Myanmar junta hands Japanese filmmaker 10-year jail sentence

Japan's foreign ministry says it has been providing consular support to Toru Kubota and will "continue to appeal to the Myanmar authorities" for his early release.

Leaders of Azerbaijan, Armenia to meet in Prague quadrilateral summit

Armenia's PM Pashinyan says he will meet Azerbaijan's President Aliyev at the European Political Community summit also involving France's Macron and EU's Michel.

Deadly blast targets mosque near Afghan interior ministry in Kabul

The afternoon explosion went off inside the mosque of the country's interior ministry, which is responsible for security and law enforcement in the country.

Flawed taxation puts Bangladesh among largest tobacco-consuming nations

The country aspires to become tobacco free by 2040 – but to achieve that goal 37.8 million Bangladeshis will have to quit smoking or consuming tobacco products.

Indonesian president calls for audit of stadiums after deadly stampede

President Joko Widodo says "locked doors and steep stairs" in the Malang city stadium led to the disaster, one of the deadliest in football's history.

South Korea apologises after failed missile sends residents into tizzy

South Korean military's Hyunmoo-2 missile fails shortly after launch and crashes during the drill with US military, panicking residents and leading many to believe it could be a North Korean attack.

Bangladesh national grid failure plunges 130M people into darkness

Authorities have launched an investigation into what caused all power plants to trip, plunging the capital, Dhaka, and other big cities into darkness.

Avalanche kills mountaineers in northern India

This is the first time in the history of Indian mountaineering that such a large group of trainee mountaineers are killed in an avalanche, says former Indian air force officer.

US, S Korea conduct bombing drill after North launches missile

The drills aimed to demonstrate the allies' "capabilities to conduct a precision strike at the origin of provocations", Seoul says, after North fires ballistic missile over Japan for the first time in five years.

Indonesia probes top officers as football stadium disaster fatalities rise

Indonesian police move to punish those responsible for the deadly crush in the city of Malang and the country's football federation bans two officials from Arema FC for life over the tragedy.

Senior police officer in India-administered Kashmir found murdered

Police said a household helper was the main suspect — but a rebel group said it had targeted and killed Hemant Kumar Lohia.

North Korea fires 'ballistic missile,' prompts evacuation alert in Japan

Japanese authorities issue a “J-alert” to residents in northeastern regions to evacuate to buildings nearby, while trains were temporarily suspended in Hokkaido and Aomori regions.