Bangladesh PM to visit Malaysia, China on first foreign tour
PM Tarique Rahman is bypassing neighbouring India as his inaugural destination.
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Pakistan roadside blasts kill seven, AP says
June 20 - Two roadside bombs in northwest Pakistan killed at least seven people and injured three, the Associated Press said on Saturday, citing police in the South Asian nation.
Iran war gives Pakistan its biggest diplomatic boost in decades
It helped pull the country out from the shadow of its larger, wealthier rival India.
Two roadside blasts in north-west Pakistan kill 7: Police
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the blasts.
House leaders in Indonesia meet student protesters in rally against fuel prices, free meals
Protesters referred to the President's free meals programme as wasteful state spending.
Why a speech by Pursuit Of Jade’s Zhang Linghe has divided Taiwan
Fans were delighted but critics labelled the speech as political propaganda.
Germany blurs defence lines with bet on Philippines’ old US base
A multimillion-dollar aviation deal at Clark highlights European economic investment as a tool of strategic power.
Australia poised to become an Asia-Pacific energy superpower
Energy security is a top priority globally, as governments grapple with the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, an accelerating clean energy transition and surging power demand from AI data centers. The problem is especially acute for Asia and the Pacific, as both regions are
Palestinians to pay the price for Netanyahu’s defeat in Iran
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is facing perhaps the most precarious moment of his political career. He knows it. His allies know it. And his rivals — both within his coalition and across Israel’s political spectrum — are preparing to capitalize on his growing
Everything Bangladesh’s Rahman hopes to get from China
When Ashik Chowdhury, the executive chairman of the Bangladesh Investment Development Authority, was recently asked about Prime Minister Tarique Rahman’s upcoming trip to China, his response caught the room off guard. “Many issues will come up,” Chowdhury remarked, “starting
Australia confirms first case of H5N1 bird flu as virus reaches every continent
Australia was previously the only continent where the H5N1 bird flu strain had not yet been found.
Man in Japan arrested for confining 5-year-old girl in rubbish bin
The girl, who was uninjured, was inside the bin for about five minutes.
Indonesia’s blanket fuel subsidies favour the rich, say economists, urging targeted aid
Sustained increases in oil prices could strain the budget, they warned.
Australia detects first case of contagious H5 bird flu
The highly contagious variant which can devastate poultry has now been found on every continent.
Australia confirms first case of H5 bird flu
SYDNEY, June 20 - Australia has confirmed its first mainland case of H5N1 bird flu in a remote part of the country's southwest, Agriculture Minister Julie Collins said on Saturday.
South Koreans find home in Chennai through food, friendship, bargaining in Tamil
South Koreans are Chennai’s largest expat community. The series, The New Locals, follows three of them as they navigate culture shocks, friendships and belonging.
How Chennai became home for South Korean mum who bargains in Tamil and other Koreans
South Koreans are Chennai’s largest expat community. The series, The New Locals, follows three of them as they navigate culture shocks, friendships and belonging.
UN envoy calls for release of Myanmar’s ex-leader Aung San Suu Kyi on her 81st birthday
The Nobel laureate was placed under house arrest in April, but her whereabouts remain unclear.
Japan seeks G7 price floors to break China’s rare earth grip
Japan is seeking to rally G7 nations into a united front against China’s export controls on critical minerals, pushing for a floor price mechanism to shore up the economics of producing rare earths within the alliance. Speaking at the G7 Evian Summit in France on June 16, Prime
Would you choose to take a 22-hour non-stop flight?
The BBC asked Sydney locals if they would take the newly announced, longest ever commercial flight from Sydney to London.
Hidden in plain sight: the AI within Xiaomi
The accepted wisdom in GenAI model making is that the door has closed. To build at the frontier, as per perceptions, is only for those who began years ago, with a real lab, a research culture compounded over time and a head start that no check buys back. The train seems to have
Turkey bars public World Cup screening during university entrance exams
The measure aims to ensure that students sitting the exam are not adversely affected by noise pollution.
Trapped on Everest for days, Nepali survivor Dawa Sherpa recounts escape
He crawled down the world’s highest mountain with frostbitten fingers and a fractured leg to survive.
US-Iran talks delayed as Israeli bombs in Lebanon kill 18 or more
US and Iranian delegations delayed plans to travel to Switzerland on Friday for the opening round of talks to cement the details of a peace agreement as the Israeli military bombarded southern Lebanon, killing at least 18 people and threatening once again to derail momentum
One person dies after being hit by Japan’s bullet train; service disrupted for three hours
The incident occurred at around 5.40pm local time, involving a bullet train bound for Hakata.
OECD urges Singapore, Japan to join global study on financial literacy of 15-year-olds
As global financial systems are increasingly integrated, OECD also urges efforts to contain cyberthreats.
India med school hopefuls beset with anxiety before they retake scandal-tainted exam
Authorities scrapped the initial results after allegations that the question paper had been leaked.
Japan foreigner entry visa fees to be hiked fivefold to 15,000 yen from July
This marks the first increase since 1978 amid inflation and the yen’s depreciation.
Two separate bombings leave police injured in Thailand’s Yala and Pattani provinces
At least 11 officers were injured by the explosions.
China travel agencies resume Japan group tours, some later halt sales
Japan remains a popular destination among Chinese travellers.
AI supercharging online scams across Asia, warns Interpol’s cybercrime chief
A new Interpol cyberthreat report found that cybercrime now accounts for more than 30 per cent of all recorded crime in over half of the countries surveyed across Asia and the South Pacific.
Sri Lanka battles surge in dengue fever, with more than 44,000 cases so far this year
The number of dengue cases jumped from 5,651 in April to 10,638 in the first two weeks of June.
Trump’s MOU is an IOU: the severe US losses of his misbegotten war
The Memorandum of Understanding, which ostensibly ends the four-month war between the US and Iran, illuminated the profound US defeat. In addition, a Quincy Institute webinar on military lessons from the war, shortly before the MOU’s release, enumerated numerous ways in which
Vietnamese man deported to South Sudan by US leaves for home
JUBA, June 19 - A Vietnamese man deported by the United States to South Sudan a year ago as part of the Trump administration's hardline immigration agenda left for Vietnam on Friday, South Sudanese officials said.