Asia Pacific
Violence continues in Bangladesh after youth protest leader’s death
By Sheikh Sabiha ALAM AFP Violence broke out in Bangladesh’s capital early Friday after a youth leader of the country’s 2024 pro-democracy ...Taiwan says its military can respond rapidly to any sudden Chinese attack
Taiwan’s military can respond rapidly to any sudden Chinese attack with all units able to operate under a decentralised mode of command ...Australia to review gun laws after 15 die in attack on Jewish festival
By Byron Kaye Reuters After Australia’s worst mass shooting in 1996, it took the government 12 days to ban semi-automatic weapons, organise ...Several killed in mass shooting at Australia’s Bondi Beach
Two suspected shooters opened fire at Sydney’s iconic Bondi Beach on Sunday, killing 12 people and wounding multiple others in an attack ...Thailand-Cambodia fighting continues after Trump says countries agree to ceasefire
Cambodia said Saturday that Thailand continued dropping bombs on its territory hours after US President Donald Trump said the neighbours had agreed ...Japan, South Korea scramble warplanes in response to Russia, China air patrol
Japan has scrambled jets to monitor Russian and Chinese air forces conducting joint patrols around the country, the Japanese defense ministry said ...Thailand-Cambodia fighting spreads along border as death toll rises
BY JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI and SOPHENG CHEANG AP Cambodia’s powerful Senate President Hun Sen on Tuesday vowed that his country would carry out a ...Thailand launches air strikes against Cambodia as deadly border clashes escalate
Thailand launched air strikes on its neighbour Cambodia on Monday, the Thai army said, with both sides trading blame for the latest ...Fresh round of Afghanistan-Pakistan talks fails to reach a deal
By Nafisa Eltahir and Reade Levinson Reuters The Sudanese paramilitary force that besieged then overran a city in Darfur in late October ...Sri Lanka flood death toll rises to 159, many more missing
By Amal JAYASINGHE AFP Sri Lanka declared a state of emergency on Saturday and appealed for international assistance as the death toll ...














