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 news: China's space agency names launchers that will put a man on the moon by 2030; Thousands of Filipinos take to the streets against Marcos' constitutional reform on the 38th anniversary of his father's ouster; Indians spend less on food, increase resources for TVs and fridges; New on-shore gas field discovered in Saudi Arabia.
Today's news: Imran Khan appeals to the International Monetary Fund demanding independent verification of the vote before negotiations; Taiwan's TSMC opened its first microchip factory in Japan; Egyptian economy collapses as tourism, gas and Suez Canal hit by war in Gaza; In Russia more victims of the repression of crimes of opinion under Putin than in the thirty years from Kruschev to Andropov.
Today's news:since 10 February rise in births in China for the year of the dragon; Some Indian states ban candyfloss: Nostalgic videos about the Suharto dictatorship go viral in Indonesia; Armenia restructures its army.
Today's news: Farmers' march in India suspended for two days due to one death in clashes with police; Palestinian attack on a check-point near Jerusalem; US authorities indicte a Japanese man accused of trafficking nuclear material from Myanmar to Iran; Papua New Guinea wants to call in Australian police to quell ethnic violence in the Highlands; In Tajikistan thousands of entrepreneurs go out of business because of corruption.
Today's news: Pakistan's parties reach coalition agreement; Bangladesh under pressure to take in more Rohingya refugees from Myanmar; Highways in China close due to heavy snowfall; Japanese efforts to rebuild Ukraine.
Today's news: In India, the World Hindu Council calls for a lioness to be renamed a deity. Lionel Messi released a video to apologise for the missed match in Hong Kong. In Indonesia at least 71 people died of exhaustion after the election count. Israeli attacks in southern Lebanon. Tourism between Russia and North Korea.
Today's news: In Russia more than 400 protesters arrested for taking to the streets in the wake of Naval'nyj's death; A survey reveals that nearly 70 per cent of Japan's 108 tsunami-prone coastal municipalities would be unprepared for the disaster; The police forcibly keep protesting farmers out of New Delhi; Thaksin Shinawatra returned to freedom; After Cop28 the United Arab Emirates set a record for non-oil exports.
Subscribe to the newsletter to receive verified news, analysis and insights from Asian countries every week.
Subscribeto the newsletter
