Floods toll rises to 33 in southern Thailand: government
26 November 2025, 06:35 AM
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Indonesia names ex-president Suharto 'national hero': govt
10 November 2025, 03:40 AM
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Thailand's Queen Mother Sirikit, influential style icon, dies at 93
25 October 2025, 02:38 AM
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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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Despite crises, polls dominated by personalities
Pakistan goes to the polls tomorrow with the jailing of popular former prime minister Imran Khan, the winner of the last national election, dominating headlines despite an economic crisis and other woes threatening the nuclear-armed country.
6 February 2024, 18:00 PM
Thai govt to ban recreational cannabis use
The Thai government will urgently move a bill to ban the recreational use of cannabis, the health minister said on Tuesday, after the kingdom decriminalised the drug in 2022
6 February 2024, 06:52 AM
PTI navigates blackouts to keep campaign alive
Former prime minister Imran Khan’s party has redefined election campaigning in Pakistan with its social media rallies and use of AI technology in a bid to sidestep a nationwide crackdown that has followed it online.
4 February 2024, 18:00 PM
Junta chief under pressure three years after coup
In mid-January, at a small gathering in a cantonment town in Myanmar, hard line pro-military monk Pauk Kotaw suggested that the country’s junta chief Min Aung Hlaing step down and his deputy take over. The crowd cheered in agreement, according to videos of the event posted on social media.
31 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Pakistan election won’t end strife
Pakistan’s preeminent rights activist describes the upcoming election as a messy melodrama staged by an emboldened military, unlikely to bring down the curtain on a cast of crises plaguing the country.
30 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Pakistan, Iran to expand security cooperation
Pakistan and Iran yesterday said that they respected each other’s sovereignty and territorial integrity and resolved to expand security cooperation, stepping up efforts to mend ties after tit-for-tat missile strikes this month at what they said were militant targets.
29 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Myanmar armed group claims control of port town
Fighters from a Myanmar ethnic minority armed group have seized control of a port town after more than two months of intense clashes with junta troops, they said.
25 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Pakistan has ‘evidence’ to link Indian agents
Pakistan said yesterday it had “credible evidence” linking Indian agents to the killings of two Pakistani citizens on Pakistani soil.
25 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Pakistan to deploy army for security
Pakistan will deploy the army to ensure peace at its general election next month, the prime minister’s office said, amid concerns that recent attacks by Islamist militants could threaten the holding of the February 8 polls.
24 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Myanmar junta arrests six high-ranking military officers
Six high-ranking Myanmar junta officers who handed over a strategic town to ethnic minority fighters and surrendered with hundreds of troops have been taken into custody, a military spokesman and others told AFP yesterday.
23 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Pakistani father kills son over political party flag
A father killed his son after the pair disagreed about which political party flag to display in the lead-up to Pakistan’s general election, police said.
23 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Chinese research ship to make resupply call
The Maldives has granted permission for a controversial Chinese vessel to make a resupply call but it will not undertake any “research”, the Indian Ocean archipelago nation’s foreign ministry said yesterday.
23 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Abandoned Singapore mall becomes unlikely art haven
In Singapore, where graffiti is banned, young creatives have taken over an abandoned mall, spray painting colourful murals and holding art workshops to bring the space back to life
23 January 2024, 06:24 AM
Three Pakistan univs shut over security threats
Three universities affiliated with Pakistan’s military were shut over security threats in the capital Islamabad yesterday, police said.
22 January 2024, 18:00 PM
18 killed in Thai fireworks factory explosion: rescue worker
At least 18 people have died after an explosion at a fireworks factory in central Thailand on Wednesday, a rescue worker said
17 January 2024, 10:51 AM
Malaysia to review migrant labour deals with 15 nations including Bangladesh
Malaysia will review bilateral agreements with 15 nations from which it sources labourers in a bid to address exploitative practices and manpower imbalances that have left thousands of migrant workers stranded without jobs, officials said
17 January 2024, 05:55 AM
Ex-Pak PM Imran sees ‘nexus’ between Nawaz, two umpires
Former Pakistan prime minister and PTI founder Imran Khan on Monday alleged that PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif was “playing with the support” of “two umpires” and one of them had recently given a “no-ball” in his favour.
16 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Why Maldives wants Indian troops out
The new Maldives president set a deadline on Sunday of March 15 for its giant neighbour India to withdraw all its troops from the tiny Indian Ocean archipelago nation.
15 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Pak SC strips ex-PM Khan’s party of polls symbol
Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Saturday rejected an attempt by former prime minister Imran Khan’s party to retain its traditional electoral symbol of a cricket bat, in the latest setback for the jailed leader ahead of a general election.
14 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Pakistan ex-PM Sharif to launch polls campaign next week
Pakistan’s former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, whose party is considered a front-runner to win general elections in February, will kick off his campaign next week, aides said, days after the Supreme Court cleared him to run for a fourth term.
11 January 2024, 18:00 PM