A Thai court handed out death sentences on Thursday to two ethnic Uyghur men from the northwestern Chinese region of Xinjiang for a 2015 bombing in the centre of Bangkok that killed 20 people, according to a court statement. The explosion occurred at the Erawan Shrine in the centre of Bangkok, an
An explosion killed seven people early on Thursday in China's southwestern region of Guangxi, local authorities said in a notice, adding that they were investigating its cause, but ruling out a risk from gas pipelines, reports Reuters. Seventeen injured were taken to the hospital, but none were in
An explosion killed seven people early on Thursday in China's southwestern region of Guangxi, local authorities said in a notice, adding that they were investigating its cause, but ruling out a risk from gas pipelines. Seventeen injured were taken to hospital, but none in critical condition, they
Indian Home Minister Amit Shah has launched the Land Port Management System (LPMS), a centralised digital platform to modernise operations across the country’s land ports by integrating cargo, passenger and vehicle processing on a single interface, reports bdnews24.com, citing Hindustan Times
At least 13 people were killed, including 11 children, after Pakistan's military launched air strikes in three Afghan provinces, Afghan Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid said on Wednesday, in a renewal of a conflict that has killed hundreds this year. At least 14 others - all of them childre
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit France and Slovakia from June 13 to 18, the Indian foreign ministry said on Tuesday.
More than 5,500 Myanmar refugees living in camps along Thailand's border have found jobs since Bangkok eased employment curbs last year, an approach that offers a regional example, a senior UN refugee official told Reuters. The step came in response to a sharp decline in global humanitarian fundin
Amid continued border standoffs, the West Bengal government claims to have deported nearly 4,800 “illegal immigrants” to Bangladesh, and is holding another 836 in custody pending repatriation. The Indian state’s Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari told a meeting of his Bharatiya Jana
Lavkesh Bajaj, the proprietor of New Delhi’s Flourish Stay bed-and-breakfast, where a devastating fire claimed 21 lives, reportedly has a history of legal troubles. The 60-year-old was previously arrested by Delhi Police in 2025 for allegedly helping Bangladeshi nationals obtain forged India
A complaint has been filed against former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, alleging that her recent public remarks critical of constitutional institutions and “linking the Union government to a political killing in Bangladesh” were “prejudicial to the nation’s sov
India and Venezuela sought to boost their ties in the energy sector on Thursday with New Delhi saying that Caracas sees it as a preferred partner in the sector at a time global oil supplies have been disrupted by the Middle East crisis. Venezuela's interim President Delcy Rodriguez is visit
Malaysia has begun barring those aged under 16 from registering accounts on social media platforms, its communications regulator said on Monday, as it boosts efforts to protect minors from exposure to harmful content online. The Southeast Asian nation joins a growing number of countries introducin
Malaysia on Monday began enforcing rules barring millions of children younger than 16 from having social media accounts, joining a global effort to tighten online safety protections for young users. The rules require social media platforms with at least 8 million users, including Facebook, Instagr
