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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N Korea warns of an ‘Asian Nato’
North Korea criticised the US, South Korea and Japan’s recent deal on strengthening military cooperation to be a means to materialise a US plan for a military alliance like Nato in the region.
3 July 2022, 18:00 PM
Crisis-hit Lanka grinds to a halt
Sri Lanka has less than a day’s worth of fuel left, the energy minister said yesterday, with public transport grinding to a halt as the country’s economic crisis deepened.
3 July 2022, 18:00 PM
Rappler ordered to shut down
Philippine Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa’s news company Rappler was ordered yesterday to shut down, a day before President
29 June 2022, 18:30 PM
China FM to visit Myanmar
China’s foreign minister will travel to Myanmar this weekend for a regional meeting, a junta spokesman told AFP yesterday, in what will be Beijing’s highest-profile visit since the military seized power.
28 June 2022, 18:20 PM
Spare Suu Kyi jail
A special Southeast Asian envoy for the crisis in Myanmar yesterday urged its military rulers not to hold deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi in prison, appealing for leniency ahead of a visit later this week.
27 June 2022, 18:00 PM
Myanmar minister attends Asean defence meeting
Myanmar’s military-appointed defence minister joined a meeting of his Southeast Asian counterparts yesterday, despite pressure from some countries in the regional bloc and pro-democracy groups to exclude the junta from such gatherings.
22 June 2022, 18:00 PM
IS claims responsibility
The Islamic State claimed responsibility for an attack on a Sikh temple in Afghanistan that killed one community member and a Taliban fighter.
19 June 2022, 18:00 PM
Lanka troops open fire to contain fuel riots
Sri Lanka’s military opened fire to contain rioting at a fuel station, officials said yesterday as unprecedented queues for petrol and diesel were seen across the bankrupt country.
19 June 2022, 18:00 PM
Attack on Kabul Sikh temple kills 2
An attack on a Sikh temple in the Afghan capital of Kabul killed at least two people and injured seven on Saturday, following a blast in a car loaded with explosives, officials said, but there was no immediate claim of responsibility.
18 June 2022, 18:00 PM
Focus on climate, not war
Fiji’s defence minister yesterday said that climate change posed the biggest security threat in the Asia-Pacific region, a shift in tone at a defence summit that has been dominated by the war in Ukraine and disputes between China and the United States.
12 June 2022, 18:00 PM
‘Will fight to the end’
China will “fight to the very end” to stop Taiwanese independence, the country’s defence minister vowed yesterday, stoking already soaring tensions with the United States over the island.
12 June 2022, 18:00 PM
Myanmar polls will not be fair: US
A top US government official yesterday said there was “no chance” the Myanmar junta’s planned elections next year would be free and fair.
11 June 2022, 18:00 PM
North Korea appoints first female FM
North Korea has appointed veteran diplomat Choe Son-hui as its first female foreign minister, state media reported yesterday, as Pyongyang pushes ahead with a blitz of sanctions-busting weapons tests and ignores US calls for talks.
11 June 2022, 18:00 PM
Lanka could face dire humanitarian crisis: UN
The United Nations warned yesterday that cash-strapped Sri Lanka’s unprecedented economic crisis could develop into a dire humanitarian crisis, with millions already in need of aid.
10 June 2022, 18:00 PM
South Asia protests over anti-Muslim remarks
Thousands of Muslims have rallied across the South Asia nations of India, Bangladesh and Pakistan over derogatory remarks on Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) by two officials from India’s ruling party that has triggered a diplomatic backlash against New Delhi.
10 June 2022, 18:00 PM
Malaysian govt agrees to abolish mandatory death penalty
The Malaysian government has agreed to abolish the mandatory death penalty, with a substitute sentence to be imposed at the discretion of the courts.
10 June 2022, 16:36 PM
WHO worker gunned down in Myanmar
A driver for the World Health Organization in Myanmar has been shot dead, his employer said, adding that the circumstances of the killing were not yet clear.
9 June 2022, 08:46 AM
UN experts condemn Myanmar military's “digital dictatorship”
UN human rights experts have condemned the Myanmar military junta’s attempts to establish a “digital dictatorship” in Myanmar by imposing further restrictions on the access to internet, internet shutdowns, online censorship, surveillance and other barriers to internet access.
7 June 2022, 16:03 PM
Let Bangladeshi workers come, demands Malaysian employment agency
Bangladeshi workers should be allowed into Malaysia to address its shortage of workers in crucial sectors, says the National Association of Private Employment Agencies Malaysia (Papsma), in a call to Putrajaya.
7 June 2022, 02:38 AM
Lanka minister convicted of extortion
A cabinet minister in crisis-hit Sri Lanka was convicted of extorting money from a businessman over a land deal yesterday, a rare guilty verdict in a graft case in the South Asian country.
6 June 2022, 18:00 PM