The Asian Today Online

The UK government has suspended financial aid to Myanmar's military amid the ongoing crisis in the country. More than 400,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled the violence of the country otherwise known as Burma for neighbouring Bangladesh. The Ministry of Defence says...

A tribunal has found an Australian school discriminated against a five-year-old Sikh boy when it prevented his enrolment because he wore a turban. Melton Christian School in Melbourne prohibits non-Christian head coverings for boys as part of its uniform policy. The...

Pakistan batsman Khalid Latif has been banned from all forms of cricket for five years following a spot-fixing inquiry. A Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) tribunal handed down the punishment to the 31-year-old after finding Latif guilty of all charges at...

Two West Midlands men have been arrested for their involvement in the storing and supplying of guns and ammunition to crime groups. 29-year-old Umair Khan from Birmingham made purchases of firearms, including more than 50 revolvers, using the dark web,...

Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar's de facto leader, has said her government does not fear "international scrutiny" over its handling of the ongoing Rohingya crisis. Ms Suu Kyi was addressing the nation for the first time on the crisis and...

Following his sacking at Birmingham City, Harry Redknapp says there is "every chance" his managerial career is over. The 70-year-old was fired after the Blues lost at home to Preston, leaving them in 23rd position in the table with just...

Myanmar top General Min Aung Hlaing has blamed Rohingya people for the crisis that has led to hundreds of thousands crossing into Bangladesh, accusing “terrorists” of attempting to build a stronghold in the nation. He said that the Rohingya “have...

Kulsoom Nawaz, the wife of the former prime minister who was ousted following a corruption enquiry, has won a by election in Lahore. Ms Sharif stood in place of her husband, following his disqualification in July. According to local media, she...

Karachi police say the bodies of a teenage Pakistani couple feared murdered in an "honour killing" bear marks suggesting they were electrocuted. 15-year-old Bakht Jan and her boyfriend 17-year-old Rehman were planning to elope but their families found out and...

Isabelle Weall, who lost her arms and legs to meningitis at the age of seven, has launched a YouTube channel to help inspire others in similar situations. The 14-year-old wears leg blades and became a national trampolining champion last year. “When...

Police have described the incident in which a man was shot dead as a “shocking and cold-blooded killing”. The man, who has been identified but not yet named publicly, was shot in Great Hampton Row, Hockley, Birmingham, on Wednesday evening....

Unions representing NHS workers have written to the chancellor to demand a 3.9% pay rise as well as an extra £800 to make up for the "cut" they have seen over recent years. Pay has fallen by 15% since 2010...