Prominent Bangladeshi student leader Sharif Osman Hadi no more
An aspiring independent candidate for Dhaka-8, Hadi was shot on December 12 while he was on a battery-run auto-rickshaw in Dhaka's Paltan area. He was first taken to Dhaka Medical…
In Indonesia, regions ask for more state funds for disaster recovery
To fund recovery and reconstruction after the cyclone-induced floods and landslides, the administrations of Aceh and West Sumatra are requesting the central government to not cut…
Inquiry commission seeks extra month to probe Nepal’s Gen Z protest crackdown
It is also preparing to summon the then prime minister KP Sharma Oli and his home minister Ramesh Lekhak for questioning over the protests, in which 77 people, including many…
Indonesia’s flood survivors reeling from devastation plea for global help
Despite efforts by the government, frustration is mounting over sluggish relief efforts, which have fueled demands on Jakarta to declare a national disaster and permit…
South Korean ex-president Yoon Suk Yeol began preparations for martial law from at least October 2023
Special counsel team concludes former president’s main purpose was to seize power for himself.
‘For all I know, she could be dead’ says son of Myanmar’s Suu Kyi
Kim Aris said he has not heard directly from his mother Aung San Suu Kyi for years and has received only occasional, secondhand updates since the military coup in 2021.
Hong Kong court finds tycoon Jimmy Lai guilty of sedition, foreign collusion in national security trial
The 78-year-old founder of the now-shut Apple Daily newspaper has been behind bars since 2020, with his case widely criticised as an example of eroding political freedoms under…
China remembers victims of Nanjing Massacre, 88 years on
Thousands of people clad in dark attire gathered at the public square of the Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders in Nanjing, with white flowers…
Johor-Kuala Lumpur ETS train service to increase to four trips daily in January 2026
The Transport Minister said until the end of 2025, there two trips daily from Kuala Lumpur to Johor Baru each and the frequency will rise to four trips daily.
75% of Myanmar people reject army’s political involvement, according to survey by aid organisation
The survey was conducted amid plans by the Myanmar junta to hold general elections from later this month until January. The poll also shows that 99% of respondents would see the…