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Today's news: Min Aung Hlaing attends BIMSTEC summit in Bangkok as junta hinders aid flow to Myanmar; Families of the victims of Duterte's ‘war on drugs’ demand investigation into the severe cyberbullying; Tibetans accuse China of eliminating their cultural identity by repressing their language; Modi visits Sri Lanka.

Today's news: Asian stock markets continue negative trends in wake of Trump's tariffs; An American writer has been mistaken for Rodrigo Duterte's lawyer; Malaysia calls off search for MH370; Iran and Afghanistan meet to resolve the refugee issue.

In today's news: US officials in China are forbidden from having romantic relationships with local citizens; The Burmese general Min Aung Hlaing flies to Thailand despite the earthquake tragedy; The situation of the population in Gaza worsens due to military operations and the blockade by Israel, which also bombs Syria; In Japan, an April Fool's joke about the price of rice is not well received.

Today's news: Burmese military junta rejects rebel groups' ceasefire, as Thailand intensifies investigations into the building that collapsed in quake; Tensions between Japan and South Korea over the opening of a museum; In Madhya Pradesh, ban on alcohol in Hindu sites; Three Christians injured in Iraq during the Assyrian New Year celebrations.

Today's news: Burmese military junta has calls for a week of mourning, while the Government of National Unity in exile tries alternative ways to send aid; South Korea's Constitutional Court to issue verdict on President Yoon Suk-yeol at the end of the week; Israel bombs Beirut; Uttarakhand renames places of Islamic origin.

Today's news: China, South Korea and Japan are moving towards a free trade agreement; Tensions rise between the United States and Iran; In the Philippines, families of ‘war on drugs’ victims target of a disinformation campaign In Indonesia, a clown teaches the values of the Islamic faith to children.

Today's headlines: The provisional death toll from yesterday’s earthquake in Myanmar (and Thailand) has topped a thousand deaths. Trump restores military aid to the Philippines. In Chhattisgarh, Maoist violence breaks out again, with several deaths. In China, a Uyghur rapper was sentenced to three years in prison for lyrics that “promoted extremism”. In Nepal at least two have died and dozens injured in clashes between police and monarchists.

Today's news: Australia will go to early elections on 3 May; Duterte supporters take to the streets in the Philippines on the day the former president turns 80 in prison in The Hague: China expands the internal market for carbon credits to reduce emissions; Astronomers: it is impossible to see the crescent moon from Saudi Arabia that will announce the end of Ramadan on Sunday.

Today's news: Washington removes Afghanistan from the list of countries that present threats to national security; Moscow announces the imminent start of work on the bridge with North Korea; Four disabled children die of food poisoning in a public institution in Lucknow; China has lost a quarter of its glaciers since 1960; Historic milestone for a 19-year-old Filipino tennis player.

Today's news: 18 dead in the forest fires that have been afflicting South Korea for days; On social networks, videos of the protest against Hamas by hundreds of Palestinians in Gaza; Controversy in Papua New Guinea over a temporary Facebook blackout for ‘security measures’; A film by an Anglo-Indian director blocked by censors in Delhi for ‘negative representation of the police’.

Today's news: in Turkey the mayor of Ankara is also under investigation; Compensation of 1.3 million euros for the Japanese man held innocent for more than forty years on death row; In India, an area of forest equivalent to the size of the metropolis of Delhi has been cut down over the last nine years; Orthodox priest arrested in a church in St. Petersburg for speaking out against the war.

Today's news: Israeli raid on Gaza hospital to target hospitalised Hamas member, death toll exceeds 50,000. Chinese Vice-Premier meets global multinational leaders to encourage investment in the country. Motion of no confidence in Paetongtarn Shinawatra: ‘His father is the real head of the government’. Russian dissident Aleksandr Skobov sentenced to 16 years in prison.