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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Vessel saves 154 Rohingyas from sinking boat
A Vietnamese oil service vessel rescued 154 people from a sinking boat in the Andaman Sea and has transferred them to Myanmar’s navy, state media reported, a group that was confirmed by activists as minority Rohingya.
9 December 2022, 18:00 PM
Suicide blast kills 2 in Indonesian police station
Indonesian authorities said on Wednesday that two people were killed and several others wounded when a suspected Islamic militant carrying a knife blew himself up shortly after entering a police station in the city of Bandung.
7 December 2022, 04:09 AM
Ban on sex outside marriage: Indonesia House okays legislation
Indonesia’s parliament yesterday approved legislation that would outlaw sex outside marriage in a move critics said was a huge setback to rights
6 December 2022, 18:00 PM
3 dead after bomb explodes in Thailand's south
Three people died and four others were wounded after a bomb exploded on a roadside in Thailand's troubled deep south, police said Tuesday.
6 December 2022, 09:36 AM
North Korea fires artillery shells as warning
North Korea said it fired more than 130 artillery shells into the sea off its east and west coasts yesterday after detecting military drills across the border in the South.
5 December 2022, 18:00 PM
6-yr-old becomes youngest Singaporean to trek to Everest Base Camp
When the going got tough on the undulating and rugged paths towards Everest Base Camp in Nepal, lollipops, raisins and cookies kept six-year-old Om Madan Garg going on the once-in-a-lifetime expedition with his parents..“I want to see the whole world,” said the Kindergarten 2 pupil from Ca
5 December 2022, 06:08 AM
More people flee after eruption of Indonesia's Mount Semeru
Rescuers evacuated more people Monday from nearby villages after the eruption of Indonesia's Mount Semeru, with officials warning of danger from cooling lava despite less activity from the volcano.
5 December 2022, 05:25 AM
70 Rohingyas arrested
Seventy Rohingya people hiding in a truck transporting ginger were arrested north of Yangon after the vehicle crashed into a roadside canal, the Myanmar junta said yesterday.
4 December 2022, 18:00 PM
IS claims attack on Pak envoy in Kabul
The Islamic State group late on Saturday claimed responsibility for an attack on Pakistan’s embassy in Kabul, which Islamabad decried as an “assassination attempt”.
4 December 2022, 18:00 PM
Indonesia raises warning to highest after Semeru volcano erupts
Indonesia's Mount Semeru erupted Sunday spewing hot ash clouds a mile into the sky, prompting authorities to raise the volcano's alert status to the highest level.
4 December 2022, 06:35 AM
Malaysia’s new cabinet led by Anwar Ibrahim sworn in
Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has continued to draw flak for his “kleptocrat” cabinet as the new ministers were sworn in before the King on Saturday.
4 December 2022, 03:01 AM
Myanmar Crisis - 7 students sentenced to death: UN
The Myanmar junta handed out at least seven more death sentences this week, taking the tally of those on death row to 139, according to the United Nations.
3 December 2022, 18:00 PM
Myanmar sentenced 7 students to death this week: UN
The Myanmar junta handed out at least seven more death sentences this week, taking the tally of those on death row to 139, according to the United Nations.
3 December 2022, 08:05 AM
Indonesia set to criminalise sex outside marriage
Indonesia's parliament is expected to pass a new criminal code this month that will penalise sex outside marriage with a punishment of up to one year in jail, officials have confirmed.
2 December 2022, 15:41 PM
‘2,000 dead’ fighting Myanmar junta
At least 2,000 pro-democracy fighters have been killed in Myanmar battling a military junta that seized power last year, the head of a parallel civilian government said in an interview aired yesterday, urging allies to provide military aid. Duwa Lashi La, acting
1 December 2022, 18:00 PM
Pakistan Taliban end ceasefire
Pakistan’s Taliban said yesterday they have called off a shaky ceasefire agreed with the government in June and ordered fighters to stage attacks across the country.
28 November 2022, 18:00 PM
36 cops hurt in clash with protesters
As many as 36 police were injured in clashes with protesters in India’s southern state of Kerala who were demanding the release of a person arrested during a demonstration against a $900-million port project of the Adani Group, officials said.
28 November 2022, 18:00 PM
N Korea plans ‘world’s most powerful’ nuke force
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is planning to build “the world’s most powerful” nuclear force, state news agency KCNA reported yesterday.
27 November 2022, 18:00 PM
First priority is to tackle cost of living
Malaysia’s newly appointed Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim yesterday said his primary focus would be on the cost of living as he takes office with a slowing economy and a country deeply split after a close election.
25 November 2022, 18:00 PM
Death toll rises to 310
Hundreds of Indonesians prayed out in the open next to rice paddies and in the streets on Friday, as the death toll from an earthquake that flattened their town in western Java rose to 310.
25 November 2022, 18:00 PM