Asia Today

Today's headlines: Pyongyang's new missile test for the development of spy satellites; Baghdad hosts its first official football match in years, to qualify for the 2022 Qatar World Cup; Nepal's parliament passes a controversial rule on US funding that triggers street protests; Russian teachers' petition against the war; at least 12,000 people evacuated in Malaysia due to flooding.

The other news of the day: Russian forces surround Kiev. The bishop of Hong Kong urges the faithful to pray for Ukraine. At the UN, India abstains from voting in favour of the resolution against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The Ukrainian government asks for Israeli mediation in the conflict with Moscow. Red Cross warns that the Afghan economy is on the verge of collapse.

Today's headlines: Japan tightens sanctions against Moscow, Erdogan hopes to mediate in Ukrainian crisis; Indonesia rocked by earthquake; 16-year-old Indian boy beats world chess champion; death sentence in Pakistan for Zahir Jaffer; Kyrgyzstan bans poor families from killing animals at funerals.

Today's headlines: fuel shortage hits Vietnam; striking in Cambodia can lead to imprisonment; Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan proposes televised debate with Narendra Modi; the Emirates wants to buy Chinese jets; women in Turkmenistan must wear traditional dress to vote.

Today's headlines: the Syrian government supports Vladimir Putin's decision to recognise the two Ukrainian provinces as independent; Imran Khan visits Moscow; in China the cost of raising a child exceeds that of the US and Japan; protests continue in Kazakhstan and Indian Karnataka; in the Philippines, school runs on rails.

Today's headlines: Tonga is reconnected with the rest of the world; the EU launches a new package of sanctions against Burma's military junta; Sri Lanka is ready to hold talks with the International Monetary Fund to ease its economic crisis; Taiwan calls for an investigation into its own Olympian who wore a Chinese uniform.

Today's headlines: Former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will visit Taiwan; disapproval of government is growing in Japan; Burma's military junta won't allow Asean to meet with the opposition; fertility treatments will be covered by medical insurance in Beijing; a plane has crashed in Iran.

Today's Headlines: Unrest over hijab ban continues to rock India; in the Philippines a doctor accused of being the head of rebel communists has been arrested; Malaysia supermarkets to grow vegetables in store; in Afghanistan the Taliban have deployed over 4,000 soldiers on the borders with Central Asian countries.

Today's headlines: Taiwanese microchip production booms; Kim Jong-un celebrates his faher with mass amnesty; Kashmiri families demand release of children held for sedition; Ancient Roman cemetery found in Gaza; Belarusians dennounce presence of Russian soldiers; Kazakh diaspora returns home.

Today's headlines: India and UAE sign trade and investment agreement; Pandemic now out of control in Hong Kong; Taiwan issues law to protect microchip industry from Chinese espionage; Burmese junta razes more than 4,500 civilian homes; Political tension mounts in Georgia.

Today's headlines: Chinese judges freeze $157 million in Evegrande assets; Surge in Covid-19 infections in Southeast Asia; Bangladesh among world's top exporters of military uniforms; Iraqi court orders Kurdistan government to hand over oil and gas to central government; New trial of Naval'nyj.

Today's headlines: South Korea's presidential campaign gets underway; Myanmar will not send representatives to Asean summit; Hijab in schools dispute spreads to Uttar Pradesh; First visit of an Israeli premier to Bahrain; Ukrainian oligarchs flee the country amid fears of conflict with Russia.