Today’s headlines: Seoul confirms “signs of a resumption” in talks between Washington and Pyongyang. Myanmar’s president is visiting Vietnam. Tokyo is seeking a record budget for defence spending. Thai activist sentenced to two years for “lèse-majesté”. The Arbitration Tribunal rules that Delhi must implement the water treaty with Islamabad.
Today's news: United Arab Emirates and Vietnam have signed a comprehensive economic partnership agreement; In Pakistan extremist group attacks district for anti-polio vaccinations, three dead; Beijing promotes measures to foster the family and support the birth rate; At least four South-East Asian countries want to join the Brics (while safeguarding relations with the West).
Today's news: New protests in Bangladesh, demonstrators demand President Shahabuddin's resignation; Activists raise the alarm on environment and rights over hydroelectric dam projects on the Mekong between Thailand and Laos; Hundreds of thousands of South Korean Protestants promote prayer service against recognition of rights for same-sex couples.
Today's news: China's economy is growing, but not enough; South Africa has asked Taiwan to move its offices from the capital Pretoria; Children born abroad to Malaysian mothers will also be able to obtain citizenship in Malaysia; In Russia, controls against Hollywood films are being increased; Kzakhstan has no plans to join the BRICS (for now).
Today's news: North Korea has amended its constitution to call South Korea a ‘hostile state’; Freedom of Internet access in Myanmar is hindered as much as in China; Indian Samsung workers ended their strike after one month; While Israel continues to attack Lebanon, the US bombed Houthi weapons sites in Yemen.
Today's news: a Myanmar militia has captured another city along the trade routes to China; In Indonesia, President-elect Prabowo Subianto is choosing his ministers; In Japan a record number of women in the elections, but also candidates who already have relatives in politics; Cardinal Zuppi in Moscow asks Lavrov for the repatriation of deported children and a new prisoner exchange.
Today's news: The two-day meeting between members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation begins today in Pakistan; Israel struck a Christian village in northern Lebanon; The Taliban prohibit TVs from broadcasting images of living beings; India and Canada again expelled their diplomatic representatives.
Today's news: Maharashtra politician killed shortly before local elections; Myanmar militias follow Beijing's lead in peace talks; Cambodia jails Filippino women over surrogacy; Ukraine accuses North Korea of sending its soldiers to Russia.
Today's news: Close associate of Hun Sen arrested in Phnom Penh on his return from China; UN warns growing presence of transnational criminal networks in the small Pacific islands; Delhi wants to introduce a toll on busy roads at peak times; Baku calls for a ceasefire during climate conference; Memorial: 50 Russian citizens in ‘asylums for dissidents’ just like under Brezhnev.
Today's news: new Israeli bombs and eviction orders for hospitals in northern Gaza; According to a Unicef report in Oceania, 34% of women have experienced violence before the age of 18; Three Korean car manufacturers recall 600,000 vehicles due to design error; Two Spanish honeymooners stranded in Singapore over a protest against the (Singaporean) president of the Valencia football team.
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: 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).
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