Today’s headlines: 903 dead and 4,247 missing – the latest death toll from the floods in Nepal and Tibet. Sharif suspends eight officials following the deaths of 14 newborns in Islamabad. New measures to tackle the cost of living announced in Kuala Lumpur. First meeting between Ankara, Riyadh and Islamabad under the ‘Mecca Pact’.
Today's headlines: at least three Alawites killed in protests in Latakia, Syria; Nepalese rapper-turned-mayor Balen joins the Rastriya Swatantra Party ahead of March parliamentary elections; Thailand and Cambodia meet to “consolidate” the ceasefire on their borders; Over 4,000 schools have closed in South Korea in recent years due to a lack of students.
Today's headlines: Despite tensions with Washington, India continues to invest in AI data centres; Record number of foreigners in South Korea; Attack in Syria targets Alawite mosque.
Today's headlines: Settler intentionally runs over Muslim Palestinian praying in the West Bank; Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib convicted of abuse of power and money laundering; Taiwan's parliament opens impeachment proceedings against President Lai; In South Korea, it will be possible to read the daily principle of the Pyongyang regime.
Today's headlines: Amazon blocks applications from 1,800 North Korean workers; ASEAN announces meeting between Cambodian and Thai delegations tomorrow to stop the war; Japan uses AI to counter bear attacks; New clashes between government militias and Kurdish forces in Aleppo.
Today's news: The US carried out a massive US strike against Islamic State targets in Syria in response to recent attacks. Taiwan police say 27-year-old Chang Wen acted "alone”, resulting in four people dead and 11 wounded. Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife have been sentenced to another 17-year sentence for corruption. More than 200 arrests have been made in Myanmar under a new law targeting people who “undermine” elections.
Today's headlines: Thailand-Cambodia, Bangkok acknowledges its first civilian casualty in the conflict; Beijing has imposed sanctions on a former senior Japanese army officer for collusion with Taiwan; Delhi: online classes and a ban on construction work due to air pollution 30 times higher than the WHO limit; The IDF has struck three Hezbollah members in southern Lebanon
Today's headlines: Jimmy Lai's trial verdict in Hong Kong on Monday 15th; Filippino civil society joins anti-corruption campaign filing criminal complaints against Sara Duterte; Delhi simplifies visas for Chinese entrepreneurs; At least 50,000 people in Kuwait will be stripped of their citizenship by 2024; Uzbekistan aims for oil self-sufficiency with the exploitation of the Karakalpakstan fields.
Today's headlines: the Mexican parliament approves tariffs of up to 50% to target Chinese imports; Serious disruption in Gaza due to flooding of tent cities caused by bad weather in areas already devastated by war; In South Korea, investigations into links between politicians and the Unification Church are also spreading to the current government; Diwali among UNESCO's intangible cultural heritage
Today's headlines: Death toll rises to 10 in renewed clashes on the border between Thailand and Cambodia; 7.5 magnitude earthquake in the Hokkaido region of Japan: at least 34 dead; A 15-year-old girl from Myanmar is the first foreigner to lose her residence permit in Singapore for using etomidate in her e-cigarette; On the first anniversary of Assad's fall, President al Sharaa returns to promise a Syria without violence.
Today's headlines: Turnout in Hong Kong's “patriots only” elections just 31.9%; Japan withdraws from plans to build a nuclear power plant in Vietnam; Twenty-five people die in a nightclub fire in Goa; The Gulf Centre for Human Rights denounces the forced disappearance of human rights activist Talib al-Saedi in Oman; Kyrgyzstan runs for a seat on the UN Security Council.
Today's headlines: Israel's 2026 budget includes record spending on arms and defence (while it continues to bomb Lebanon); The weather emergency continues in Sri Lanka, with more rain forecast; Taipei temporarily blocks access to a Chinese app for online fraud; In India, airports are in chaos and over 1,200 flights have been cancelled due to the grounding of the national airline IndiGo; Kazakhstan passes a law punishing women who wear the niqab.
Today's headlines: The hostage’s body returned by Islamic Jihad is that of Thai migrant Suthisak Rintalak, found north of Gaza; Beijing is deploying its most impressive naval force in East Asia; Delhi reverses its decision to make it compulsory to install a state-provided application on smartphones in the country; The new round of talks between Pakistan and Afghanistan ends without agreement.
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