Asia - Pacific
'Climate impact' in Bangladesh: Lightning strikes kill 74 people in 38 days
Lightning killed 2,800 people in South Asian nation in past decade, with farmers being most vulnerable group
Australian prime minister reiterates opposition to Israeli operation in Rafah
Anthony Albanese says his government concerned about civilian population in Gaza
Malaysia tells US it doesn't recognize sanctions by individual nations
Interior Minister Ismail tells US officials that Kuala Lumpur was committed to tackling money laundering
South Korea to establish new ministry to address low birth rates
President Yoon Suk Yeol asks for opposition's support in parliament to pass legislation to establish new ministry
7 killed in attack in southwestern Pakistan
Unidentified gunmen enter residential quarters near Gwaradr's fish harbor early in the morning and opened indiscriminate fire, killing 7 people, who were sleeping, officials say
Sri Lanka widens net over recruiters for Russian military, nabs 2 ex-soldiers
Total of 4 people, including former army officers, detained in Sri Lanka over sending war veterans to Russia to fight Ukraine