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7 January 2026, 18:00 PM
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Pakistan confirms talks with Bangladesh on potential defence pact, JF-17 jet sale
7 January 2026, 13:14 PM
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Indonesia flood kills 16, displaces hundreds
6 January 2026, 18:00 PM
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Malaysia to introduce 10-year term limit for PM
5 January 2026, 18:00 PM
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‘Tuna King’ pays record $3.2m for a bluefin
5 January 2026, 18:00 PM
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Malaysia to introduce 10-year term limit for prime minister
5 January 2026, 09:03 AM
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China says it cannot accept countries acting as 'world judge' after US captures Maduro
5 January 2026, 06:19 AM
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China's birth-rate push sputters as couples stay child-free
5 January 2026, 05:36 AM
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Moderate 5.4-magnitude quake hits northeastern India
5 January 2026, 02:57 AM
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Myanmar junta says to release over 6,000 prisoners in annual amnesty
4 January 2026, 03:48 AM
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Pakistan confirms talks with Bangladesh on potential defence pact, JF-17 jet sale
High-level air force talks underline expanding military cooperation
7 January 2026, 13:14 PM
Indonesia flood kills 16, displaces hundreds
Torrential rains battered Indonesia’s Siau island, causing a flash flood that killed at least 16 people, with another three missing, authorities said yesterday.
6 January 2026, 18:00 PM
Malaysia to introduce 10-year term limit for PM
Malaysia’s Anwar Ibrahim said yesterday he would introduce legislation this year to limit the prime minister’s term to a maximum 10 years, fulfilling one of his campaign promises.
5 January 2026, 18:00 PM
‘Tuna King’ pays record $3.2m for a bluefin
A Japanese sushi entrepreneur paid a record $3.2 million for a giant bluefin tuna yesterday at an annual prestigious new year auction in Tokyo’s main fish market, smashing the previous all-time high.
5 January 2026, 18:00 PM
Myanmar junta says to release over 6,000 prisoners in annual amnesty
Fifty-two foreign prisoners were also to be released and deported
4 January 2026, 03:48 AM
First phase of myanmar polls: Military-backed party takes lead
Myanmar’s military-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party is leading after the first phase of a contentious general election, early results cited by state media showed, in the first vote since a 2021 coup.
3 January 2026, 18:00 PM
Pakistan hands life sentences to journalists for social media posts backing Imran Khan
"Actions by the accused fell within the ambit of terrorism under Pakistani law," says the court
2 January 2026, 11:30 AM
Myanmar junta says first phase voter turnout topped 50%
The military grabbed power in a 2021 putsch
31 December 2025, 11:35 AM
Afghan farmers taking heavy hit from opium poppy ban: UN
Farmers in northern Afghanistan have yet to make up for lost income since the Taliban government banned poppy production for opium three years ago, the United Nations said yesterday.
29 December 2025, 18:00 PM
Afghan Taliban official visits country
An Afghan Taliban official has visited Bangladesh and met Islamist leaders seeking to increase their political influence ahead of elections due in February, Islamist leaders in Dhaka said yesterday.
29 December 2025, 18:00 PM
South Korea's ex-First Lady Kim received bribes and meddled in state affairs, prosecutor says
The prosecution team earlier this month sought a 15-year prison sentence for former First Lady Kim Keon Hee
29 December 2025, 05:29 AM
Myanmar polls: Weak turnout seen in phased election
Under the shadow of civil war and questions over the election’s credibility, the initial round of Myanmar’s phased general election closed yesterday, with signs of low voter turnout for the first polls since a military coup in 2021.
28 December 2025, 18:00 PM
‘Unfair election’
The droves of young people who queued to cast ballots in past elections in Myanmar were conspicuous by their absence from yesterday’s military-run polls, with older voters dominating the turnout.
28 December 2025, 18:00 PM
Myanmar junta stages election after five years of civil war
Campaigners, Western diplomats and the UN's rights chief have all condemned the phased month-long vote
28 December 2025, 02:42 AM
China slaps sanctions on 20 US firms
China has announced fresh sanctions on 20 US defence firms, including a Boeing branch, over Washington’s latest arms sales to Taiwan, the island Beijing claims.
27 December 2025, 18:00 PM
Myanmar goes to the polls amid civil war
Myanmar heads to the polls on Sunday as it battles a civil war that has ravaged parts of the country as well as one of Asia’s worst humanitarian crises.
27 December 2025, 18:00 PM
Thailand, Cambodia agree truce
Thailand and Cambodia ended weeks of fierce border clashes yesterday with a second ceasefire in recent months in the worst fighting in years between the Southeast Asian nations.
27 December 2025, 18:00 PM
Malaysia ex-PM Najib Razak jailed for 15 more years in 1MDB saga's biggest trial
Malaysia and US investigators say at least $4.5 billion was stolen from 1Malaysia Development Berhad
26 December 2025, 19:37 PM
1MDB graft trial: Malaysia ex-PM Najib jailed for 15 more years
Malaysia’s influential former premier Najib Razak was jailed yesterday for a further 15 years and fined $2.8 billion for power abuse and money laundering in the biggest trial of the multibillion-dollar 1MDB scandal, a ruling that could have big political ramifications.
26 December 2025, 18:00 PM
Make more missiles in 2026
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has ordered officials to step up production of missiles and construct more factories to meet his military’s growing need for the projectiles, state media said yesterday.
26 December 2025, 18:00 PM