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Bangladesh police have about 25,000 usable body cameras, yet Police Headquarters recorded the use of just 314 online devices and 2,800 offline devices during October 4 to 10. The limited…
Philippine Foreign Secretary Maria Theresa Lazaro says 80 percent of a proposed South China Sea code of conduct is finished. The remaining disputes, including which waters it would cover, threaten…
France and Cambodia are preparing agreements spanning artificial intelligence, energy, health, defence and heritage during President Emmanuel Macron's visit to Phnom Penh, with a proposed national AI research centre among…
Jo Yong-won, a senior Workers' Party official and one of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's closest aides, arrived in Moscow on November 14 leading a party and government delegation invited…
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet called for joint surveying and demarcation of the border with Thailand to resume, telling international leaders in Phnom Penh on November 15, 2026, that about…
Afghan journalist Shaban Ali Rafat remained in US immigration custody nearly 22 months after seeking asylum, even as a federal magistrate judge recommended his release and a protection assessment found…
Bangladesh Bank has updated a Tk100 crore refinancing fund to support digital loans of up to Tk50,000 without collateral, giving priority to people outside formal banking, disadvantaged women, small entrepreneurs, students and people with disabilities. Borrowers will have up to 12 months to repay, with…
A delegation of 20 lawmakers from Nepal's ruling Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), led by General Secretary Bipin Kumar Acharya, left Kathmandu for China on November 15 at the invitation of…
Democratic Progressive Party candidate Puma Shen has moved ahead of Taipei Mayor Chiang Wan-an in a Taiwan Brain Trust survey released on November 15, taking 46.3% support against the incumbent's…
A 47-year-old man regained a heartbeat after emergency treatment at Taipei mayoral candidate Shen Boyang's rally on November 15, 2026, as dense crowds delayed ambulance access to the gathering outside…
Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk faces 60 days of restrictions under an order issued by the Leh additional district magistrate as protests grow against Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council elections scheduled…
Nepal has changed its citizenship rules to let eligible citizens obtain replacement certificates outside the district that issued the original, while introducing procedures for people whose documents or government records…
Japan's ruling parties want to remove 31 seats from the House of Representatives, reducing its membership from 465 to 434, and secure passage through the chamber before the end of…
Rahul Gandhi challenged the legitimacy of India's 2024 general election at the Bharat Summit in Hyderabad on November 14, 2026, alleging that 140 million people who voted had subsequently been…
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's office summoned Telecommunications Secretary Amit Agrawal on November 14 to explain how his department ordered internet providers to block 129 websites using fabricated High Court…
Bangladesh hopes to begin sending workers to Malaysia by the end of the week following November 15, 2026, with departures continuing toward the end of the month, Expatriates' Welfare and…
Rizky Farizal, 24, was preparing to leave for work when shouts from his Palembang neighbourhood sent him toward a drainage channel instead. Beneath a bridge, in darkness and water swollen…
Malaysia recorded 9,624 children in need of care and protection in 2024, a rise of 12.7%, while Kelantan registered 664 abuse and neglect cases in the first nine months of…
Singapore Police Force (SPF) calls to the public have used a single outgoing number, 6000 0999, since November 2, 2026. Every call, including one that goes unanswered, is followed by…
Thailand's government says it has suspended more than 1 million mule accounts as part of a campaign against online crime, while reported losses from online scams fell from 6.577 billion…
An electric microbus carrying about 20 people left Kathmandu for Sarlahi before dawn to take families home for Chhath. At around 5:45am on Thursday, it plunged down a slope at…
When Zhang Ji invited her former colleague Zhang Hongquan into her home in Jinan, Shandong province, in the summer of 2012, he had rectal cancer, difficulty walking and just over…
Compensation has been provided to 983 families in connection with disappearances in Jaffna district, where 2,249 registrations have been recorded, Additional District Secretary K. Sivakaran told a workshop at the…
Malaysia's Communications Ministry is studying whether WhatsApp should be required to verify the identities and telephone numbers linked to accounts, following police arrests of 61 suspects accused of impersonating Malaysian…
SpaceX caught its Starship spacecraft returning from orbit for the first time on November 14, 2026, bringing the 52 metre vehicle into the mechanical arms of its launch tower at…
Cambodia aims to adopt a virtual assets law by the end of 2026, with central bank governor Chea Serey acknowledging on November 13 that the country's earlier decision to keep…
Trade ministers from all 11 ASEAN member states signed the Digital Economy Framework Agreement in Manila on November 14, 2026, setting common rules for electronic payments, business identities, trade documents…
An Airbus A350-1000ULR flew 23,155 kilometres without landing during a development flight from Melbourne to Toulouse, earning Guinness World Records recognition on 9 November 2026. The aircraft spent 24 hours…
