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Residents of capital evacuated and school students told to stay at home while entire village reportedly buried by landslide in northern VietnamThousands of residents of Vietnam’s capital living close to the swollen Red River have been evacuated as its …
Weather agency warns of more floods and landslides after at least 49 people killed with 22 missingTyphoon Yagi and the landslides and floods it triggered have killed dozens of people in Vietnam, the government said, as authorities on Monday warned of m…
Apollo Quiboloy, who is also wanted in US on child trafficking charges, hands himself over to police after ultimatumAn influential pastor wanted in the US on child trafficking charges has been arrested in the Philippines, after a 16-day manhunt across …
Guo, who is accused of having criminal ties in China, has said she is facing ‘malicious accusations’Alice Guo, a fugitive former mayor in the Philippines accused of having links to Chinese criminal syndicates, has been arrested in Indonesia, according …
Australian tourists will be exempt from the NZ$100 levy which critics say will deter travellers New Zealand will nearly triple entry fees for tourists, the government has said, spurring criticism from the key tourism sector that the higher levy will de…
‘A moment of great sadness for the nation’ as Māori king, considered the paramount chief of several tribes, or iwi, diesNew Zealand’s Māori King Tuheitia Pootatau Te Wherowhero VII died peacefully on Friday morning, aged 69, according to a statement re…
Daniel Sancho Bronchalo, from a prominent Spanish acting family, sentenced to life in prison after admitting dismembering the victim’s body and disposing of itA court in Thailand has found Daniel Sancho Bronchalo, a member of a famous Spanish acting fa…
US president pledges $125m in new military aid for Kyiv, while Narendra Modi tells Zelenskiy he is ready to help secure peace deal. What we know on day 913See all our Ukraine war coverageJoe Biden spoke to Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Friday and announced a …
The department of disease control said tests on a traveller had confirmed he was infected with the Clade 1b strain of mpoxThailand has confirmed Asia’s first known case of a new, deadlier strain of mpox in a patient who had travelled to the country fro…
South Korean military says it is investigating but can’t confirm the person’s ‘exact motivations and goals’A North Korean has defected to South Korea by crossing the militarised border in the eastern part of the Korean peninsula, with Yonhap news agenc…
The Nobel Prize winner and long-time foe of Sheikh Hasina, is credited with lifting millions of people out of poverty by providing microfinancing Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus has been chosen to head the Bangladesh’s interim government after the nation…
Decision came during meeting of military chiefs and organisers of the student protests that helped drive longtime prime minister Sheikh Hasina from powerProfile: who is Muhammad Yunus?Explainer: Why has Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled?Mass protests in …
Japan’s Nikkei 225 index closes more than 10% up with other Asia markets rebounding on TuesdayBusiness live – latest updatesJapanese stocks soared more than 10% on Tuesday, a day after experiencing their biggest fall in 37 years, setting markets tumbli…
Move comes after longtime leader Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled country after weeks of deadly unrestExplainer: Why has Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled?Mass protests in Bangladesh – in picturesThe president of Bangladesh has dissolved the country’s par…
Country has been engulfed by protests that began in July after students demanded scrapping of quota system for government jobs Protesting students in Bangladesh have called for a march to the capital Dhaka in defiance of a nationwide curfew on Monday t…