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More than 280,000 people were recorded with respiratory problems between August 18 and October 13, Indonesia's Health Ministry said on October 14, as months of wildfires left Palangkaraya choking under…
In February 2014, Katsuhisa Furukawa traced people connected to North Korean arms smuggling to an office in a building facing SL Square outside Tokyo's Shinbashi Station. A month later, the…
A Russian drone manufacturing complex with capacity to produce more than 5,500 aircraft a month could also become a training ground for North Korea's weapons industry. A joint study released…
North Korea tested two types of submarine launched strategic cruise missiles in the Sea of Japan on October 14, while South Korea's military said it tracked the weapons from before…
South Korea wants to complete a crucial wartime command assessment in 2026, but Washington considers some military capabilities insufficient, including requirements it reportedly accepted last year. The disagreement threatens Seoul's…
Japan confirmed Chinese fighter aircraft taking off from and landing on the aircraft carrier Liaoning about 250 kilometers south of Ishigaki Island on October 14, after the carrier and three…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated and dedicated five development initiatives worth around Rs 3,350 crore in Ladakh on October 15, 2026, including a road that he said cuts a journey from 12 hours to three and an airport terminal designed to handle 3.5 million passengers…
Taiwan has blocked domestic access to Coinbase and Kalshi over suspected election betting, extending a crackdown that has already produced searches, cryptocurrency seizures and a prosecution involving rival prediction platform…
Indonesia's Constitutional Court has given parliament and the government until October 15, 2028, to overhaul the country's Military Courts Law, ordering clearer limits on which crimes involving soldiers belong in…
Japan is considering whether to put a study of nuclear propulsion into three security documents due for revision by the end of 2026, as Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi calls for…
The Supreme Court of India has brought forward a hearing on Delhi's electoral roll revision to October 28, two days before the October 30 deadline for claims and objections, after…
Bangladesh's Ministry of Public Administration issued the appointment gazette for the 45th Bangladesh Civil Service examination late on October 14, 2026, naming 1,702 recruits and directing them to report to…
Cambodia says it has frozen more than US$300 million in bank accounts linked to online scams and sent 446 cases involving 3,927 suspects to court. Its latest pledge is to…
Nepal's Parliamentary Hearings Committee has rejected Giri Bahadur Sunar as the proposed ambassador to Saudi Arabia and Chuda Mani Kharel as the proposed ambassador to Malaysia, while leaving Jigyan Kumar…
Nepal's Office of the Attorney General has instructed district and high government attorney offices across the country to allow settlements in eligible criminal cases linked to an organized crime charge,…
Nearly half of 93 citizen journalists surveyed in Cambodia said a community problem had been resolved after they reported on it. Yet 61 percent had experienced restrictions or reprisals, and…
Hyogo Prefecture has reduced the area it expects a maximum class Nankai Trough tsunami to flood to 4,216 hectares, down from 6,141 hectares in its previous assessment. The revision, announced…
Eight siblings provided DNA samples to help resolve a question that had troubled the family of Vietnamese soldier Lê Bá Loan for decades: which of two graves bearing his name…
The Philippine Supreme Court acquitted Bacolod City hotel general manager Orville U. Ong on October 14, 2026, ruling that two senior guests who had already received a 20% discount through…
Japan's National Police Agency announced on October 15 that it will establish an expert panel to examine GPS monitoring and compulsory treatment or counseling for stalking offenders, following a fatal…
A citizens' group gathered outside Cheong Wa Dae Sarangchae in Seoul on the morning of October 15, asking South Korea's government to seek the return of Fu Bao and obtain…
Malaysia recorded 396,175 live births in 2025, a decline of 18,743 from the previous year, as its total fertility rate fell to 1.5 children per woman. Births dropped by 4.5%,…
Maya Gupta spent 365 days documenting efforts to feed people in Surat, Gujarat, while trying to attract the attention of YouTube creator MrBeast. On the final day of her challenge,…
A Nio owner travelling with her six-year-old daughter said she became unable to control her car during a sudden medical emergency, activated its driving assistance and used the Nomi voice…
Apple plans to release a test version of Apple Intelligence in China later in October, bringing translation, writing assistance and photo cleanup to a market where its sales have already…
China had more than 700 million generative artificial intelligence users by June 2026, with adoption exceeding 50% of the population, according to the China Internet Network Information Center. The expansion…
Motorcyclists and their pillion passengers can use selected car lanes for automated departure clearance at Singapore's Woodlands Checkpoint from October 15, with facial recognition checking both travellers at the same…
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority announced a new framework for responsible artificial intelligence on 15 October 2026, after more than 60% of use cases in its second generative AI sandbox…
