China names Taiwan independence ‘diehards’ facing legal punishment
While none of the names comes as a surprise – Beijing has sanctioned them before on various occasions since 2021 – the list comes in the wake of China’s new legal guidelines…
Conflict/War
India blocks Bangladeshis fleeing chaotic regime change
India has arrested nearly a dozen Bangladeshis attempting to cross the border while hundreds more are waiting along the frontier pleading for permission to cross, India’s Border…
North Korean cyberattacks: The Korea Herald
The worrisome problem is that South Korean authorities are trying to minimise the scale and depth of the latest security breaches rather than taking steps to fix the apparent…
Indonesia calls for probe into deadly Israeli airstrike on Gaza school
Indonesia has joined a chorus of nations condemning a deadly Israeli air strike over the weekend on a school housing displaced Palestinians, with Jakarta calling for the…
International mediation bid underway as Gaza seethes
The conflict enters 11th month amid deepening humanitarian situation.
Drone attack kills over 200 Rohingya in Myanmar
Three of the witnesses told Reuters on Friday that the Arakan Army was responsible, allegations the group denied. The militia and Myanmar’s military blamed each another.
Singapore gravely concerned about escalating tensions in the Middle East: Foreign Minister
FM Vivian Balakrishnan, who was responding to questions filed by five MPs on the ongoing conflict in the Middle East on Aug 7, noted as “significant” the July 19 findings by…
Bangladesh President dissolves parliament, another day passes without a government
President Mohammed Shahabuddin also set off a 90-day countdown until the general elections as mandated by the constitution with the dissolution of the 12th parliament to make way…
Nobel Laureate Yunus to be chief adviser of Bangladesh interim government
Prof. Yunus has given his consent, say Anti-Discriminatory Student Movement organisers on the morning after Hasina's ouster.
Bangladesh PM Hasina falls, flees, lands in India; to seek asylum in UK reports say
Army chief meets politicians, civil society members to discuss formation of interim government.