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Niladri Chottopaddhya, whose pen name was Niloy Neel, became the fourth secular blogger killed by alleged Islamists this year.

Five secular bloggers have been murdered for criticizing religious fundamentalism in their homeland – four of them this year.

Lutfor Rahman’s arrest and the recent arrests of other suspected JMB members of the extremist group is refocusing attention on the banned extremist group.

After 515 days, the search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 finally yields its first piece of hard evidence that the plane went down in the Indian ...

“Conclusive” confirmation shows Boeing 777 crashed in the Indian Ocean, Najib Razak tells the nation.

Up to 1,000 trafficking victims may be trapped aboard fishing boats moored at the port of Ambon, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) says.

Arrest comes shortly after U.S. criticizes Thailand’s efforts to fight human trafficking.

But their two Indian colleagues still remain in captivity in the North African country.

Mohammad Rakib, 12, became the second child to die a horrific death in less than a month.

Sarawak Report editor fires back at government officials, saying “it is they who are being detrimental to democracy.”

But a more militant faction of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland is not a party to the accord.

The Deep South rebellion is undercutting people’s livelihoods and forcing many to move off their land, researchers say.

While it remains unclear whether Islamic State militants took them, an official says the government is thinking of devising a strategy to safeguard Indians in ...

Six members of an all-volunteer force are seriously wounded but said to be in stable condition.

At least 50,000 stateless people living in Bangladeshi and Indian pockets along the border will be offered citizenship through a territorial trade.

For security reasons, the family of a man convicted of taking part in the 1993 Mumbai bombings is barred from showing pictures or videos of his funeral.

The Malaysian government has sent a team to investigate whether a piece of wreckage is from missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.

Perpetrators who downed the plane must not escape punishment, transport minister says.

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo discusses threat posed by the Islamic State in separate meetings with British and Singaporean counterparts.

Thailand faces the prospect of a European ban on its seafood products, and is trying to get all vessels in its fishing fleet to register by July 31.

Lawyers desperately sought reprieve in unprecedented 2 a.m. hearing.

Verdict will discourage other foreigners from joining Indonesian terrorist groups, prosecutor says.

The Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh members were planning attacks in the Dhaka area, police said.

Muhyiddin Yassin had called on Prime Minister Najib Razak to answer questions about how huge sums of cash allegedly ended up in his personal accounts from the ...

Muhyiddin Yassin had called on Prime Minister Najib Razak to answer questions about how huge sums of cash allegedly ended up in his personal accounts from the ...

A three-member Supreme Court bench will decide whether Yakub Memon will be hanged Thursday.

Monday’s assault in the northwestern Indian state, near the Pakistan border, was aimed at derailing the latest Indo-Pakistani peace initiative, analyst says.

Activists rip State Department’s promotion of Malaysia, saying it puts trade interests above the plight of trafficking victims.

Reporting by The Edge Financial Daily and a sister publication could “be prejudicial to public order,” the government says.

Thirty-two other suspects are on the run.