Protests

Bangladesh deploys army in north as protest death toll mounts

3 Mar 2013

Troops were deployed in violence-wracked Shahjahanpur town after more than 5,000 stick-wielding protesters attacked two police stations, forcing police to open fire

Singapore's livelier politics a sign of the times

25 Feb 2013

The recent protest by an estimated 4,000 Singaporeans, against government plans to increase the city state's population largely through immigration, may not have been large by Hong Kong standards...

Egypt soccer fans enforce work stoppage in restive city of Port Said

19 Feb 2013

Egypt's President Mohammed Mursi had declared a state of emergency and 30-day curfew in Port Said and two other Suez Canal provinces following a wave of violence that left more than 50 people dead...

Singapore protest biggest since independence

17 Feb 2013

Rally leaders, who used Facebook and other online platforms to organise participants, openly attacked the People's Action Party (PAP), which has been in power for more than 50 years and controls...

Blogger's killing brings protesters back to streets of Dhaka

17 Feb 2013

Rajib Haider, an architect, was a key figure in organising the protests and wrote a blog devoted to them. He was attacked outside his home on Friday night after returning from a 100,000-strong...

Opinion

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Bahrain policeman killed in clashes with protesters

A police officer was killed near the Bahraini capital Manama in fresh overnight clashes with protesters marking the second anniversary of a Shiite-led uprising.

Clashes mark Bahrain’s second uprising anniversary

Security forces in Bahrain clashed on Thursday with anti-government protesters in street battles that left at least one boy dead amid high tensions on the second anniversary of the uprising in the...

Talking points

Romantics around the world prepare to take their loved ones somewhere extra special for the day of the year most associated with love.

Talking points

US President Barack Obama delivers his annual state-of-the-union speech to Congress, an opportunity to set out some of his priorities for his second term of office.

CONSUMER AFFAIRS

Vigilantes tackle wrong target in crusade against formula hoarders

About 20 members of the Hong Kong Autonomy Movement who rallied online gathered outside Mong Kok East MTR station in a bid to block people carrying cans of formula or boxes of other goods.

INDIA

India gang-rape trial to open on Thursday in new court

The trial of five men accused of the rape and murder of a student aboard a bus in New Delhi will begin on Thursday and should have none of the long delays commonly associated with India’s justice...