Zahra was only months away from completing a medical degree in Kabul when the Taliban banned women from universities in December 2022. Her family moved to Iran so she and her sister could keep studying. Four years later, both remain outside education because they lack…
The Philippines is proposing a P45.67 billion national disaster fund for 2027 as PAGASA warns that a very strong El Niño could peak before the end of 2026 and persist…
South Korean public financial institutions provided $27.7 billion for overseas fossil fuel projects between 2018 and 2022, compared with $5.806 billion in international climate finance during the same period, according…
Five of 185 crop samples collected in Chiang Rai between October 2025 and September 2026 contained heavy metals above permitted limits, adding a food safety concern to the contamination affecting…
Laboratory tests found arsenic at 0.415 milligrams per litre in community tap water at Ban Kaen Nuea, Village 3, in Huai So subdistrict of Chiang Khong district, Chiang Rai province.…
Sri Lanka's Department of Meteorology has warned fishing and naval communities to avoid a broad stretch of the Bay of Bengal as a depression northeast of Trincomalee is forecast to…
Prince William and Catherine, the Princess of Wales, will attend the Earthshot Prize ceremony in Mumbai on November 17, 2026, during a visit lasting three days that combines environmental awards,…
China's Yangtze River basin recorded 351 native fish species between 2021 and 2025, 43 more than during 2017 to 2020, while its endangered finless porpoise population reached about 1,426. A…
South Korea's coastal and offshore catch of common squid fell from 189,160 tons in 2009 to 13,546 tons in 2024, a decline of 92.8%, according to the National Institute of…
Air India has restored nonstop flights from Delhi and Mumbai to New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport and Newark Liberty International Airport, cutting affected journeys from around 22 hours…
Indian Railways has approved a weekly passenger train between Janakpur Dham in Nepal and Ayodhya Cantt. in Uttar Pradesh, setting out a route of approximately 604 kilometres with 10 intermediate…
The National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC) will introduce eight additional fast Namo Bharat services on the Delhi–Meerut corridor from Monday, November 16, 2026, with trains taking 36 minutes between…
China's railways carried 4.13 billion passenger trips from January through October 2026, up 4.7% from the same period a year earlier, according to China State Railway Group. The total set…
Dubai Airports stopped SpiceJet passenger check-ins on November 12, 2026, over outstanding dues of about AED 14 million, approximately ₹35.85 crore, forcing the cancellation of four passenger services to Amritsar,…
Aaron Tai and Yap Roy King became Malaysia's first Japan Masters men's doubles champions on November 15, 2026, beating former world champions Takuro Hoki and Yugo Kobayashi 16-21, 21-13, 21-15…
India defended 209 to beat New Zealand by 22 runs at Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui on November 15, 2026, securing the ODI series 3-1 and ending the hosts' run…
Pakistan reached their first SAFF Championship final with a 1-0 victory over Bangladesh at the National Stadium in Dhaka on Saturday, November 14, 2026, ending the hosts' campaign after they…
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi became the youngest captain in top level men's Twenty20 cricket at 15 years and 232 days on November 14, 2026, leading Bihar against Saurashtra at Holkar Stadium in…
Tatsuhiro Sakamoto scored in the first minute of stoppage time as Japan beat Brazil 3-2 at Singapore's National Stadium on November 14, 2026, recovering from the loss of a two…
India reached the SAFF Championship final with a 2-1 victory over Bhutan at Dhaka's National Stadium on Saturday, November 14, 2026, surviving a difficult second half in a match that…
South Korea beat Taiwan 6-4 at Tokyo Dome on November 14, 2026, using three home runs and six innings from starter Lee Ro-woon to reach the Asia Professional Baseball Championship…
Japan scored 11 runs before Australia recorded its first out on November 14, 2026, turning its final round robin game at Tokyo Dome into a 16-1 victory and securing a…
FRUITS ZIPPER will mark its fifth anniversary with its first stadium tour, performing at Noevir Stadium Kobe on June 12 and 13, 2027, before heading to Tokyo's MUFG Stadium, also…
BINI won Favorite Global Music Star at the 2026 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards on November 14 in Los Angeles, turning a historic nomination for the Philippines into a victory against…
Ramayana: Part 1 is targeting theatrical releases in China, Russia, Japan and South Korea between January and March 2027, extending a campaign that began with its November 5, 2026 opening…
Diljit Dosanjh's November 15 concert in Indore has received police permission after days of uncertainty, with four songs barred and extensive security arrangements planned for an audience expected to reach…
Angelina Jolie has visited Cambodia's Sosoro Museum and paid her respects to the supreme patriarch of the Mohanikay Buddhist Order, returning to a country where her ties now stretch from…
BTS won Album of the Year for ARIRANG and aespa became the first recipient of Global-K Artist of the Year at the Melon Music Awards 2026 on November 14, as…
BTS members Jin, J-Hope, Jimin and V have shared photographs from South Korean reserve military training during a break in their ARIRANG world tour, showing how military responsibilities continue after…
The Weeknd's Hong Kong has turned a song premiered at Kai Tak Stadium into a global video hit, reaching No. 1 on YouTube's worldwide music trending chart and drawing more…