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Bangladesh has cancelled the gazette entries of 6,476 people recognised as freedom fighters after examining complaints, Liberation War Affairs Minister Ahmed Azam Khan told parliament on November 11, 2026. He…
Tajik President Emomali Rahmon and Russian President Vladimir Putin met at the Kremlin on November 12, 2026, to discuss regional security, expanding trade and labour migration, a day after a…
Japan is considering raising its annual contribution toward hosting U.S. forces to more than 300 billion yen, while Washington is seeking roughly three times the current annual average of 211…
G7 foreign ministers warned in a declaration published late on November 11, 2026, that China's increasingly assertive activities east of Taiwan threaten regional stability and international shipping. Their warning focuses…
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung will visit Manila and Shenzhen from November 16 to 19, 2026, seeking cooperation on critical minerals, online scams and energy supplies while asking regional…
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visited the Chinese border city of Dandong on October 24, 2026, nine days after a new road bridge opened between the two countries. His…
Bangladesh Bank sold $205 million from its foreign exchange reserves on November 12 at Tk124.74 per dollar, helping bring the rates offered by remittance houses below Tk125 after some banks had paid more than Tk125.30 earlier in the day. Three bankers familiar with the auction…
The Malaysian Bar is entitled to challenge the decision allowing former prime minister Najib Razak to serve the remainder of his SRC International prison sentence at home, law minister Azalina…
A fire at MP Nusrat Tabassum's family property in Daulatpur, Kushtia, has triggered a joint investigation and a fierce dispute in Bangladesh's Parliament. Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed said preliminary findings…
Malaysia has selected Türkiye as its preferred supplier to replace Norwegian missiles for the Royal Malaysian Navy's Littoral Combat Ships, with existing Turkish missile orders potentially allowing supplies to arrive…
Taiwan's National Security Bureau says China's efforts to influence the November 28, 2026, local elections are becoming more targeted, combining discounted flights for selected voters, suspected campaign funding, cyber intrusions…
South Korean Defense Minister Kang Shin-chul said on November 12, 2026, that all three conditions for transferring wartime operational control from American to South Korean leadership had been met, putting…
Thailand's Election Commission is examining flood relief fundraising linked to the People's Party after the Prime Minister's Office sent an inquiry on November 9, 2026. At the centre of the…
Hong Kong's Legislative Council passed the Northern Metropolis Development Bill on November 12, 2026, creating the city's first dedicated legislation for a single development area. Eligible planning applications could be…
Two sisters of Pakistan's jailed former prime minister Imran Khan were released from Lahore's Kot Lakhpat prison on Thursday, November 12, after authorities withdrew their detention orders. Their family said…
Thailand is proposing to let more than 2.3 million migrant workers remain in employment until February 13, 2029, under a package that would also shorten renewal procedures for Myanmar and…
Laos has adopted a migration action plan for 2026–2030 as employment overseas becomes increasingly important to household incomes and the national economy. Thailand recorded at least 306,806 Lao workers across…
India's Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) has fined ANI Technologies Private Limited, which operates Ola, Rs 10 lakh for encouraging passengers to pay more while waiting for a driver to…
China's proposed rules for platform workers would require rest after four consecutive hours of work, a human reply to complaints within 48 hours and advance notice of changes to the…
A hotel maintenance worker averaged 40 hours and two minutes of work a week before suffering a fatal brain hemorrhage. South Korea's Supreme Court has ruled that the number alone…
Taiwan's Ministry of Transportation and Communications is drafting penalties for businesses that sell or supply unapproved electric assisted bicycles and micro electric two-wheelers, as crashes involving electric assisted bicycles climb…
Bangladeshi pharmaceutical company Renata has promised to pay the family of Md Asaduzzaman, a medical representative killed at age 31, his monthly salary and benefits for another 29 years. The…
An office worker identified by the pseudonym Liu reportedly won 5.08 million yuan in China's Happy 8 lottery after using artificial intelligence to help write a number selection program. The…
Beijing wants factories capable of producing 200,000 embodied intelligence robots a year, machines that can work for more than four hours on a battery charge, and a regional supply chain…
Tencent has denied that it plans to dismiss half its employees after executives used the company's 28th anniversary gathering to call for a major shift toward artificial intelligence. The figure…
Taiwan is expanding a NT$71 billion national space program through 2031 while Chunghwa Telecom builds a communications network combining undersea cables, terrestrial fiber, mobile base stations, microwave links and satellites.…
Malaysia plans to put data centre disclosure requirements into law, seeking information on electricity use, imported graphics processing units and the companies running each facility as the government tightens oversight…
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. reported revenue of $3.19 billion for the three months ended September 30, 2026, as rising wafer shipments pushed factory utilisation to 97.3%. The Chinese chipmaker's gross…
