Asia Today

Today's news: Pyongyang wants to ‘permanently’ cut off roads to South Korea; Trump will invest in a chain of resorts in northern Vietnam; Putin in Turkmenistan will meet for the first time with the new Iranian premier Pezeshkyan; An 18-year-old Nepalese Sherpa becomes the youngest person to have climbed all 14 eight-thousanders.

Today's news: In Israel, relatives of the 7 October victims in an alternative ceremony return to demand inchjiesta on the responsibilities of the Netanyahu government; Duterte runs again for mayor of Davao to back Sara against Marcos; Daughter's appeal for Ren Zhiqiang, the former Chinese real estate tycoon in jail for ‘corruption’ after criticising Xi Jinping; Catholics for peace persecuted in Belarus.

Today's news: Hamas rockets from Gaza and Israeli raids on the Strip and Lebanon on the first anniversary of the Hamas assault; Five dead from heat and crowds at an Indian acrobatic patrol performance in Chennai; Johor from 1 January will return the weekend to Saturday and Sunday; North Korean officers also among Russian soldiers killed by Ukrainians in Donetsk.

Today's headlines: Malaysia's prime minister is visiting Dhaka. The approval rating of the new Japanese prime minister is the lowest ever recorded at the start of his term in office. Floods in Thailand also affect elephants. China and South Korea evacuated their own citizens from Lebanon (including some Taiwanese).

Today's news: Delhi approves 1.2 billion programme to double table oil production; One in five Hong Kong residents live in poverty; Ankara and Baghdad sign MoU on voluntary return of Iraqi migrants; Cambodian citizen in Malaysia deported for criticising the Phnom Penh government on social media.

Today's news: Singapore's former transport minister sentenced to 12 months in prison; Chinese authorities ordered the transfer of 200 students from a Buddhist monastery in Tibet to state schools; Delhi blocks the screening of a Pakistani film, the first in over a decade; Dozens of tigers, lions and panthers die in two zoos in Vietnam from H5N1 bird flu.

Today's news: Delhi opposes the idea of an ‘Asian NATO’ advocated by the new Japanese premier; Seoul unveils the latest ‘monster missile’ that can hit critical infrastructure in the North; Textile factories reopen in Bangladesh after violent protests; The Myanmar regime launches population census operations ahead of vote.

Today's news: Israeli troops in Lebanon, ‘limited’ operation (but settlers already ‘selling’ property); Militias attack army headquarters in Mandalay; Afghan Taliban announce the arrest of Isis militiamen responsible for attacks in Bamiyan and Kabul; Thai court authorises extradition for Montagnard activist accused of ‘terrorism’ by Hanoi.

Today's news: Landslides and floods leave at least 170 dead, schools closed in Nepal; Riyadh, record number of executions: over 198 in 2024, highest figure since 1990; Taiwan on alert for ‘multiple waves’ of missile launches and tests in China's hinterland; Two attacks in Balochistan, Pakistan leave seven dead and 20 kidnapped; Vietnamese prisoners of conscience on hunger strike.

Today's headlines: Japan's new prime minister Ishiba is set to appoint rival Koizumi as head of the party's election committee. Manila has launched a plan to start up nuclear power plants by 2032. Nepal and India have signed 12 development projects dedicated to education, health, agriculture, and drinking water. The Homeless World Cup 2024 closes today in Seoul.

Today's news: Israel intercepts Yemen-launched missile, new air raids and deaths also in Gaza; Fiji protests at UN over intercontinental ballistic missile test launched by China into the Ocean; At least 46 dead including many children in India from ritual bathing at a Hindu festival despite swollen rivers; Work accidents rise in South Korea with immigrants as victims.

Today's news: US and France call for 21-day truce in Lebanon after UN Security Council; New $7 billion loan to Pakistan from International Monetary Fund; The Vatican Library will exhibit its works in an exhibition set up in the terminal of the Saudi airport where pilgrims disembarking to Mecca; In Kazakhstan new fences at the presidential palace to make demonstrations impossible.