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Bhutan has lost 27 glaciers since its previous national inventory, while its glacier area has fallen by more than 57 square kilometres, according to the National Centre for Hydrology and…
Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif warned on Wednesday, October 21, 2026, that his country would regard any Indian violation of the Indus Waters Treaty as an act of war, renewing…
The Philippines delivered daily necessities on October 21, 2026, to the BRP Sierra Madre at Second Thomas Shoal in the South China Sea, according to China Coast Guard spokesperson Jiang…
Russia has agreed in principle to resume negotiations with Ukraine and the United States after November 10, while promoting a different meeting that would bring Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin and…
Japan has sent a senior diplomat to Moscow to seek access to Yuki Imai, a Hokkaido Shimbun journalist detained on suspicion of espionage, and demand his immediate release. Russia's Federal…
Eight aircraft, a runway about 2,000 metres long and continuing construction have put a newly opened China-Laos military aviation facility at the centre of a regional security debate. The installation…
South Korean retail investors recorded net losses of 6.313 trillion won on products tied to the daily movements of individual shares, principally Samsung Electronics and SK hynix, between their launch on May 27, 2026, and August 14. Financial Supervisory Service figures compiled from 10 securities…
Kazakhstan approved a Military Reform Plan on October 21, 2026, that would divide compulsory military service into six months at training centres followed by six months in military units. The…
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s administration will seek reconsideration of a Philippine Supreme Court decision striking down the 2024 and 2025 budget laws over congressional increases of P449.5 billion and P17.99…
Pakistan's television regulator has renewed restrictions on coverage of explosions, shootings and terrorist attacks, ordering satellite channels to broadcast only information verified by the relevant government department or law enforcement…
About 100,000 proposed temporary jobs in Bangladesh's government offices are on hold because a revised outsourcing policy allows departments to contract directly with workers, while public procurement legislation lacks a…
A Chinese Communist Party delegation has met nine political parties in Yangon to ask how people in Myanmar view China, as Beijing seeks to protect its influence amid renewed direct…
A high school student playing YOASOBI's song Gunjo at Tainan railway station on October 20 was interrupted by a man singing China's national anthem while livestreaming on his phone. After…
Goshi Hosono faces questions over whether four premises described as contact offices were used for election campaigning in Japan's October 2024 House of Representatives election. His election expense accounts reportedly…
Azerbaijan has barred 31 Turkish citizens from entering the country, including New Welfare Party chairman Fatih Erbakan, DEM Party lawmaker Omer Faruk Gergerlioglu and former football referee Ahmet Cakar. The…
Tajikistan received $25.3 million in humanitarian cargo from January through September 2026, a decline of 46.3% from the same period in 2025, according to figures from the Customs Service under…
Bhutan lost about 28% of its yak population between 2020 and 2024. Now herders from Bhutan, India and Nepal are preparing to launch a regional organisation aimed at protecting the…
Tajikistan's lower house of parliament, the Majlisi Namoyandagon, has unanimously approved a migration bill intended to replace the Law on Migration adopted on December 11, 1999. The proposed legislation would…
Tajikistan's Ministry of Internal Affairs is creating a unified police database covering fortune-tellers, people offering sorcery and other occult services, sex workers, people with drug dependence, and some of their…
Sri Lankan authorities arrested 300,218 suspects and conducted 303,017 raids between October 30, 2025, and October 18, 2026, Cabinet spokesperson and Health Minister Nalinda Jayatissa said in an update on…
A Hong Kong mother reportedly asked her daughter's fiancé for a wedding gift of HK$788,000, saying no additional wedding expenses would be required and that she intended to keep the…
Bangladesh's draft Road Safety Act 2026 would require hospitals and clinics to provide free emergency first aid to road crash victims, protect voluntary rescuers from civil and criminal liability, and…
Bangladesh's government has decided to dismantle stations and lane dividers on the 20.5 kilometre Dhaka–Gazipur Bus Rapid Transit corridor and turn it into a highway with three lanes in each…
Li Auto has unveiled an electric technology system covering batteries, electric drives and charging, alongside a promise to replace a vehicle with a new one of the same configuration if…
Nvidia has begun full production of its Vera Rubin artificial intelligence computing platform, with chief executive Jensen Huang saying a server node can now be assembled in less than five…
An artificial intelligence agent linked to cyberattacks on Japanese companies collected fictional personal information from a test website in about 15 seconds, according to a demonstration by Japanese cybersecurity company…
Two South Korean laser weapons shot down all three target drones during an Army exercise in Yangpyeong, Gyeonggi Province, on October 14, 2026, according to Hanwha Systems. The demonstration paired…
Meta is considering whether restrictions on children's use of Instagram and Facebook, including a daily limit of two hours announced for the United States in August, could eventually extend to…
