More than 60,000 Myanmar students must retake university entrance exams after their answer papers were incinerated in a blaze
A Myanmar ceasefire declared after last month's devastating earthquake was due to expire on Tuesday, after aid groups and international mediators called for an extension to ease relief efforts
Bangladeshi construction worker Shakil Mohammad was at work at River Valley Road in Singapore when he heard screams next door.
Malaysia will dispatch officials to Washington to commence discussions on trade tariffs, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said Tuesday, after US President Donald Trump imposed a hefty 24-percent levy on imports from the country
Beijing has vowed to take countermeasures against the latest US tariffs and urged Washington to resolve trade frictions through dialogue
The latest search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 has been suspended, Kuala Lumpur's transport minister said, more than a decade after the plane went missing
Southeast Asian countries with a significant trade surplus with the United States came in for harsh treatment
Ravaged by four years of civil war, Myanmar is ill-prepared to cope with the destruction brought by Friday's massive earthquake
A first batch of 5,000 conscripts called up by Myanmar’s junta will begin duty at the end of this month, military sources told AFP yesterday, as the generals struggle to crush opposition to their coup.
Tens of thousands of Muslim-minority Rohingya, who were feared to be trapped amid fighting in western Myanmar, had nowhere to flee, the United Nations human rights chief said on Tuesday
A fire ripped through pet shops next to Bangkok's famed Chatuchak market early Tuesday, killing caged dogs, cats, birds and snakes, and damaging more than 100 stalls, police said
An elephant in Thailand has delivered a rare set of twins in a dramatic birth that left a carer injured after he tried to rescue one of the newborns
Singapore Airlines said Tuesday it has offered $10,000 compensation to passengers who suffered minor injuries on a flight hit by violent turbulence last month and will discuss higher payouts with those more badly hurt
Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday offered a brief congratulations to his counterpart Narendra Modi on his re-election in rival India, almost a week after the results came in
A total of 214 illegal immigrants, including 123 Bangladeshis, have been arrested by the Malaysia's Johor Immigration Department during raids on workers' settlements
A mid-air collision between two Malaysian military helicopters that killed all 10 people onboard was caused by crew error, the country's navy said Thursday
More than 80 illegal immigrants, including a six-month-old baby, were arrested in a three-day operation involving three districts in Johor
The US is deeply troubled by the reports of increased violence and intercommunal tension in Rakhine State of Myanmar, including reports of towns being burned and residents, including Rohingya, being displaced
