Asia-Pacific
What Amnesty found about India’s crackdown on Gen Z protesters
Indian government forces used pellet-firing shotguns, grenades, batons and electric shock devices against demonstrators during a July 20 crackdown in…
Why Tarique Rahman’s first India trip has been put on hold
Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman’s first trip to India has been put on hold after Dhaka said Sheikh Hasina’s August…
Seven-year-old left alone on Mount Fuji during family hike
Japanese police reprimanded a man from Nagoya after he left his seven-year-old son alone near the sixth station of Mount…
Why deadly floods devastated India’s Upper Assam
Floods in Assam, India, killed more than 100 people, destroyed 2,700 villages and displaced 700,000 after intense rain between July…
Fourteen reported killed in Myanmar monastery bombing
A military air strike reportedly killed 14 people, including three women, and injured 20 others at a Buddhist monastery in…
US carrier redeployment raises concern among allies in Asia
United States allies in Asia are watching warily after Washington moved the USS George Washington, its last aircraft carrier in…
Russia holds live-fire missile drills as island dispute deepens
Japan has criticised Russia’s navy for conducting live-fire missile tests around the disputed islands claimed by both countries. Russia’s Pacific…
Two Hong Kong activists found guilty over Tiananmen vigils
A Hong Kong court found pro-democracy activists Lee Cheuk-yan and Chow Hang-tung guilty of “incitement to subversion” on Friday over…
Why Pakistan rejected a US ambassador’s Kashmir comment
Pakistan summoned the United States’ top diplomat in Islamabad after US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor described Indian-administered Kashmir as…