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Asia

  • Protesters clash with guards in the street

    Bangladesh student protests turn into ‘mass movement against a dictator’

  • The BRP Sierra Madre, a marooned transport ship which Philippine Marines live on as a military outpost, in the disputed Second Thomas Shoal in the South China Sea

    ‘I did it as quietly as I could’: the navy chief who wrecked his ship to scupper China’s ambitions

    Vice Admiral Eduardo Santos was in charge of the Philippine navy at a time of ‘creeping invasion’ by China. Then along came an unusual idea
  • Woman's hand pressing keys of a laptop keyboard

    North Korea-backed cyber espionage campaign targets UK military

    National Cyber Security Centre warns of global hacking effort to obtain nuclear and defence intelligence

  • Typhoon Gaemi: ‘race against time’ to contain massive oil spill in Philippines

  • Crew member missing as tanker carrying fuel sinks in rough seas off Philippines – video

  • Typhoon Gaemi makes landfall in Taiwan and brings floods to Manila – video

  • Monsoon rains from Typhoon Gaemi strike Philippines – in pictures

  • Plane carrying 19 people crashes in Nepal after takeoff – video

  • Businesses in Japan consider charging tourists more amid surge in visitors

  • Rubbish balloons from North Korea land on presidential office compound in Seoul

Asia Pacific

  • Deadly violence has erupted in Papua New Guinea, as the result of a dispute over land

    Papua New Guinea
    At least 26 killed in Papua New Guinea village attacks, including 16 children

  • A New Zealand weka bird

    New Zealand
    Reality TV contestant apologises for killing and eating protected New Zealand bird

  • NZ Government Receives Final Report From Royal Commission Into Abuse in Care<br>WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND - JULY 24: Members of the public arrive as part of a hikoi prior to the release of The Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care report at Parliament on July 24, 2024 in Wellington, New Zealand. The report and recommendations are being released today. (Photo by Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images)

    New Zealand
    ‘National disgrace’: landmark New Zealand report finds 200,000 victims of abuse in state care

  • Dietary supplements recalled in March 2024 by Japanese drugmaker Kobayashi Pharmaceutical. The products contain an ingredient called red yeast rice, or ‘beni koji’, which has been linked to deaths and kidney problems

    Japan
    Head of Japan drugmaker to resign over dietary supplement potentially linked to 80 deaths

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South & central Asia

  • Mountain Queen The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa.

    Film
    Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa review – a female Everest climber’s ascent

  • Young man with beard turned to one side revealing arm with severe bruising

    Bangladesh
    Bangladeshi students allege police torture after protests crackdown

  • Ramiz Safa playing his rubab

    Afghanistan
    ‘The Taliban tried to silence us’: the musicians who escaped to Portugal

  • Ahmad Farhad, his wife, Syeda Urooj Zainab, and lawyers, hold their hands up in the peace sign

    Pakistan
    ‘I fear they will kill me for talking’: The Pakistani poet abducted for his activism

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Pictures & video

  • Bangladesh overturns job quota ruling after violent protests – video

  • Torrential rain has caused a bridge to collapse in northern China, killing at least 11 people and leaving more than 30 missing

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    Bridge collapses in China amid floods, leaving several dead and dozens missing – video

    Torrential rain has caused a bridge to collapse in northern China, killing at least 11 people and leaving more than 30 missing
  • Ibrahim Iskandar, holding a long gold dagger, and Raja Sofiah stand side by side before gold, yellow and black thrones

    Malaysia crowns Sultan Ibrahim Iskander as new king – in pictures

    The 17th king of Malaysia is crowned at the National Palace in Kuala Lumpur
  • Rieko Hirosawa, who herself is blind, has learned how to play the shamisen and sing the songs of the goze, blind and visually impaired women who earned a living as itinerant musicians and who numbered in their hundreds at their peak in the late 19th century

    3:45

    The songs of the goze: Rieko Hirosawa keeps tradition alive in Japan – video

  • The alleged suspect was said to be identified by hotel employees based on an image captured by security cameras showing a part of his masked face

    0:49

    Police parade suspect in alleged killing of two Australians and relative in Philippines – video

  • Tony and Cherie Blair pose for pictures at the wedding of Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant, Mumbai.

    Ambani wedding: guests from Bollywood stars to global statesmen attend lavish event

  • Heavy rainfall flooded streets and triggered landslides in China forcing rescuers to evacuate residents from buildings and remove vehicles partly submerged in flood water

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    Heavy rains flood streets and trap hundreds in China – video report

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