Indonesian clerics issue fatwa against forest fires

Indonesia's top Islamic clerical body says it has issued a fatwa against intentionally starting forest fires in a bid to stop the blazes that cloak Southeast Asia in haze every year.
14 September 2016, 07:10 AM

Nukes defence against US blackmail: N Korea

North Korea yesterday sought to justify its weapons programme as a defence against US nuclear "blackmail" as world
10 September 2016, 18:00 PM

NASA probe blasts off on quest to collect asteroid samples

An Atlas 5 rocket blasts off from Florida carrying a robot space probe on NASA's first quest to collect samples from an asteroid and return them to Earth in hopes of learning more about the origins of life.
9 September 2016, 06:06 AM

Thai MPs give military $124m budget hike

Thailand's junta-appointed lawmakers yesterday signed off on a nearly $124 million budget hike for defence spending, while
8 September 2016, 18:00 PM

Tensions over sea row

US President Barack Obama yesterday warned Beijing it could not ignore a tribunal's ruling rejecting its sweeping claims to the
8 September 2016, 18:00 PM

Satellite owner says SpaceX owes $50 million or free flight

Israel's Space Communication Ltd say on Sunday it could seek $50 million or a free flight from Elon Musk's SpaceX after a Spacecom communications satellite is destroyed by an explosion at SpaceX's Florida launch site.
5 September 2016, 08:52 AM

Malaysia reports first suspected Zika case

Malaysia yesterday reported its first suspected case of Zika, a 58-year-old woman believed to have contracted it in neighbouring Singapore where more than 100 cases have been confirmed.
1 September 2016, 18:00 PM

Zika forces S'pore travel warnings

Confirmed cases of Zika virus in Singapore rose to 82 on Tuesday, as the United States joined a growing list of countries,
31 August 2016, 18:00 PM

Medan church attacker 'obsessed with IS'

An Indonesian teenager who stabbed a priest in a church and tried to set off a homemade bomb was obsessed with the Islamic
29 August 2016, 18:31 PM

Thai town attack linked to Muslim insurgency

Two suspects in a spate of bomb attacks on Thailand's tourist towns have links to southern Muslim rebels, police said yesterday,
29 August 2016, 18:30 PM

India lifts curfew from Kashmir after 52 days

Indian authorities lift curfew from Indian-controlled Kashmir after 52 days of lockdown in the region.
29 August 2016, 05:03 AM

NASA team's yearlong Mars simulation ends

Six scientists complete a yearlong Mars simulation in Hawaii, where they lived in a dome in near isolation.
29 August 2016, 04:51 AM

Suu Kyi assures China of finding solution

Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi told China's premier yesterday that her new government is willing to look for a resolution
18 August 2016, 18:19 PM

15 detained over Thai tourist town attacks

Thailand's junta yesterday detained at least 15 suspects at military barracks on suspicion of launching a string of deadly bomb
18 August 2016, 18:16 PM

Here's how to watch the most spectacular meteor shower of the year

The Perseids, the most-watched meteor shower of the year, is happening right now.
12 August 2016, 10:03 AM

Bombs in Thai resort kill one, injure 9

Two bombs exploded in the Thai seaside resort of Hua Hin yesterday, killing one woman and injuring 10 people, Thai police said.
11 August 2016, 20:30 PM

IS claims Pakistan hospital attack

Islamic State claims responsibility for a suicide bombing in Pakistan that killed at least 70 people and wounded more than a hundred on Monday in an attack on mourners gathered at a hospital in Quetta, the group's Amaq news agency reported.
9 August 2016, 04:55 AM

Junta polls win sends country 'backwards'

A referendum victory for Thailand's ruling generals over a new constitution is a "backwards" step for the country, the toppled ex-premier said yesterday as the democracy movement reels from its first poll defeat in a decade.
8 August 2016, 18:00 PM

Modi urges action against Indian cow vigilantes

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has criticised vigilantes who portray themselves as protectors of cows - an animal considered sacred by Hindus.
7 August 2016, 05:54 AM

2 die as India building collapses

Two people have been reportedly killed after a portion of a two-storey building collapsed in Bhiwandi on the outskirts of Mumbai, reports NDTV.
7 August 2016, 05:14 AM