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Police fired teargas and rubber bullets at demonstrators gathered for the second consecutive day in Bangladesh’s capital, Dhaka. Opposition protesters organised rallies blocking major roads into Dhaka as they called for prime minister Sheikh Hasina to …
Typhoon Doksuri made landfall in eastern China on Friday, leaving a trail of destruction in its wake. Large parts of Fujian province were battered by torrential rains, powerful winds and widespread flooding. Footage released by state TV showed entire s…
A ferry capsized in the Philippines on Thursday, killing at least 26 people, after high winds from Typhoon Doksuri caused passengers to rush to one side. The boat overturned less than 50 metres from the shore after leaving a wharf in Laguna de Bay in R…
High waves and heavy rain hit southern and eastern Taiwan on Thursday, closing businesses and schools, with landslide warnings issued. From 10am local time, Typhoon Doksuri, categorised at the second-strongest typhoon level by Taiwan’s weather bureau, …
Hundreds of cars were submerged in flood water from the Hindon river after excessive rains in Noida city in northern India. People living near its banks had to move to higher ground, and residents found it difficult to commute on heavily waterlogged ro…
Women in India’s north-eastern state of Manipur set fire to the house of the main suspect in a sexual assault case, in which two women, who belong to the minority Kuki tribe, were dragged onto the streets, paraded naked and allegedly gang raped by mem…
The Indian prime minister, Narendra Modi, broke his silence after a gruesome video of two young women being stripped, assaulted and paraded naked emerged from the eastern state of Manipur. The women, from the minority Kuki tribe, were attacked by a mob…
Emergency workers are continuing their efforts to rescue people trapped in a tunnel that flooded when a river burst its banks in Cheongju. Water surged into the underpass, trapping an unknown number of individuals and several cars. Rescue teams were tr…
Drone footage shows New Delhi’s flooded River Yamuna. Parts of India’s capital were submerged after the river’s levels reached their highest in 45 years, following unusually heavy rainfall. As the river breached its banks, hundreds of people were evacu…
Several areas of India’s capital were flooded on Friday after water from the swollen Yamuna River flowed into the city through a broken drain regulator. The river’s levels were at their highest in 45 years this week, after unusually heavy rainfall in D…
India’s space agency launched a rocket on Friday that will attempt to land a spacecraft at the lunar south pole, an unprecedented feat that would advance the country’s position as a significant space power. Television footage showed the Indian Space Re…
A rocket engine exploded during a test in Japan on Friday, the latest in a series of failures that have deflated Tokyo’s space ambitions. The explosion took place about a minute into the test of the second-stage engine at a Japan Aerospace Exploration …
The leader of Thailand’s pro-reform party, which won the most seats in May’s election, has been blocked from taking power by a parliamentary vote that includes military-appointed senators. Pita Limjaroenrat, leader of Move Forward, a progressive party …
Six people died and three others were missing after heavy rain triggered floods and landslides in south-west Japan.The Japan meteorological agency warned residents of Kyushu – one of the country’s four main islands – to stay alert for more landslides, …