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South Korean soldiers could be seen early on Wednesday entering the parliament building in Seoul through smashed windows. It happened shortly after President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law on Tuesday night, creating the most serious challenge to So…
South Korea’s parliament, with 190 of its 300 members present, passed a motion on Wednesday requiring the martial law declared by President Yoon Suk Yeol to be lifted, live TV showed. Troops were seen trying to enter the South Korean parliament after Y…
South Korea’s president has declared martial law in a surprise late-night announcement. Yoon Suk Yeol said the emergency measure was needed to ‘defend the free Republic of Korea from the threat of North Korean communist forces’ and prevent the country …
At least five police and paramilitary personnel have been killed and dozens of people injured in Pakistan as thousands of supporters of the jailed former prime minister Imran Khan forced their way through security barriers and entered the capital, Isla…
Pollution levels in the Indian capital have soared to their highest levels this year, forcing schools and offices to close and cloaking the city in thick brown smog. In some parts of the city, a live air quality ranking by IQAir put pollution levels at…
Some of Hong Kong’s most prominent pro-democracy figures have been jailed, one of them for 10 years, in the territory’s largest national security trial, after a prosecution that has been widely criticised as politically motivated. The jailed are among …
China-Australia relations have achieved ‘a turnaround and are maintaining a positive momentum of development’, Chinese president Xi Jinping says. Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese says he is pleased to meet with Xi again, while highlighting th…
A powerful typhoon wrecked houses and forced hundreds of thousands of people to flee to emergency shelters as it scythed across the northern Philippines on Sunday. It was the sixth major storm to pound the country in less than a month, and the national…
Keir Starmer has raised concerns with the Chinese president, Xi Jinping, about sanctions on British MPs and the deterioration of the British citizen and Hong Kong democracy activist Jimmy Lai, in a meeting at the G20 summit in Rio. The UK prime ministe…
The emergency began when the Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki volcano erupted, spewing an ash column 9km high. With volcanic activity increasing in recent days, several international airlines have cancelled flights to and from Indonesia’s tourist island of Bal…
Residents in the southern Chinese city of Zhuhai gathered on Tuesday to lay flowers and light candles in memory of those killed in a violent attack at a sports complex. Authorities say a 62-year-old man, reportedly angered by his divorce settlement, de…
Students, mostly on public share bikes, rode several hours through Henan province from their campuses in Zhengzhou to the ancient city of Kaifeng, singing and cheering on the way. The trend started in June when four Zhengzhou university students decide…
Authorities have been racing to evacuate people reluctant to leave villages affected by the erupting Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki volcano on the Indonesian island of Flores. Volcanic material has continued to spew from its crater since 3 November, promptin…
A bomb has exploded at a train station in Quetta, south-west Pakistan. Police say army personnel were targeted in a possible suicide bombing. At least 24 people were killed and many more were injured and are in a critical condition. CCTV from the stati…
Unlike their western counterparts, convenience stores – or konbini – are a neat and functional retail institution in Japan. A place where customers can access the daily essentials, from buying breakfast to paying bills. The Guardian’s Justin McCurry ta…