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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
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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
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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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Malaysia's Najib may seek re-election to parliament despite conviction
Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has not ruled out seeking re-election to parliament within the next two years, he told Reuters in an interview, despite a corruption conviction that would block him from running.
19 September 2021, 14:52 PM
Myanmar military convoy hit by roadside bomb near Yangon: Junta
Myanmar anti-junta dissidents have carried out a bomb attack on security forces near Yangon, with several killed in an ensuing firefight, the military and media said.
19 September 2021, 09:51 AM
Taliban moral cops replace women ministry
Workers in the Afghan capital Kabul replaced signs for the country’s women’s ministry with those for the Taliban’s moral police yesterday, as female former employees of the department said they had been locked out of the building.
17 September 2021, 18:00 PM
Singapore’s 3rd richest man who completed only primary school working tirelessly for education
Having had only six years of formal schooling, paint tycoon Goh Cheng Liang, 94, believes strongly in helping needy students get an education.
16 September 2021, 10:09 AM
Taliban thank world for promised aid
The Taliban yesterday thanked the world for pledging hundreds of millions of dollars in emergency aid to Afghanistan, and urged the United States to show “heart” in future dealings.
14 September 2021, 18:00 PM
Can the Middle East trust US?
The Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan is a shattering earthquake that will shape the Middle East for many years, a senior Gulf official has said, warning that – despite the group’s promises of moderation – the militant group is “essentially the same” as last time it was in power.
14 September 2021, 18:00 PM
Media always publish fake propaganda
The Taliban co-founder and now deputy prime minister of Afghanistan released an audio statement yesterday saying he was alive and well after news of his supposed demise went viral on social media.
13 September 2021, 18:00 PM
Myanmar cell towers attacked
Protesters have destroyed around a dozen military-owned communications towers in Myanmar, witnesses and reports said yesterday, after the country’s self-proclaimed shadow government issued a call for a “defensive war” against the junta.
8 September 2021, 18:00 PM
Afghanistan’s most feared militants
The Taliban’s interim government in Afghanistan includes two representatives from one of their most feared factions -- the Haqqani network. As expected, they have emerged as key players in the new setup, after the Taliban routed the US-backed Afghan military and captured Kabul on August 15.
8 September 2021, 18:00 PM
‘Not inclusive’
Expectations were building as the Taliban were taking time in announcing a government after taking over the country in a lightning offensive and decimating oppositions on the way.
8 September 2021, 18:00 PM
Afghan factions divided over Jammu & Kashmir
A Taliban spokesman has said the group reserves the right to speak out in support of Muslims in Jammu and Kashmir, remarks that run counter to senior Taliban leader Anas Haqqani’s contention that the organisation would not interfere in Kashmir.
6 September 2021, 18:00 PM
1,000 stuck in Afghanistan
The Taliban are preventing around 1000 people including dozens of American citizens and Afghans holding visas to the US or other countries, from leaving Afghanistan, US media reports said on Sunday.
6 September 2021, 18:00 PM
Singapore fully vaccinates 80% of population against Covid-19
Singapore has fully inoculated 80% of its 5.7 million people against COVID-19, the health minister said on Sunday, becoming the world's most vaccinated country and setting the stage for further easing of curbs.
29 August 2021, 05:07 AM
Changi Airport Terminal 1 and 3 to reopen to the public from Sept 1
Changi Airport will reopen Terminals 1 and 3 to the public from next Wednesday (Sept 1), following a three-month closure due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
27 August 2021, 13:05 PM
Genocide Remembrance Day: Declare crimes against Rohingyas genocide
On the occasion of Genocide Remembrance Day, the Rohingyas called on the governments across the globe, including the UK and US, to declare the crimes against the Rohingya community as genocide.
25 August 2021, 18:00 PM
Junta mulls raising village militias
Myanmar’s junta is considering raising village militias to combat opposition to its rule, state media said yesterday, as it struggles to assert control more than six months after seizing power.
24 August 2021, 18:00 PM
‘I am totally lost’
A week after the Taliban’s lightning seizure of Kabul, growing numbers of people in the Afghan capital are facing a daily struggle to get by with their jobs gone, banks still shuttered and food prices soaring.
23 August 2021, 18:00 PM
Ethnic diversity at the centre of Conflict
Afghanistan’s ethnic diversity has been at the centre of politics and conflict in the country for more than a century, and these divides are expected to play a role in the Taliban’s formation of a new government.
23 August 2021, 18:00 PM
Medical supplies stuck at Kabul airport: WHO
More than 500 tonnes of medical supplies including surgical equipment and severe malnutrition kits due to be delivered to Afghanistan this week are stuck because of Kabul airport restrictions, the World Health Organization said yesterday.
23 August 2021, 18:00 PM
Former Malaysia Deputy PM Ismail Sabri poised to win premiership race
Former Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob looked set to form the next government after gaining a parliamentary majority from the same coalition that collapsed earlier this week, media and lawmakers said on Thursday.
19 August 2021, 07:14 AM