Indian counterpart to open talks on all outstanding issues between them, including disputed Kashmir, which he believes could be facilitated by the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
17 January 2023, 18:00 PM
Vietnam president resigns amid major anti-graft purge
Vietnam President Nguyen Xuan Phuc has resigned, state media said Tuesday, after days of rumours he was about to be sacked amid a major anti-corruption drive that has seen several ministers fired.
17 January 2023, 09:55 AM
Gunmen shoot dead Afghan ex-lawmaker
Gunmen shot dead an Afghan former lawmaker and one of her bodyguards in the capital Kabul in a night-time attack at her home, police said yesterday.
15 January 2023, 18:00 PM
Punjab assembly dissolved on Imran’s orders
The provincial assembly in Pakistan’s most populous province, Punjab, was dissolved late Saturday, in a move orchestrated by former prime minister Imran Khan as part of a bid to force early general elections.
15 January 2023, 18:00 PM
Air strikes near India border: Myanmar junta hits ethnic rebels
Myanmar's junta has carried out air strikes on an ethnic armed group's base near the border with India, the rebels and media said Wednesday, with one bomb landing close to the international boundary.
11 January 2023, 13:46 PM
Pak minister in Geneva to secure IMF bailout fund
Pakistan has stepped up efforts to secure money from an international money lender and a friendly state as the South Asian country faces an unprecedented economic crisis.
8 January 2023, 18:00 PM
Myanmar Jail Riot: Prisoner killed, dozens wounded
A prisoner was killed and more than 60 wounded after a riot broke out at a Myanmar prison west of Yangon, the junta said yesterday.
7 January 2023, 18:00 PM
Myanmar military holds election talks with ethnic rebels
Myanmar’s junta is holding talks with three ethnic rebel groups on staging elections in areas they control, a rebel spokesman said yesterday, as the military prepares for polls the US has said will be a “sham.”
6 January 2023, 18:00 PM
Myanmar will hold ‘free, fair’ polls: junta
Myanmar’s junta chief Min Aung Hlaing said it would hold “free and fair” multiparty elections as it marked Independence Day yesterday, days after increasing Aung San Suu Kyi’s jail term to 33 years. The junta is preparing for fresh elections later this year
4 January 2023, 18:00 PM
Lanka freezes recruitment
Sri Lanka began a fresh austerity drive yesterday, freezing government recruitment as new taxes and higher electricity prices kicked in with authorities trying to secure an IMF bailout.
2 January 2023, 18:00 PM
IS claims responsibility
Islamic State yesterday claimed responsibility for an attack on Taliban forces in Kabul.
2 January 2023, 18:00 PM
‘Beef up the military muscle’ in 2023
Kim Jong Un has called for an “exponential” increase in North Korea’s nuclear arsenal, including mass producing tactical nuclear weapons and developing new missiles for nuclear counterstrikes, state media said yesterday.
1 January 2023, 18:00 PM
UN won’t halt aid to Afghanistan
The United Nations said Thursday it would not stop providing help to Afghanistan despite the Taliban ban on women working in the country’s aid sector.
30 December 2022, 18:00 PM