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Asia

  • People stand behind a white metal fence looking at personal belongings piled on floor coverings

    Relatives of India crush victims accuse authorities of leaving people to die

  • West Japan Railway has introduced a 12-metre high robot mounted on a truck to perform maintenance work on rails, including trimming tree branches and painting.

    Japan introduces enormous humanoid robot to maintain train lines

    The 12-metre high machine has coke bottle eyes and a crude Wall-E-like head, as well as large arms that can be fitted with blades or paint brushes
  • Shoes on the ground with people pictured in the background

    India deadly crush blamed on huge overcrowding as death toll passes 120

    Police report says 250,000 people had gathered at a Hindu event in Uttar Pradesh that had a capacity of 80,000

  • Court orders Japanese government to pay damages over forced sterilisations

  • Taiwan demands China returns fishing boat seized by coastguard

  • US expels more than 100 Chinese migrants in rare mass deportation

  • Xi’s central Asia trip aims to cement ties as China vies for influence with Russia

  • At least 116 killed in crush at Hindu gathering in northern India, say officials

  • New Cuban radar site near US military base could aid China spying – report

  • Injured rushed to hospital after crowd crush at Hindu gathering in India – video

Asia Pacific

  • A woman in white is grabbed by two police officers wearing masks

    Cambodia
    Cambodia jails 10 environmentalists in ‘crushing blow to civil society’

  • Hundreds of people took part in the hunting contest in North Canterbury that targets feral cats - a pest in New Zealand.

    New Zealand
    ‘Like the devil on meth’: New Zealand feral cat killing competition produces record haul

  • The G8388 Loop high-speed train is passing through Kunshanba town in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, China, on June 15, 2024.

    China
    China’s tech firms vow crackdown on online hate speech after knife attack

  • One of the 170 blocks that make up the Tokiwadaira housing estate near Tokyo.

    Japan
    Life at the heart of Japan’s lonely deaths epidemic: ‘I would be lying if I said I wasn’t worried’

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South & central Asia

  • Young people gather on a hilltop called the 'roof of Tehran' to watch the sunset. Photo: Stefanie Glinski

    Global development
    ‘Nothing compensates for the stolen years’: the Afghan women rebuilding shattered dreams in Iran

  • Lakshya in Kill.

    Film
    Kill review – ultraviolent Indian train thriller is finger-cracking good

  • A wall mural on a street in Kabul shows protesting women. The foremost woman has her arms raised, but her open mouth has been spraypainted black. Writing in Arabic reads: 'Afghan women will not be silent anymore'

    Rights and freedom
    Video appears to show gang-rape of Afghan woman in a Taliban jail

  • A man wearing a tuxedo stands on a red carpet. Behind him three dancers in saris kneel, smiling and making gestures with their arms, and behind them a group of people smile and throw rose petals.

    Global development
    What does a Bollywood star have to do with Indian women’s wellbeing? Everything

    Shrayana Bhattacharya
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Pictures & video

  • Chinese space rocket crashes into hillside after accidental launch – video

  • The Chinese lunar probe retrieved the first ever soil samples from the moon's far side, marking a major milestone for Beijing's space program

    0:55

    China lunar probe returns from moon carrying first ever soil samples from its far side – video

    The Chinese lunar probe retrieved the first ever soil samples from the moon's far side, marking a major milestone for Beijing's space program
  • Footage released by Russian state TV showed the two leaders driving around what appeared to be a park in Pyongyang

    0:58

    Putin takes Kim Jong-un for a drive in Russian luxury car – video

    Footage released by Russian state TV showed the two leaders driving around what appeared to be a park in Pyongyang
  • Russian president is greeted by crowds and fanfare on his first visit to North Korea in 24 years

    0:49

    Kim Jong-un welcomes Vladimir Putin at official ceremony in Pyongyang – video

  • Kim Jong-un with Vladimir Putin

    Vladimir Putin in North Korea – in pictures

  • Authorities have issued flood warnings in the south while other parts of China face extreme heat

    0:23

    Drone footage shows mudslides after heavy rain in southern China – video

  • Projections show Narendra Modi's coalition is unlikely to win an outright majority in the 2024 election

    1:35

    Modi claims Indian election victory despite likely loss of majority – video

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