Asia Today

Today's headlines: Sri Lanka gets bailout from International Monetary Fund; Turkey blocks passage of sanctioned goods to Russia; Japanese PM visits Kiev: Indonesia passes controversial presidential decree; Russian Orthodox Church opens theological dialogue with China. Low turnout in Kazakhstan elections.

Today's headlines: Hunt underway in India for a Khalistani separatist leader; China-Cambodia hold naval exercises; Thai PM Preyuth back in political polls: Former Australian soldier arrested for alleged crimes in Afghanistan; Russian dissident Vladimir Kara-Murza's condition worsens.

Today's headlines: Chinese President Xi Jinping to visit Moscow; 20,000 people still displaced weeks after flooding in Malaysia; In less than seven days Myanmar's junta has killed at least 48 people; In Kazakhstan, "inconvenient" candidates barred from electoral rolls.

Today's headlines: Indonesia admits difficulties in Myanmar conflict; Indian students returned to Ukraine to finish their studies; Azerbaijan reassures Germany on gas supply; Meeting between Russia, Iran, Syria and Turkey to normalise relations between Ankara and Damascus.

Today's headlines: Pakistan calls off arrest of former premier Imran Khan; India may sell $200 million worth of arms to Indonesia; Myanmar's junta is using displaced people as human shields; Information about fake medical remedies is rampant in the Philippines; Russian credit cards are popular in Cuba; Part of the Georgian opposition wants a pro-Ukrainian government.

Today's headlines: in India, onion farmers demand a higher price; Thai police patrol the durian fields; Another historic low for the Lebanese lira: In Ukraine, Central Asian citizens are used for 'dirty jobs'; Political clashes in Moldova.

Today's headlines: Suicide rates rise in Japan; China ponders new reitirement age; In Thailand drought uncovers a Buddhist stupa from the waters of the Mekong; Pakistani Taliban are using weapons abandoned by Americans in Afghanistan; Turkmenistan awaits opening of Israeli embassy.

Today's headlines: in Afghanistan, the Taliban ask local residents to pay for road construction; Missing Taiwanese soldier found in China; Living conditions worsen in Nagorno Karabakh following further blockades of the Lačin corridor; In Japan the trial for the longest-serving man on death row is reopened.

Today's news: Hong Kong jails three activists who organised Tiananmen vigils while releasing Elizabeth Tang on bail; Thai authorities issue a pollution alert; Japan remembers the victims of the Fukushima nuclear disaster on the 12th anniversary of the accident; Indian police arrest three people in connection with the death of a Muslim man, lynched for allegedly transporting beef.

Today's headlines: 23-year-old Palestinian man injures three people in Tel Aviv, killed by police; The Taliban governor of Afghanistan's Balkh province dies in an Isis attack; Cambodian authorities arrest and reduce to a lay state a monk over suspected links to the opposition; South Korean president expected in Tokyo, first visit by a Seoul head of state in 12 years.

Today's headlines: emergency landing in Nepal for a Shree Airlines plane; for Women's Day, the Pyongyang regime calls for more children for the army; three more Palestinian victims today in the West Bank from an Israeli raid. More than 14,000 Protestant Christians attend Spring Love Festival in Vietnam; more and more Japanese companies leave Russia.

Today's headlines: the Burmese junta implodes schools, 300,000 teachers missing; Six Palestinian victims in an Israeli raid in Jenin, rockets fired from the Strip today; Millions of Indians celebrate Holi, festival of colours; Young Thai man sentenced to two years in prison for lese majesty; earthquake damage exceeds 100 billion in Turkey alone.