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At least 18 people died and dozens were injured in a crowd crush at the main railway station in India’s capital, Delhi. The incident occurred around 8pm local time on Saturday on two platforms as passengers waited to board trains to Prayagraj city, whe…
A street performance by Ed Sheeran in India’s tech capital, Bengaluru, was stopped abruptly by police on Sunday, outraging fans. Footage shows Sheeran singing and playing his guitar on a pavement in the centre of Bengaluru before his concert on Sunday …
Five Thai nationals released by Hamas as part of a ceasefire deal with Israel return home to emotional reunions with family. The men had been working in southern Israel when they were abducted by Hamas militants during the attack on 7 October 2023. A t…
Thousands of protesters in Bangladesh’s capital, Dhaka, have taken out their anger at the exiled former prime minister Sheikh Hasina by destroying a family home that symbolised the country’s independence but they now regard as a symbol of her authorita…
Five Thai hostages were among eight people released on Thursday as part of an ongoing ceasefire and exchange deal between Israel and Palestinian armed groups in Gaza. Three Israelis were also released. The ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian armed…
Deadly crowd crushes took place as tens of thousands of Hindus rushed to take a holy bath in the river at the massive Kumbh Mela festival in northern India. Officials said dozens of people were killedDozens feared dead in India at Kumbh Mela religious …
Twenty-five newborn panda cubs from the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda (CCRCGP) and the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in Sichuan province made their first public appearance together on 23 January. The event f…
Thailand’s LGBTQ+ community has fought for decades for the right to equal marriage, and on Thursday 878 district offices across the country opened their doors to same-sex couples who wished to register and get married. It has made Thailand the first co…
About 40,000 people gathered outside when a small group forced entry into the building, looking for the judge who had extended the detention of the impeached South Korean president. The protesters caused an estimated £400,000 worth of damaged. Yoon Suk…
The impeached president of South Korea, Yoon Suk Yeol, has argued that he be released from custody before a court in Seoul which is considering whether to grant a request for his formal arrest. Yoon has been in detention since being seized in a large l…
South Korea’s former president, Yoon Suk Yeol, did not attend his impeachment trial on Tuesday as proceedings ended in just four minutes. Park Beom-gye, a lawmaker in the South Korean parliament, accused Yoon of ‘contempt, humiliation and disregard tow…
Millions of people have gathered on the banks of the Ganges in Prayagraj, northern India, for the beginning of the Maha Kumbh Mela. The Kumbh Mela pilgrimage, which takes place every 12 years, is widely seen as the ‘festival of festivals’ in the Hindu …
Speaking at an inaugural conference on girls’ education in the Muslim world, Malala Yousafzai decried the state of women’s and girls’ rights in Afghanistan as ‘gender apartheid’. The conference in Islamabad brought together local and international advo…
A strong earthquake has struck near Shigatse, one of Tibet’s holiest cities, killing scores of people, damaging buildings and sending people running to the streets in neighbouring Nepal and India. The US Geological Survey said the earthquake was centre…
South Koreans for and against impeached president Yoon Suk Yeol rallied on adjacent streets in the Hannam-dong neighbourhood of Seoul on 4 January, just streets away from his official presidential residence. South Korean investigators again asked the c…