South Korea’s Lee rules out military involvement in ME
19 September 2026
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Asia
AFTERMATH OF NEPAL-CHINA FLOODS / ‘Everything is gone’
17 September 2026
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Asia
More than 20 Thai senators accused of election fraud
15 September 2026
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Asia
Modi, Xi push business links, border peace as ties revive
12 September 2026
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Asia
Philippine ferry fire death toll jumps to 76: coast guard
12 September 2026
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Asia
Kim Jong Un wants North Koreans to have more (state-sanctioned) fun
11 September 2026
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World
Philippine ferry fire kills five, 87 missing: coast guard
10 September 2026
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Asia
Landslides in eastern China kill 13
9 September 2026
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Asia
N Korea calls Russia bridge a sign of tighter ties
9 September 2026
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Asia
Nepal flood disaster puts climate justice under spotlight
5 September 2026
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Asia
India extends Hasina’s visa: HT
Delhi-based newspaper reports citing people ‘familiar with the matter’
8 January 2025
Investigators get new warrant to arrest S Korea President Yoon
South Korean anti-graft investigators yesterday secured a new court-ordered arrest warrant for impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol, whose failed martial law bid threw the country into turmoil.
7 January 2025
Delhi to vote on Feb 5
Over 1.55 crore Delhi voters will vote in the assembly elections on February 5 and the votes will be counted on February 8, the Indian Election Commission announced yesterday.
7 January 2025
3 Pakistani soldiers, 19 militants killed in NW clashes
Three soldiers and 19 militants were killed in the latest clashes in Pakistan’s restive northwestern region, the military said Tuesday.
7 January 2025
North Korea's Kim says new missile will deter 'rivals'
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said a new hypersonic missile system tested this week would help deter the country's Pacific rivals, state media reported Tuesday, as Washington's top diplomat visited the region
7 January 2025
Rohingya crisis: More than 260 refugees arrive in Indonesia
More than 260 Rohingya refugees, including women and children, arrived in Indonesia’s westernmost province of Aceh after floating at sea for days, an official said yesterday.
6 January 2025
5 cases of HMPV virus confirmed in India
Five infants tested positive for the Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV) in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, and Gujarat yesterday, the first reported cases of the virus in India.
6 January 2025
8 security men, civilian killed in Maoists attack in India
Eight security men and a civilian were killed when outlawed Maoists blew up their vehicle with an improvised explosive device in central Indian state of Chhattisgarh today, police said
6 January 2025
India detects first two HMPV cases in Bengaluru
A three-month-old and an eight-month-old in the same hospital test positive
6 January 2025
South Korea extends closure of airport where plane crashed
South Korean authorities have extended the closure of a southwestern airport where a Jeju Air plane crashed and killed 179 people onboard, the land ministry said Monday
6 January 2025
South Korea police seek to extend arrest deadline for impeached president
South Korean investigators trying to arrest suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol have asked for an extension to the warrant that expires Monday, with the embattled leader holed up in his residence
6 January 2025
ISRO says it germinated seed in microgravity conditions in spacecraft
The cowpea seeds were sent on the PS-4 Orbital Experiment Module (POEM-4) mission on December 30 and have germinated in the near zero-gravity conditions in just four days and enclosed the surroundings of space
4 January 2025
Malaysia expels two boats ferrying about 300 Myanmar migrants
Malaysia yesterday said it expelled two boats ferrying about 300 undocumented migrants from Myanmar from the country’s waters.
4 January 2025
China vegetable market fire kills 8
A fire at a vegetable market in north China killed eight people and injured 15 yesterday, local authorities reported.
4 January 2025
World’s oldest person dies at 116
The world’s oldest person, Japanese woman Tomiko Itooka, has died aged 116.
4 January 2025
Rival protests rock Seoul
Thousands of rival South Korean protesters rallied in the capital yesterday, a day after a failed attempt to arrest suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol for imposing a short-lived martial law decree that led to his impeachment.
4 January 2025
Indian draft bill proposes mandatory parental consent for minor
Personal data protection law seeks public feedback till February
4 January 2025
Tibet dam plan: India conveys concerns to China
India’s foreign ministry yesterday said that New Delhi has conveyed its concerns to Beijing about China’s plan to build a hydropower dam in Tibet on the Yarlung Zangbo river which flows into India.
3 January 2025
‘Nothing to add at this point of time’
India yesterday said it does not have anything to add “at this point” to Bangladesh’s interim government’s request for the extradition of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina.
3 January 2025
Indian duo self-immolate in Bhopal waste protest
Two people in India set themselves on fire yesterday to protest against the disposal of hazardous waste from the decades-old Bhopal industrial disaster, local government officials said.
3 January 2025