Story Archive
2015-08-13
So far this year, 44 women and girls have died after being raped, an NGO says.
2015-08-12
An opposition party and a group of hackers come after Najib Razak over questions about how hundreds of millions of dollars landed in his bank accounts.
2015-08-11
Human rights advocates have accused the Thai military of forcing people in the insurgency-affected Deep South to give authorities DNA samples.
2015-08-11
"That night, my mother made me promise that I would find a way to escape and never return to Burma,” Mohammed Tahir says.
2015-08-10
The Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh members are convicted and sentenced for their roles in a series of bombings in 2005.
2015-08-10
But members of the country’s secular blogging community don’t feel safe and are trying to flee abroad.
2015-08-07
Suspects are seldom nabbed at the scene of the crime – even those committed in broad daylight.
2015-08-07
The rise of the Islamic State (IS) terror group emboldens extremists, police official says.
2015-08-07
Niladri Chottopaddhya, whose pen name was Niloy Neel, became the fourth secular blogger killed by alleged Islamists this year.
2015-08-06
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.
2015-08-05
“Conclusive” confirmation shows Boeing 777 crashed in the Indian Ocean, Najib Razak tells the nation.
2015-08-05
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.
2015-08-05
Arrest comes shortly after U.S. criticizes Thailand’s efforts to fight human trafficking.
2015-08-04
But their two Indian colleagues still remain in captivity in the North African country.
2015-08-04
Mohammad Rakib, 12, became the second child to die a horrific death in less than a month.