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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
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Indonesia school collapse death toll rises to 17, dozens still missing
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Indonesia school collapse death toll rises to 14
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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
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David Cameron to discuss 'common enemy' on Asia trip
David Cameron is expected to offer Indonesia and Malaysia support in tackling Islamist extremists - their "common enemy" - during a four-day trade mission.
26 July 2015, 05:17 AM
Asia's best boat trips: Along the mighty Mekong
Rain is pelting the observation deck, falling in sheets so thick we can barely see where the Mekong meets the shore.
20 July 2015, 09:45 AM
Task force to probe Malaysia PM money trail
A task force is investigating allegations that a probe into a Malaysian state-controlled investment fund found hundreds of millions of dollars were transferred
5 July 2015, 18:00 PM
Thailand confirms first MERS case
Thai health officials yesterday said a 75-year-old man from Qatar was confirmed to have MERS, the country's first case after a deadly outbreak of the virus hit South Korea.
18 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Suu Kyi says Rohingya issue needs careful handling
In rare comments on Myanmar's persecuted Rohingya Muslims, opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi urged caution on granting citizenship to minorities, saying the sensitive
18 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Suu Kyi wraps up China visit
Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi wrapped up her first visit to China yesterday, a trip that saw her meet the country's President Xi Jinping ahead of Myanmar
14 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Modi better salesman than me: Manmohan
Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today ripped into the Narendra Modi government's claims on economic revival.
9 June 2015, 14:53 PM
Malaysia quake toll hits 16
Six Singapore primary school students and one teacher were among 16 people so far confirmed killed by an earthquake that rocked Malaysia's Mount Kinabalu, government
7 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Burma's drug-fuelled economic boom
Visitors flying into this buzzing tropical metropolis step into a modern glass-and-steel airport that symbolizes both Myanmar's aspirations to rejoin the wider world after years of isolation and the country's troubled past.
7 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Trafficking: Top Thai army officer surrenders
A top army officer of Thailand, Lt General Manas Khongpaen, turns himself in days after a Thai provincial court allowed police to arrest him over his alleged involvement in trafficking of Rohingyas and other boatpeople, The Guardian reports.
3 June 2015, 06:51 AM
India rape nurse dies after 42 years
An Indian nurse who was in a vegetative state for 42 years after being raped by a hospital ward attendant while on duty, dies.
18 May 2015, 07:13 AM
Philippines factory fire kills dozens
At least 28 people were killed and dozens more feared dead after a fire tore through a factory producing flip-flops in the Philippine capital Manila yesterday, the city's fire marshal said.
13 May 2015, 18:00 PM
Indian SC says no to politicians’ photos on government ads
The Indian Supreme Court restrain ruling parties from publishing photographs of political leaders or prominent persons in government-funded advertisement.
13 May 2015, 09:27 AM
Malaysia, Indonesia pushing seaworthy migrant boats back to sea
Thousands of Bangladeshis and members of Myanmar's long-persecuted Rohingya Muslim minority have no place to go after both Malaysia and Indonesia refused to offer refuge to the boatloads of hungry men, women and children.
13 May 2015, 05:20 AM
Typhoon Noul hits north Philippines
Typhoon Noul slammed into the northern tip of the Philippines yesterday, triggering warnings of possible flash floods, landslides and
10 May 2015, 18:19 PM
Vietnam leaders attack 'barbarous US crimes'
Vietnam's premier yesterday hit out at the "barbarous crimes" of its wartime American foe as the nation marked four decades since
30 April 2015, 18:00 PM
Indonesian executions of foreigners spark int'l fury
Indonesia faced a storm of international protest yesterday for putting seven foreign drug convicts before a firing squad, but Filipinos rejoiced after a compatriot was spared at the last minute.
29 April 2015, 18:00 PM
16 Myanmar troops killed near China border
Sixteen Myanmar soldiers died in a major offensive to flush rebels from a strategic hill-top in the northeastern region bordering China,
16 April 2015, 18:00 PM
MH370 search zone may double: Report
The search area for flight MH370 will double in size to encompass a vast Indian Ocean corridor if wreckage remains elusive, Malaysia,
16 April 2015, 18:00 PM
Car bomb hits Thai tourist island; 7 hurt
A car bomb on the Thai resort island of Samui has wounded seven people, including an Italian girl, police said yesterday, in a further
11 April 2015, 18:00 PM