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Nineteen Iranian vessels facing shortages of food, drinking water and fuel remain caught between a disrupted route home and Sri Lanka's concern about US sanctions. Foreign Ministry spokesman Thushara Rodrigo…
Lt. Gen. Joe Hilbert, commander of the U.S. Eighth Army in South Korea, says his troops must be ready to deploy beyond the Korean Peninsula if ordered, as Washington seeks…
Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense was cited as detecting 29 Chinese military aircraft sorties, six naval vessels and nine official ships around the island during a monitoring period ending at…
Pakistan, Türkiye, Qatar and Indonesia signed the Badr Memorandum of Understanding in Doha on Wednesday, October 21, 2026, creating a framework for cooperation in military manufacturing, technical training, research 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…
India recorded about 11.23 lakh vehicle sales, or 1.123 million, during the 10 days of Navratri 2026, according to provisional figures from the Federation of Automobile Dealers Associations (FADA). Sales fell 6.52% from the previous festival, while electric vehicle purchases rose 26.78% to about 1.17…
Vietnam would give every land parcel a unique nationwide identification code, recognise electronic land certificates as legally equal to paper versions, and stop officials from asking residents to resubmit information…
Myanmar's unfinished money laundering action plan dates to February 2020, before the military seized power, and its deadline expired in September 2021. Years later, the Financial Action Task Force is…
Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee received the independent committee's report into the Wang Fuk Court fire on October 22, 2026, after an inquiry that heard 80 witnesses and collected…
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…
Motorcycle crashes killed 16,027 people and injured 14,547 across Bangladesh from January 2020 through September 2026, according to the Road Safety Foundation (RSF). Its tally of 16,402 crashes comes as…
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…
South Korea's Korea Internet & Security Agency (KISA) urged website operators to update PHP on October 21, 2026, after two security weaknesses were identified in software used to run login…
Malaysia's highway authority is working to restore the TuJu navigation app after a surge in users disrupted its service, just as the government urged Malaysians to consider the local alternative…
South Korea's government funded research institutes selected just 3,025 of their 19,041 servers for security vulnerability checks in 2026, according to Ministry of Science and ICT data submitted to the…
Unitree unveiled its H2-X Kung Fu Legend Guardian on October 21, 2026, showing a humanoid robot dropping from a platform about four metres high, striking cars and taking part in…
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…
Uzbekistan will introduce a revised Latin alphabet on April 22, 2027, under a law signed by President Shavkat Mirziyoyev on October 21, 2026, Uzbek Language Day. Four familiar written forms will change, while existing documents, national currency and securities will remain valid.…
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…
Shanghai Port handled nearly 40,000 tonnes of green methanol bunkering in 2026, according to figures presented at the North Bund International Shipping Forum. Its bonded liquefied natural gas bunkering reached…
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…
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…
Đỗ Thanh Hải won Vietnam's first gold medal at the fifth Asian Para Games in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, on October 21, 2026, leading teammate Lê Tiến Đạt home in the men's…
Indonesia surpassed its target of seven gold medals at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Para Games on October 21, when Felix Ardi Yudha defeated Thailand's Phakphum Linchum 5-3 in the men's…
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,…
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…