Seven killed as strong quakes strike southern Philippines
10 October 2025, 14:08 PM
News
Myanmar junta strike kills 40 at festival protest: residents
8 October 2025, 03:43 AM
News
Death toll from Indonesia school collapse rises to 37
5 October 2025, 03:39 AM
News
Indonesia school collapse death toll rises to 17, dozens still missing
4 October 2025, 13:51 PM
News
Indonesia school collapse death toll rises to 14
4 October 2025, 05:44 AM
News
Indonesia school collapse death toll rises to 13
3 October 2025, 18:37 PM
News
Myanmar's reclusive general turns jet-setter in quest for election backing
3 October 2025, 16:00 PM
News
91 people possibly still under collapsed Indonesian school: official
1 October 2025, 04:47 AM
News
UN warns Myanmar conflict blocking Rohingya return
30 September 2025, 15:15 PM
News
Argentina court urged to include Arakan Army atrocities in Rohingya genocide case
3 September 2025, 13:03 PM
News
8 killed in Pakistan mine blast
A blast at a coal mine kills eight workers on the outskirts of Pakistan's southwestern city of Quetta, officials say, with five more feared dead.
13 August 2018, 08:50 AM
Rohingya crisis: Australian MPs laud Bangladesh’s efforts
After visiting Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar, a delegation of Australian parliamentarians highly appreciates Bangladesh's role in its ongoing efforts to support Rohingya people, who fled the atrocities in northern Rakhine of Myanmar.
12 August 2018, 07:11 AM
Rohingya Repatriation: Progress quite insignificant
The Bangladesh delegation to Myanmar, led by Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali, yesterday saw the trail of wide-spread devastation suffered by the people of the northern Rakhine State.
11 August 2018, 18:00 PM
UN staff granted access to Rakhine
Myanmar government has cleared the travel of UN agencies’ staff in northern Rakhine, in order to conduct preliminary assessments in some 23 villages – 12 in Buthidaung and 11 in Maundaw.
10 August 2018, 14:50 PM
MSF urges humanitarian access to Rakhine
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) calls out to Myanmar government to allow humanitarian access to northern Rakhine, where attention is needed.
10 August 2018, 14:14 PM
UNHCR urges Asia-Pacific leaders to show ‘solidarity’ with Rohingyas
Head of the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) Filippo Grandi urges the government representatives and the business leaders from the Asia-Pacific region to offer more support and protection for over 700,000 Rohingyas who have fled violence and discrimination in Myanmar's Rakhine State over the past year.
10 August 2018, 07:46 AM
Atrocities against Rohingyas: Myanmar says ICC has no jurisdiction on them
Myanmar says the International Criminal Court (ICC) has no jurisdiction to run a case on atrocities against Rohingyas.
9 August 2018, 12:58 PM
Death toll hits 131
The death toll from a shallow 6.9-magnitude earthquake on the Indonesian island of Lombok has risen above 130, officials said yesterday, with some 156,000 forced from their homes.
8 August 2018, 18:00 PM
Najib charged with money-laundering
Malaysia's former prime minister Najib Razak was hit with new charges yesterday linked to a multi-billion-dollar financial scandal that contributed to his shock election defeat in May.
8 August 2018, 18:00 PM
UN wants tangible progress to improve conditions in Rakhine
UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, and UNDP, the UN's development agency, urges Myanmar authorities to make tangible progress to improve conditions in Rakhine State.
8 August 2018, 10:58 AM
Ex-PM Najib to be charged with money laundering
Malaysia's embattled former prime minister Najib Razak will be charged today under a money-laundering act, the anti-graft agency said, in connection with a multi-billion-dollar scandal at state fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB).
7 August 2018, 18:00 PM
Search on for survivors
The death toll from a powerful earthquake that hit Indonesia's tourist island of Lombok topped 100 yesterday as rescuers found victims under wrecked buildings, while thousands left homeless in the worst-affected areas waited for aid to arrive.
7 August 2018, 18:00 PM
Imran Khan's stepdaughter joins PTI
Mehrunnisa Hayat, the daughter of Imran Khan's wife Bushra, joins the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf.
7 August 2018, 06:27 AM
HRW opposes plan to move Rohingyas
Bangladesh should dramatically improve living conditions for Rohingya in the world's largest refugee camp and scrap plans to move many to a flood-prone island, Human Rights Watch said yesterday.
6 August 2018, 18:00 PM
'Immediately' release Reuters reporters
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo yesterday called on his Myanmar counterpart to release two Reuters journalists accused of breaking a draconian secrecy law during their reporting of a Rohingya massacre.
4 August 2018, 18:00 PM
Pompeo kicks off four-day Asia tour
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo began a four-day visit to Asia to promote a US vision of transparent, private sector-led investment
2 August 2018, 18:00 PM
Myanmar endures worst of Mekong monsoon floods
Monsoon rains have pummelled the Mekong region in recent days with Myanmar bearing the brunt of flooding that has forced 150,000 to flee and threatens to destroy levees shielding thousands of homes.
2 August 2018, 18:00 PM
China wants drills with Asean nations
China wants military exercises and energy exploration with Southeast Asian nations in disputed waters, according to a draft document, but insists on outside countries being excluded in what analysts say is a bid to diminish US influence.
2 August 2018, 18:00 PM
Myanmar scales back China-backed project
Myanmar has scaled back plans for a Chinese-backed port on its western coast, sharply reducing the cost of the project after concerns it could leave the Southeast Asian nation heavily indebted, a top government official and an advisor told Reuters.
2 August 2018, 18:00 PM
Malaysia drops sedition case against cartoonist
A Malaysian political cartoonist said yesterday that nine sedition charges against him had been dropped after the scandal-mired regime
30 July 2018, 18:00 PM