Interviews with 111 Indian youths across Malaysia describe teachers denying leadership opportunities, students facing racial abuse and families struggling with barriers to further education. Iman Research's Indian Youth Report, launched on November 12, 2026, connects those experiences to difficulties finding work and housing, and to…
Norway has agreed to purchase up to 12 million tonnes of verified emissions reductions from renewable electricity projects in Indonesia, creating a potential source of funding worth $240 million to…
Uzbekistan's President Shavkat Mirziyoyev proposed a Central Asian Climate Integration Model on November 11, 2026, linking a regional disaster warning system with environmental technology and new financing mechanisms. Speaking at…
Thailand pressed Myanmar to protect border communities and tackle river pollution during talks in Naypyidaw on November 12, 2026, a week after muddy water overwhelmed a treatment plant in northern…
Cambodia recorded 32 storms by November 11, 2026, exceeding the totals of 27 in 2025 and 25 in 2024, yet rainfall remained below average, according to Minister of Water Resources…
Bangladesh could avoid an estimated $2.87 billion in annual fuel costs by producing more domestic gas, expanding rooftop solar, reducing gas losses and replacing some diesel irrigation pumps with solar…
Camera traps at 156 locations in Cambodia's largest mangrove expanse recorded threatened fishing cats, otters, civets and macaques between 2017 and 2023. Yet four threatened species showed declines during those…
Indonesia's Agriculture Minister Andi Amran Sulaiman has proposed making those responsible for converting 554,615 hectares of rice fields into housing and industrial areas replace the land at three times its…
Fires burned an estimated 2.88 million hectares across Indonesia through the end of October 2026, according to satellite analysis by Nusantara Atlas, exceeding the monitor's total for all of 2019.…
Singapore Airlines plans to introduce first class beds measuring 80 inches long and 60 inches wide as part of an investment exceeding S$2 billion, about US$1.6 billion, in its long…
South Korea estimated that it passed 20 million foreign visitors on November 12, 2026, reaching the milestone for the first time as tourism spending grew faster than arrivals and more…
BANGKOK, November 12, 2026: Bangkok–Chiang Mai airfares have been quoted above 33,000 baht ahead of the Yi Peng lantern festival, as Thailand prepares to pursue controls on online travel agencies…
Kazakhstan and the European Union have negotiated draft agreements that would lower the standard Schengen visa application fee for Kazakh citizens from €90 to €35, alongside longer visas allowing repeated…
India has reduced its main visa categories from 13 to nine and its subcategories from 49 to 23, while cutting the information requested in application forms by 65 to 70…
Tomoya Masaki hit two home runs and drove in three runs as Japan defeated Taiwan 5-0 at Tokyo Dome on November 12, 2026, opening the Asia Professional Baseball Championship with…
South Korea will begin its bid for a first Olympic appearance in women's football away to China on April 19, 2027, before hosting North Korea five days later, under a…
Sandeep Lamichhane took six wickets, including three in consecutive deliveries, as Biratnagar Kings defeated Pokhara Avengers by four wickets at the TU International Cricket Ground in Kirtipur on Thursday, November…
Saqib Khan took seven wickets for 107 runs on his Test debut, including five for 25 in an eight over spell on Thursday, November 12, as Pakistan dismissed Sri Lanka…
India captain Lakshya Rajesh Raichandani scored 93 from 90 balls as his team defeated Afghanistan by eight wickets at Al Amerat Cricket Ground Turf 2 in Oman on November 12,…
Mustafizur Rahman and six other Bangladesh cricketers have registered for the IPL 2027 mini-auction, scheduled for December 16, 2026, in Goa, bringing Bangladesh players back into the recruitment process after…
Bangladesh scored four goals through four different players to beat Sri Lanka 4-0 at the National Stadium in Dhaka on Wednesday, November 11, finishing top of Group A in the…
Suhail Ahmad Bhat scored his third goal in two matches and Priyansh Dubey blocked a stoppage time shot with his face as India beat Maldives 1-0 at the National Stadium…
At Hengdian World Studios in Zhejiang province, 388 yuan buys a visitor costumes, makeup, a director and a starring role in a short drama. Behind the attraction is a harder…
ATEEZ will release its 15th mini album, "GOLDEN HOUR : Part.6," on November 13 at 2 p.m. KST, bringing five new songs to an audience expanded by the success of…
BLACKPINK's Lisa is bringing VIVA LA LISA to the Colosseum at Caesars Palace for six performances on November 12, 13, 14, 27, 28 and 29, becoming the first K-pop artist…
Japanese singer and actor Takuya Kimura arrived at Taipei Songshan Airport at about 3 p.m. on November 12, 2026, to a welcome from about 800 fans, a day before his…
No Na, the Indonesian group whose four members debuted under 88rising in May 2025, is scheduled to become the first Indonesian girl group to perform at Coachella. Christy, Esther, Baila…
Actor Kim Soo-hyun testified for about four and a half hours on November 11 in the criminal trial of Kim Se-ui, the head of the YouTube channel Garosero Research Institute,…
Hong Kong's MEGA FANS EXPO 2026 was cancelled on November 11, two days before its planned opening at the Regal Airport Hotel, after Japanese adult film performers said they and…
Rosé's performance of APT. at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art's Art+Film Gala on November 7, 2026, became the focus of an international debate over her live singing after…