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Myanmar junta strike kills 40 at festival protest: residents
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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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Fatal female assassins
North Korean female assassins, armed with good looks and poison tools, are now the weapon of choice for a ruthless regime stalking
16 February 2017, 18:00 PM
Imelda Marcos loses bid to reclaim jewels
Former Philippine first lady Imelda Marcos has lost a long fight to reclaim jewels confiscated when her dictator husband was ousted, with
14 February 2017, 18:05 PM
UN condemns N Korea missile launch
The UN Security Council unanimously condemns North Korea's latest ballistic missile test as US President Donald Trump vowed to deliver a strong response to the provocation.
14 February 2017, 04:30 AM
Jealousy the motive behind Bangladeshi’s death: Malaysian cops
Malaysian police believes the victim, a 29-year-old Bangladeshi subcontractor, had been decapitated and then flung off the 11th floor of the apartment building near Jeram that was under construction.
12 February 2017, 05:03 AM
S Korea's ruling party changes name
The embattled ruling party of South Korea's impeached President Park Geun-Hye has picked a new name -- Liberal
9 February 2017, 18:00 PM
Myanmar monk caught with 4.6m yaba pills
A Buddhist monk in Myanmar is caught hiding more than four million methamphetamine pills in his monastery, police say, following a record haul of stimulant seizures last year.
7 February 2017, 08:29 AM
Thailand blames PM threats on exiled group
Thailand's national security chief said yesterday that a group of Laos-based Thais wanted for spreading anti-monarchy messages had
6 February 2017, 18:00 PM
Hundreds 'likely killed' in Myanmar crackdown on Rohingya Muslims
Myanmar's four-month military crackdown on Rohingya Muslims has likely killed hundreds of people, the UN says in a report detailing horrific abuses allegedly committed against civilians in Rakhine state.
3 February 2017, 10:41 AM
100 refugees in Bangkok cut off
More than 100 refugees, including a teenager who had been on the verge of reuniting with his mother, have been left in limbo in
31 January 2017, 18:31 PM
Duterte pulls police off drug war
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said yesterday he had ordered all police to stop prosecuting his deadly war on drugs as he sought to
31 January 2017, 18:22 PM
New weather satellite sends first images of earth
GOES-16, the first spacecraft in NOAA’s next-generation of geostationary satellites, sends the first high-resolution images from its Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) instrument, according to a report published in the website of NASA.
25 January 2017, 11:34 AM
UN rights expert fears reprisal
Yanghee Lee, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on human rights situation in Myanmar, yesterday warned the people she met during her official visit about possible reprisals.
24 January 2017, 18:00 PM
Duterte blames CIA
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said yesterday the US Central Intelligence Agency secretly orchestrated a botched raid targeting an
24 January 2017, 18:00 PM
Study in Malaysia: Students’ visa approval in 14 days
The visa approval period for foreign students in Malaysia has been shortened from 30 days to 14 days. The decision comes at a high-level meeting on the intake of foreign students, says Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.
21 January 2017, 12:50 PM
Myanmar lashes out at Malaysia PM Najib Razak
Myanmar's government lashed out at Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak yesterday, accusing him of using the Rohingya crisis
20 January 2017, 18:00 PM
Iris Corp deputy MD arrested over corruption charge
Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) arrests Iris Corporation Bhd's deputy managing director Hamdan Mohd Hassan for alleged graft involving an e-passport project for the Republic of Guinea.
20 January 2017, 12:30 PM
Philippines communist peace talks open
The Philippines yesterday expressed hope of securing a permanent ceasefire deal with communist rebels waging one of Asia's longest
19 January 2017, 18:00 PM
Work begins on observatory in Tibet
The observatory will focus on primordial gravitational waves.
12 January 2017, 06:30 AM
Maritime kidnappings at 10-yr high: report
The number of maritime kidnappings hit a ten-year high in 2016, with waters off the southern Philippines becoming increasingly
10 January 2017, 18:00 PM
Thai king seeks changes to draft charter
Thailand's new king has ordered sections of the country's draft constitution to be rewritten, the junta chief said yesterday, a rare public
10 January 2017, 18:00 PM