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  • A Philippine Coast Guard image it says shows damage to the vessel BRP Cape Engano following a collision with a Chinese coast guard vessel near Sabina Shoal in disputed waters of the South China Sea.

    Chinese and Philippine ships collide near disputed Sabina Shoal in South China Sea

  • Mao Zedong, in Beijing in 1967

    ‘Monument to history’ battle between US and China over future of Mao’s secretary’s diary

    Beijing believed to be behind court bid to secure account of life inside Communist HQ
  • Audrey Tang, former Taiwan cabinet minister

    The good hacker: can Taiwanese activist turned politician Audrey Tang detoxify the internet?

    As the ‘civic hacker’ who became Taiwan’s first transgender cabinet minister, she is used to breaking boundaries. What can the rest of the world learn from her vision of a happy and inclusive web?

  • Hospitals in India hit as doctors begin nationwide strike over trainee’s rape and murder

  • Chinese woman loses final appeal in her fight to freeze her eggs

  • Paetongtarn Shinawatra becomes Thailand’s youngest prime minister

  • Indian medics step up strike in protest at doctor’s rape and murder

  • Little experience and a lot on her plate: who is Thailand’s new prime minister?

  • Who will be Japan’s next PM? Ruling LDP set to begin ‘especially chaotic’ party election

  • British MPs appeal to Azerbaijan government to free detained academic

Asia Pacific

  • Coastal headlands in south Taranaki, New Zealand

    New Zealand
    The fight for iron sands: the bitter battle to protect New Zealand’s sea-floor riches

  • David Neuberger

    Hong Kong
    Former UK supreme court head quits media freedom role over work as judge in Hong Kong

  • Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin speaks at a press conference after he was dismissed from his post for breaching ethical rules, at the Government House in Bangkok, Thailand, 14 August 2024.

    Thailand
    Thailand’s Pheu Thai party to choose successor after prime minister removed by court

  • Kishida sits behind a microphone

    Japan
    Japan PM Fumio Kishida announces he will step down in September

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South & central Asia

  • Labourers working on a salt pan in Little Rann of Kutch in the western Indian state of Gujarat.

    Global development
    Televisions, fridges and water pumps: why solar power means a brighter future for Gujarat’s salt farmers

  • Students protest at Dhaka University campus in the Bangladeshi capital

    Full Story
    How Bangladesh’s longest-serving leader was toppled by student protests – Full Story podcast

  • Marchers made their way past homes, gated communities and apartment blocks, demanding justice, safety and respect

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    India
    Thousands of Indian women protest after junior doctor’s rape and murder – video

  • Crowds of protesters shout and wave flags

    Bangladesh
    Protesters attack supporters of ousted Bangladesh PM in Dhaka

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Pictures & video

  • Bangladesh: how the ‘gen Z revolution’ forced the prime minister to flee – video explainer

  • The earthquake triggered tsunami warnings, but there were no immediate signs of major damage.

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    Office workers find cover as 7.1-magnitude quake rocks southern Japan – video

    The earthquake triggered tsunami warnings, but there were no immediate signs of major damage.
  • Anti-government protesters

    Mass protests in Bangladesh – in pictures

    Tens of thousands of protesters surged through the capital, Dhaka, after the prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, resigned on Monday to end her 15 years in power
  • Sheikh Hasina fled the country by helicopter after protesters stormed the prime minister's official residence

    1:12

    Bangladesh PM flees in helicopter after mass protests – video report

  • Anti-government protests have swept across Bangladesh in recent days and resulted in dozens of deaths

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    Bangladesh: protesters storm PM’s residence in Dhaka – video

  • The country has been in turmoil since a mass student movement began against quotas for government jobs

    Pro-government groups attack protesters in Bangladesh – video

  • More than 150 people have died and scores of others are believed to be still missing after heavy rains triggered landslides in Chooralmala and other parts of Kerala

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    Drone footage shows aftermath of deadly landslide in Kerala, India – video

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