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Thailand has launched airstrikes along its disputed border with Cambodia after the two countries accused each other of breaching a ceasefire deal brokered by the US president, Donald Trump. Four Cambodian civilians and at least one Thai soldier have be…
A fire broke out at about midnight at Birch by Romeo Lane, a popular restaurant, cocktail bar and club in Arpora, a district of north Goa. The state’s chief minister, Pramod Sawant, told journalists at the scene that several tourists were among the dea…
Five families around the world share their struggles to keep their children away from UPFsParents and young people: share your concerns about ultra-processed foods (UPFs)The scourge of ultra-processed foods (UPFs) is global. While their consumption is …
Sri Lanka and Indonesia deployed military personnel as they raced to help victims of devastating flooding that has killed more than 1,100 people across four countries in Asia.Millions of people have been affected by a combination of tropical cyclones a…
Floodwaters continued to rise on Sunday in Sri Lanka’s capital, Colombo, and the neighbouring Gampaha district, prompting authorities to evacuate thousands of residents from low-lying areas. Officials reported nearly 200 people dead and hundreds still …
Indonesian rescuers in the northern regions of Sumatra raced to find dozens of people still missing after heavy monsoon rains caused flash floods and landslides on Saturday. More than 300 people have died and thousands have been evacuated. Large parts …
At least 55 people have died after a fire engulfed several residential apartment blocks at the Wang Fuk Court complex in Tai Po, Hong Kong, on Wednesday. At least 45 people are in a critical condition and almost 300 people are missing.By Thursday morni…
A fire has engulfed a large residential complex in Hong Kong. The blaze broke out at Wang Fuk Court, made up of eight blocks housing about 2,000 homes, in the northern Tai Po district on Wednesday. Several people were trapped inside, according to the p…
Bangladesh’s deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina has been sentenced to death in absentia by a court in Dhaka for crimes against humanity over a deadly crackdown on a student-led uprising last year. The Guardian’s Hannah Ellis-Peterson describes the ev…
A special tribunal in Dhaka sentences to death the ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina over the crackdown on a student-led uprising last year that killed hundreds of people and led to the end of her 15 years in power. The former home minister Asaduzzam…
More than half a million people gathered in Rizal Park in Manila on Sunday wearing white shirts and carrying signs reading ‘transparency for a better democracy’. Concerns rose after the country’s president, Ferdinand Marcos Jr, published an internal au…
Part of a recently opened bridge collapsed in China’s south-western province of Sichuan on Tuesday, authorities said, with no casualties reported. It formed part of a national highway linking the country’s heartland with Tibet Continue reading…
At least 12 people have been killed in a suicide blast in Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad, as the defence minister said a deadly surge in terror attacks had put the country in a ‘state of war’. The explosion, which was described as a suicide attack by se…
A car explosion outside the historic Red Fort monument in Delhi has killed at least eight people and injured 20, according to police. The origin of the blast, which triggered fires in the surrounding area, was unknown on Monday. The incident is under i…
Typhoon Fung-wong started battering the Philippines’ north-eastern coast before landfall on Sunday. Strong winds knocked down power lines, houses were flooded, and more than a million people were forced to evacuate. Tropical cyclones with sustained win…