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Bleach has completed its television anime adaptation, ending a journey that began in October 2004 with an episode set 10 years after its final war. Episode 50 of Bleach: Thousand-Year…
Indian and Chinese troops are continuing to face off at several locations in Arunachal Pradesh, Indo-Tibetan Border Police Director General Shatrujeet Kapur said on October 22, 2026, bringing renewed attention…
Iran, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Türkiye agreed on October 26, 2026, to continue regional security talks after a meeting at Saadabad Palace in northern Tehran, as fears grew of renewed…
Cambodian courts have frozen nearly US$1 billion in assets linked to Prince Group, including more than US$300 million in bank accounts, as investigators pursue allegations that casinos and other businesses…
Japan demonstrated its new Type-25 surface-to-ship missile launcher outside its home base for the first time on October 25, 2026, bringing a weapon with an estimated range of about 1,000…
China released detailed satellite images of Taiwan on Sunday, October 25, 2026, in a 42 second video showing Taipei's major landmarks, a commercial port, mountain ranges and coastal wetlands. The…
Timor-Leste's national petroleum company, Timor GAP, signed an agreement on 27 October 2026 to buy Woodside Energy's entire 33.44% interest in Greater Sunrise for up to US$200 million. Just US$13.71 million is payable when the sale closes. The largest payment, US$175 million, depends on the…
At least 61,059 applications seeking to remove voters from Karnataka's electoral rolls were filed by election officials themselves without recording a reason for deletion, according to an examination of election…
At least 200 prosecutors who served under Afghanistan's former government have been dismissed over a month, according to at least six current and former prosecutors, as Taliban authorities replace remaining…
India's Digital News Publishers Association (DNPA), representing 21 news publishers, has challenged the Digital Personal Data Protection Act in the Supreme Court, arguing that consent requirements, erasure duties and government…
Former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra is seeking amnesty involving four Supreme Court cases, including the confiscation of 46.373 billion baht in assets, with the Peaceful Society Promotion Committee expected…
Brunei declined recommendations to join a major international civil rights treaty, protect peaceful assembly and establish an independent national human rights institution during a United Nations review concluded in March…
Sri Lanka's Right to Information Commission has ruled that a private bank operating under a licence issued by the Monetary Board of the Central Bank falls within the definition of…
Japan's government began examining a foreign agent registration system on October 26, 2026, setting out a proposal to require individuals and organisations lobbying for foreign governments to disclose their activities.…
The Supreme Court of India on October 26, 2026, orally assured Maharashtra voters removed during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) that they would not face prosecution merely for submitting Form…
Taiwan's population aged 15 to 64 is projected to shrink by 4.509 million between 2026 and 2046, according to the National Development Council. That is an average net decline of…
North Korean police confiscated leather trench coats from shoppers and market sellers in a crackdown described by residents in November 2021 as an effort to stop ordinary people copying leader…
About 14,760 travellers crossed north through Hong Kong's redeveloped Huanggang Port between midnight and 2am on October 25, 2026, while roughly 1,200 vehicles headed towards the crossing, twice the usual…
Singapore will raise its retirement age from 64 to 65 and its re-employment age from 69 to 70 on January 1, 2029, bringing forward a target originally set for 2030.…
The Tokyo District Court on October 26, 2026, ordered 11 Fukushima evacuees to leave government employee housing in Tokyo and Saitama and pay about 24.4 million yen in unpaid housing…
A customer at Sushiro's Chuhe Hanjie branch in Wuhan said she saw a large live rat run along a conveyor carrying food at about 2:50 p.m. on October 24. She…
The recovery of 583 sets of human remains from Chemmani in northern Sri Lanka has brought renewed demands for an independent international examination, as families and rights campaigners challenge an…
Thailand recorded about 510,000 births in 2023, down from 770,000 in 2014, according to Department of Provincial Administration figures cited by the Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI). That is a…
Japan's Cabinet Office plans to develop rules for companies that manufacture DNA to order, including checks on genetic sequences and the customers requesting them, as advances in artificial intelligence raise…
Apple has begun releasing its Japanese Siri AI beta with software version 27.2, allowing eligible users to search their messages, emails and photos, ask follow-up questions and request actions inside…
Freedom Holding Corp. plans to develop a $2 billion artificial intelligence hub in Kazakhstan with 100 megawatts of available power, while opening its first public GPU cloud to businesses and…
China aims to raise adoption of next generation smart devices, AI agents and related applications from 40% in 2025 to more than 90% by 2030, while launching commercial 6G services…
Apple's new iPad mini starts at HK$5,299 in Hong Kong, HK$1,500 above the 2024 model's launch price, bringing an 8.5-inch OLED display, an A20 Pro chip and IP67 protection against…