Indonesia is drawing up plans to remove both regular tuition and entrance charges at public universities, with an earlier calculation putting the cost of covering 2,833,169 students at about Rp93.74 trillion. Ministers are weighing whether to cover everyone immediately or begin with selected groups, including…
South Korea's public debate over nuclear power will ask how much of the country's future electricity should come from reactors. Critics say an earlier question needs equal attention: how much…
Brazilian federal prosecutors and Instituto Preservar have sued Shell Brasil Petróleo for R$541 million, about $108 million, seeking compensation for part of the damage from the April and May 2024…
Cambodia exported more than 182,000 long-tailed macaques between 2020 and 2024, according to CITES trade data. Yet when the international wildlife trade regulator asked to examine export permits for individual…
South Korea may secure just 6.58 million tonnes of greenhouse gas reductions overseas by 2035, leaving roughly four fifths of the international reductions envisaged under two proposed national climate plans…
Japan aims to obtain about 30% of the raw materials for permanent magnets supplied domestically from recycling by 2030, under a government plan adopted on April 21, 2026. The target…
Maru and Marong, the first red panda twins born through successful natural breeding in South Korea, made their public debut at Seoul Grand Park in Gwacheon, Gyeonggi Province, on October…
A logistics center in Yongin recorded refrigerant replenishment equivalent to 450,305 tonnes of carbon dioxide between 2021 and 2025, the largest total identified in an analysis of South Korean refrigerant…
Groundwater tests in Nashik's Dattanagar have found chromium at 45 milligrams per litre, 900 times the drinking water limit, while an independent laboratory measured an even higher concentration of 50.5…
Magill Estate Restaurant in Adelaide received two Michelin stars on October 14, 2026, becoming the first Australian restaurant to earn that distinction as South Australia secured the country's first Michelin…
At least 10 hotels on Gili Trawangan stopped accepting guests during a September 2026 water crisis, according to Gili Hotel Association chairman Lalu Kusnawan, as the cost of buying replacement…
Japan Airlines announced on October 14, 2026, that it has ordered 16 Embraer E190-E2 aircraft, with options for another 10, to renew the regional fleet operated by its subsidiary J-AIR.…
Disney Imagination will be the name of Japan's first Disney cruise ship, a vessel of approximately 140,000 gross tons scheduled to begin sailing from Tokyo International Cruise Terminal in spring…
Indian Railways plans to operate about 340,000 regular train trips between October 1 and November 30, 2026, alongside 8,454 special trips notified as of October 13. The arrangements cover the…
South Korean actor Park Bo-gum has expressed interest in taking on a running challenge in Hong Kong after completing his first full marathon in Berlin in under five hours. Speaking…
Myanmar won the first official Asian Games gold medal in Mobile Legends: Bang Bang on October 1, 2026, sweeping Indonesia 4-0 at Aichi Sky Expo in Tokoname, Japan. The victory…
Son Heung-min supplied two assists and scored in the 72nd minute as Los Angeles FC beat Austin FC 3-1 at BMO Stadium on October 14, ending four MLS matches without…
Shai Hope struck an unbeaten 102 from 50 balls and Keemo Paul took 5 for 41 as West Indies beat India by 24 runs at Hyderabad's Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium…
Ann Li converted her 10th match point to defeat top seed Aryna Sabalenka 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (5) at the Wuhan Open on October 14, 2026, securing the biggest victory of…
An Se Young was reported to have reached the Denmark Open last 16 with a 21-13, 21-11 victory over Ukraine's Polina Buhrova in Odense, taking her 2026 record to 57…
Rin Fukuda accounted for three of the five hits Ichiro Suzuki allowed in a 7-0 shutout at Tokyo Dome on September 13. The third year student at Kobe Koryo High…
Shohei Ohtani will start Game 3 of the National League Championship Series at Dodger Stadium on Wednesday, October 14, despite a career record stretch of 110 plate appearances without a…
A2O Lite's debut single "Neon" reached No. 1 on Melon's Top 100 at 11 p.m. on October 14, 2026, just 29 hours after its release. The nine member girl group,…
Hồng Đăng wrote Hoa sữa in 1978 for director Đức Hoàn's film Hà Nội mùa chim làm tổ, imagining a flower he had never seen or smelled. Nearly half a…
Premada Oorali, a Kannada family drama that began with just 60 screenings on September 25, 2026, reached an estimated Rs 75.57 crore in Karnataka gross collections after 19 days, according…
My Chemical Romance will perform at Jakarta International Stadium on Sunday, November 22, 2026, bringing a concert built around The Black Parade to North Jakarta. Promoter Ravel Entertainment announced the…
Rajinikanth's Jailer 2 was tracking an estimated ₹45.70 crore in India gross ticket sales by 6:03 p.m. IST on Thursday, October 15, 2026, with Chennai and Coimbatore recording occupancy above…
Mỹ Tâm sold all 10,000 tickets allocated to the early sale for See The Light Day 2 within five minutes of bookings opening at 11 a.m. on October 15. The…
BABYQUEEN introduced five virtual members through social media posts between September 7 and 10. By October 13, one of them, Mity, was apologizing for a supposed pregnancy and announcing a…
Jay Chou and his wife, Hannah Quinlivan, have sponsored a pair of giraffes at Nanjing Hongshan Forest Zoo through an online adoption programme, with the annual fee for the pair…