For more than 20 years, students across China have run to a tune whose creator many never knew. Now, an online search by students and other internet users has identified the teacher behind it: Jiang Yanjun of Tangqiao Senior High School in Zhangjiagang, Jiangsu province.…
A demand to make PTT Global Chemical finance the recovery of Rayong's marine environment is at the centre of a Supreme Court case arising from the July 27, 2013 oil…
Southeast Asia's energy emissions would be about 22% higher in 2050 than in 2024 even under the most ambitious transition scenario in the ninth ASEAN Energy Outlook, exposing a gap…
Sri Lanka recorded 455 wild elephant deaths in 2025, up from 388 in 2024, according to a document tabled in Parliament by Environment Minister Dhammika Patabendi. Elephant attacks also killed…
Bangladesh could have 13.3 million internal climate migrants by 2050, about 7.5% of its population, as rising seas, water shortages and declining agricultural production push people to seek homes and…
The Department of Agriculture has recorded P6.87 billion in El Niño damage across 249,028 hectares, with more than 223,000 farmers affected, as senators press for a response that can protect…
Myanmar faces the prospect of shrinking drinking water supplies, reduced hydropower generation and greater heat related illness as a strengthening El Niño threatens to carry unusually hot and dry conditions…
South Korea's proposed regional industrial zone legislation would limit environmental field investigations to no more than twice a year and generally allow only one additional request to correct assessment documents.…
Hong Kong issued its latest Very Hot Weather Warning of the year on record at 6.45am on Wednesday, October 21, as temperatures reached 36°C in Yuen Long by lunchtime and…
More than 2,000 fans gathered at Zhongli Tourist Night Market in Taoyuan on the evening of October 21 as Yeh Shuhua, the Taiwanese member of K-pop group i-dle, filmed a…
Star Ferry passengers travelling between Central and Tsim Sha Tsui or between Wan Chai and Tsim Sha Tsui will pay an extra HK$0.60 to HK$1.80 per journey from January 25,…
Foreign visitors spent a record 7.06 trillion yen, about $45 billion, in Japan during January through September 2026, even as arrivals fell 2.9% to 30.73 million. The figures released on…
Thailand's Transport Ministry plans to seek Cabinet approval on October 26, 2026, for fares of 17 to 45 baht per journey across eight rail lines in Bangkok and surrounding areas.…
Kazakhstan plans to expand its international air network to 160 destinations, with an initial push to connect to 30 cities in China and 10 in India. Direct flights to the…
Uzbekistan finished the 2026 Chess Olympiad in Samarkand with 20 of a possible 22 match points, beating Ukraine 2.5–1.5 in the final round to secure its second Open title after…
China won the women's team final at the 2026 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships by just 0.233 points on October 21 in Rotterdam, ending seven consecutive American world titles and securing…
Bhutan could receive up to USD 25 million for football development during the 2027 to 2030 cycle, following FIFA President Gianni Infantino's visit on October 19 and 20, 2026. The…
The CTBC Brothers fought back to 4–4 against the Wei Chuan Dragons in the sixth inning of Taiwan Series Game 4 at Taipei Dome on October 21, 2026, after a…
Shohei Ohtani's gray Los Angeles Dodgers jersey from March 18, 2025, has sold for $2,055,700, including the buyer's premium, setting a public auction record for a baseball jersey worn in…
Arafat Minhas scored 59, took six wickets for 40 runs and completed the final run out as Pakistan defeated England by 87 runs at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium on October 20,…
Japan retained the men's team title at the 2026 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Rotterdam on Tuesday, 20 October, scoring 251.928 points to secure its eighth world team gold and…
Bangladesh reached the Begum Khaleda Zia IHF Nations Trophy final with a 33-20 victory over Maldives in Dhaka on Tuesday, October 20, 2026, earning a second meeting with an Indian…
The Pokémon Company plans to open a permanent store in London by 2029, making the British capital the first stop in a planned expansion of permanent Pokémon shops outside Asia.…
Amitabh Bachchan, 84, said on Wednesday, October 21, 2026, that he had been advised to take a few days off to rest and recover, prompting a pause in the regular…
Ramayana: Part One has passed 100,000 tickets in reported Indian advance sales ahead of its planned November 5, 2026 release, widening an opening booking surge that initially brought around 40,000…
Linda Chung will hold her first solo concert at the Hong Kong Coliseum on March 6, 2027, bringing her touring career back to Hong Kong for a show scheduled to…
TOMORROW X TOGETHER leader Choi Soobin completed scuba diving training during his second visit to the Philippines in 2026, finishing three ocean dives after confronting a fear of deep water.…
Anirudh Ravichander and G.V. Prakash Kumar have sung the Tamil version of Ravana Tandavam for Nitesh Tiwari's Ramayana: Part 1, bringing the two composers together as vocalists on the same…
South Korea's Along With the Gods film series is preparing a third installment, with director Kim Yong-hwa returning and filming targeted for the second half of 2027. Dexter Studios announced…
The Sacred Riana has received France's Les Mandrakes d'Or, becoming the first Indonesian magician to receive the honour, according to her announcement. The award adds to an international career that…