The Chinese University of Hong Kong will compete for one of the first three university town sites in Hung Shui Kiu, Vice-Chancellor Professor Dennis Lo has said, while warning that a HK$10 billion government loan allocation could pay for only about five buildings at his…
Afghanistan faces a widening gap between its need for safe water and the resources available to supply it. UNICEF estimates that 15.9 million people will need water, sanitation and hygiene…
The remains of Kampung Somang in Lebak, Banten, have emerged from Indonesia's Karian reservoir as prolonged drought exposes walls, foundations and the ground where families once lived. Water levels fell…
Surendra Singh Choudhary had returned to Madhya Pradesh's Ajnar River to remove plastic bags, discarded flower garlands and rubbish left after Navratri and Dussehra celebrations. While the 20-year-old environmental campaigner…
Kazakhstan is planning a coal power and heating station in Kokshetau that could operate until around 2078, nearly two decades beyond its national carbon neutrality deadline. The project brings a…
Malaysia plans to present an informal proposal at an ASEAN ministerial meeting on November 14 to strengthen cooperation against transboundary haze, as visibility of less than 50 metres prevents aircraft…
Sri Lanka has frozen new wind power projects on the Mannar peninsula while allowing those already approved to proceed, as fishing communities demand action over shrinking catches, flooded homes and…
Toxic solvents were detected in hundreds of laboratory tests of water supply products in South Korea between 2022 and 2025, exposing a gap in rules governing materials that touch drinking…
A proposed reservoir in Thailand's eastern province of Chanthaburi would store 99.5 million cubic metres of water, but its future basin includes homes occupied by 654 people in 334 households…
Ninoy Aquino International Airport expects about 1.25 million passengers from October 27 to November 4, 2026, with October 30 forecast to be the busiest day at roughly 149,000 travelers. Airport…
Fansipan's cable car crosses 6,292.5 metres of mountain terrain and climbs 1,410 metres between stations in about 15 to 20 minutes. Building that journey required more than 800 days of…
Indonesia is preparing Rp883.4 billion in transport incentives for the Christmas 2026 and New Year 2027 holidays, combining cheaper train and ship tickets with aviation tax relief and ferry port…
Indonesia recorded 3.25 million vehicles leaving Jakarta during the 2026 Eid travel period, 18.43% above normal traffic, despite a forecast that fewer people would travel nationwide than a year earlier.…
Sri Lanka welcomed 1,813,484 tourists between January 1 and October 22, 2026, while tourism earnings reached US$2,245.2 million through September. The figures show an industry drawing substantial numbers of visitors…
Hong Kong's athletes won a record 54 medals at the 20th Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, collecting 11 gold, 19 silver and 24 bronze as the city secured its best…
Malaysia is preparing a November Cabinet proposal on bringing Formula One back to Sepang, with an estimated annual commitment of at least RM300 million weighed against RM950 million in economic…
The Wei Chuan Dragons won their sixth Chinese Professional Baseball League championship on October 26, 2026, defeating the CTBC Brothers 6-0 at Taipei Dome behind eight scoreless innings from Cristopher…
Aurora Gaming PH won their first MPL Philippines championship on Sunday, October 25, beating Team Falcons PH 4-2 at the PhilSports Arena in Pasig City. After falling behind 2-1, Aurora…
Tomoka Nishiyama will enter Japan's main professional shogi ranks on April 1, 2027, becoming the first woman to do so since the Japan Shogi Association was established in 1924. The…
Tang Chia-hung won Taiwan's first gold medal at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships with a score of 14.966 in the men's horizontal bar final in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. His routine…
An Se-young recovered from losing the opening game to defeat P.V. Sindhu 16-21, 21-11, 21-12 in the French Open women's singles final on October 25, 2026, securing her 50th consecutive…
Alexander Volkanovski retained the UFC featherweight championship by stopping previously unbeaten Movsar Evloev at 4:54 of the second round at UFC 333, earning a record ninth victory in a UFC…
Vijay Deverakonda and Rashmika Mandanna's representatives have sought police action over allegedly fabricated online content following the actors' appearance on Koffee with Karan Season 9. Cyberabad Police said the petition…
Uzbekistan will transfer film production entirely to private studios and independent filmmakers, abolish its Cinematography Agency and turn Uzbekfilm into a national company that finances and distributes films rather than…
ILLIT is trading the thrill of chasing a crush for the satisfaction of calling time on a frustrating relationship. Its fifth EP, Break Even, follows that change across four songs,…
Taiwanese actor and comedian Tang Tsung-sheng won the supporting actor award for a miniseries or television film at the 61st Golden Bell Awards on October 26, 2026, turning his first…
BTS closed their first visit to Argentina as a complete group on October 24, 2026, with 23 songs, Argentina football shirts and a surprise return to two tracks from their…
TWICE member Nayeon will release her new solo single album, NA-sty, on Nov. 20, 2026, at 2 p.m. in South Korea, or midnight U.S. Eastern time, according to JYP Entertainment.…
Zhong Juanjuan was holding a defensive position when Danil "donk" Kryshkovets came into view. The Russian Counter-Strike star was 17 and had recently become a world champion. Zhong, a retiree…
JYP Entertainment said on October 26, 2026, that it had received no proposal to acquire its shares, after NEXROC Group and SVCV announced that they were considering a tender offer…
