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Today’s headlines: Bihar and Assam drop charges and lift arrests against Cockroach Janata Party protesters; Lee in Brazil pushes for a free trade agreement between South Korea and Mercosur; Marcos says the Philippines will launch a rocket into space in 2027; Record-breaking first day of trading for Chinese microchip manufacturer.

Today’s headlines: Netanyahu orders “large-scale military operation” in the West Bank; In first ever, two Chinese mathematicians awarded Fields Medal; Malaysia aims to produce its first vaccine for human use by 2028; Survey: 4 in 10 South Korean men pay for sex.

Today’s headlines: Bangladesh’s President Shahabuddin is set to resign; Hasina is ready to return; In India, talks are underway between the government and the Cockroach Janta Party; Vietnam wants to ban social media for under-16s; In Singapore, gender inequality is most pronounced among Gen Z.

Today’s headlines: Modi responds (belatedly) to protests by promising an immediate inquiry into the tests; Beijing launches two days of military exercises in the Taiwan Strait; Houthis claim responsibility for an attack on two Saudi ships; Washington and Riyadh sign an agreement on nuclear energy for peaceful purposes.

Today’s headlines: at least 12 workers die in a tunnel collapse in the Indian state of Sikkim; Rubio and Wang Yi set for US-China bilateral talks on the sidelines of the ASEAN meeting: Vietnam: human rights group demand release of those arrested over ‘anti-state’ text about Ho Chi Minh; Tokyo pushes for casual dress for workers to combat the heat.

Today’s headlines: at least 20 dead and 100 missing in floods in eastern Afghanistan; Shoko Kawara first female mayor in Japan to take maternity leave; UNESCO adopts the ‘Busan Declaration’ on international cooperation to protect cultural heritage; Bahrain and Kuwait intercept Iranian missiles; Lebanese President Aoun is meeting Trump today.

Today’s headlines: in Delhi, thousands of protesters march towards parliament to demand reforms to the education system; Ninth day of attacks between the United States and Iran; Delivery rider Wang Jibing wins the Chinese Lu Xun Literary Prize; Success for BTS in the first half-time show of a World Cup final.

Today's news: While accusing Beijing of interference, Trump allows an executive order adopted in 2020 to sanction Hong Kong to expire. The Philippines is outraged by a racist video about Filipinos on the China Daily website. An Indian activist is hospitalised on the twentieth day of a hunger strike sparked by a university exam controversy.  

Today’s news: sixth night of fighting between the United States and Iran in the Gulf. One dead and nearly 100 injured in Odisha during the annual Jagannath Rath Yatra festival. South Korea’s Naver revises an app that discriminates against foreigners. Appointments of thousands of Thai civil servants revoked over exam fraud.

Today’s headlines: crackdown on free press, arrests and closures from Hong Kong to Vietnam. Data leak at the Kudankulam nuclear power station in India. UN: boats carrying over 500 migrants have sunk off the coast of Myanmar. Guidelines for ‘pilot zones’ at the sixth Lebanon-Israel meeting.

Today’s headlines: At least nine dead in clashes between security forces and Jaac supporters in Pakistani Kashmir; The death toll from the Bangkok fire rises to 32; Sharp slowdown in China's growth in the second quarter; Tokyo: new AI regulations ahead of the vote.

Today’s headlines: third night of US air strikes against Iran, as tensions flare between the Houthis and Saudi Arabia; ASEAN demands ‘tangible progress’ on a peace plan from Myanmar at first meeting of foreign ministers since the 2021 coup; Iraqi Prime Minister meets Patriarch Nona and pledges commitment to the return of Christians.