Asia Today

Today's headlines: WHO panel denounces China's omissions on pandemic origin investigation; Malaysia abolishes death penalty; Indian opposition seeks sole candidate for the country's presidency; Gaza once again has a clean, swimmable sea; Despite having fed to Israel, Moscow's chief rabbi is confirmed in his post.

Today's headlines: Thailand legalises cannabis; the Burmese military kills 11 civilians; India's government raises security levels due to risk of al-Qaeda attacks; Tensions between Atomic Energy Agency and Iran; Russia no longer recognises the European Court of Human Rights.

Today's headlines: Syrian Kurds ready to coordinate with Bashar al-Assad's troops against possible Turkish attack; US and South Korea launch 8 ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan; China's services crisis continues; Laos on the ropes due to inflation; Constitutional referendum in Kazakhstan; Russian communist youth revolt over the invasion of Ukraine.

The other news of the day: Myanmar junta torched hundreds of homes last week, Sri Lanka hopes to attract foreign investment, supermarkets are stormed in Uzbekistan, Timor Leste inks agreements with China, Hong Kong students hide figurines of the “democracy goddess”.

In today's headlines: Wells are drying up in India; the US backs the Philippines in the South China Sea dispute against China; Indonesia uses Serbian weapons against Papua; new divisions in the Orthodox Church in Ukraine.

The other news of the day: Malaysia ends price controls on chicken, South Korea’s conservatives boost their power, Australia takes action in the Pacific to counter Chinese influence, Uzbekistan ends subsidy meant to encourage people to walk, two Ukrainian prisoners of war speak about their experience in a Russian detention centre.

Today's headlines: an 80-year-old Singaporean climbed the highest peak in the Philippines; Belarus introduces the crime of 'doing nothing'; Oxfam calls for an extension of the truce in Yemen; Indonesia refuses to send its workers to Malaysia; Shanghai reopens and Beijing admits more patrols around Taiwan.

Today's headlines: Japan tests a next generation power system; Shanghai is almost out of lockdown; India launches measures to assist Covid-19 orphans; Malaysia considers blocking palm oil exports; a Russian ship has docked in Syria possibly smuggling Ukrainian grain.

Today's headlines: A plane with 22 passengers crashes in Nepal; South Korean cinema continues to sweep awards; the Turkmen president's mother is 'Turkmenistan's supreme carpet weaver'; UN claims Taliban still harbouring al-Qaeda;Maronite patriarch Bechara Rai undergoes heart surgery.

Today's headlines: Violence erupts inin Kashmir following the arrest of independence leader Malik; Japanese Red Army co-founder Fusako Shigenobu released from prison; Ankara mulls reform of press law, with three years in jail for 'disinformation'; divisions between Beijing and London scuttle a note on Myanmar at the UN; Georgia celebrates independence.

Today's headlines: after two years of Covid-19 closures, from 10 June international tourism resumes in Japan; Beijing rejects passport applications from Christians; drug use is rampant in the Kachin State in northern Myanmar; the Indian prime minister continues his protectionist policy on food, after wheat now sugar; from Bishkek a call "for unity" to the other Central Asian nations to counter the critical period.

Today's headlines:Health chief fired as Covid cases rise in Beijing; a series of explosions hit Afghanistan, at least 16 killed; Aung San Suu Kyi's family lodge a complaint to the UN against junta imposed detention; in Kazakhstan the quarantine-related "baby-boom" continues.