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Today’s headlines: the former Emir of Qatar has died; tit-for-tat attacks between Iran and the United States continue; Barisan Nasional has won the elections in Johor, with Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s party suffering a crushing defeat; Over 37 per cent of South Korean minors who are victims of sexual offences do not report the crime;Hanoi has arrested the captain of the capsized boat that killed at least 15 Indian tourists.

Today’s headlines: over 600,000 people have been evacuated in Wenzhou ahead of the arrival of Typhoon Bavi, which has already hit Japan and Taiwan. Six graves and a fountain at an Armenian cemetery in Istanbul have been vandalised, leaving the community ‘saddened’. A petition has been accepted on behalf of three Thai sailors who were victims of an attack on their vessel in the Gulf. Dozens have been arrested in India during protests following the rape and murder of an 11-year-old girl.

Today’s headlines: Seven Rohingya school girls and their teacher die in Bangladesh landslide. New US strikes against Iranian targets, prompt Iranian retaliation on American bases in Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar; Pakistani aircraft that went missing yesterday off the coast of Karachi located; South Korea’s delivery riders loose long legal battle against a leading delivery firm.

Today’s headlines: The UK has recognises sacrifice of nearly 10,000 Indian soldiers from the Punjab during the First World War;. In Indonesia, a rubbish tip has been burning for a week; The International Monetary Fund revises growth forecasts for Cambodia downwards; At least 21 people die in China landslide.

Today’s headlines: Pakistan wants to impose Islamic finance on all national banks; Since 2021, 80 per cent of drug rehabilitation centres in Afghanistan have closed; Chinese missile test in the Pacific; Hamas announces the dissolution of its government; Hiroshima invites the family of an Iranian girl from the Minab school to this year’s commemorations.

Today’s headlines: Russian attack on a residential complex in Kyiv; Turkey has arrested over 100 anti-NATO protesters in Ankara; In the Philippines, the impeachment proceedings against Sara Duterte have begun; India halts sugar exports to boost biofuel production.

Today's news: China has launched a new sea patrol east of Taiwan. Drug traffickers are recruiting Thai aircrew members as couriers. At least 40 people died in Pakistan after a bus ended up in a ditch, with a similar incident in Afghanistan. In Japan, indigenous Ainu are denied inherent fishing rights.

Today’s headlines: Lam Wing Kee, the former Hong Kong publisher persecuted by Beijing, has died; Delhi and Tokyo have signed bilateral agreements to strengthen their economic partnership; Seoul is introducing a more flexible assessment system for foreign professionals in the technology sector; At least nine people have been killed and over 20 injured in a bomb explosion in Damascus.

Today’s headlines: the Syrian president appoints the final 70 members of parliament, including 15 women; The (Chinese) Myitsone mega-project in northern Myanmar gets back on track; Two churches in the UAE that had been closed due to the war have reopened. Kerala Assembly opposes Delhi’s reform on foreign funding for NGOs; Hanoi scraps the two-child policy and offers incentives to families.

Today’s headlines: Border crisis and refugee emergency; Phnom Penh cancels the 2026 Water Festival; Meeting between Iranian and US delegates postponed, rift between the parties remains; At least 14 children killed in roof collapse at a building in Lahore; In Singapore, one in four citizens has no religious faith.

Today’s headlines: Iranian and US negotiators are expected in Doha to shore up the fragile truce following the weekend’s attacks; Eight men have been arrested in a donation scandal linked to a temple in Ayodhya backed by Modi’s BJP; Over 6.3 million children in Myanmar will not attend school in the 2026–27 academic year; Seoul launches a series of mega-projects in the fields of semiconductors and artificial intelligence.

Today’s headlines: Tehran and Washington “suspend” military action following the clashes of recent days; the truce holds; Seoul and Tokyo renew their cooperation on the denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula; Sheikh Hasina promises to return to Bangladesh by “the end of this year”; Politicians and senior officials have been arrested as part of an anti-corruption campaign led by Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi.