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Asia July 23, 2024

Internet remains down in Bangladesh despite apparent calm following deadly protests

Bangladesh declared a public holiday on Monday and remained without internet for a fifth day following a Supreme Court ruling that reduced a government job quota system.

World Protests July 22, 2024

Bangladesh protests pause as top court agrees to abandon most job quotas

There were no reports of violence or protests across Bangladesh on Monday, officials said, after a Supreme Court ruling quelled violent demonstrations that rocked the country.

TAIWAN July 22, 2024

Taiwan launches annual war games as tensions simmer with China

Taiwan began its annual Han Kuang war games, designed to simulate actual combat, as tensions simmer with China, which views Taiwan as its sovereign territory.

VIDEO July 22, 2024

Taiwan launches annual war games, but this year is different as tensions simmer with China

Taiwan began its annual Han Kuang war games, designed to simulate actual combat, as tensions simmer with China, which views Taiwan as its sovereign territory. (Credit: Taiwan Military News Agency / Reuters)

China July 22, 2024

China, Philippines announce deal to stop clashes in South China Sea

China and the Philippines announced an agreement intended to end escalating clashes in the South China Sea centering around Second Thomas Shoal.

CRIME July 21, 2024

Secret hospitals in Philippines offer criminals surgical makeover to evade police: 'Entirely new person'

The Philippines has raised alarms about offshore gambling operators who may serve as part of a wider criminal enterprise that takes advantage of the Asian country.

Asia July 19, 2024

2 oil tankers catch fire off Singapore, navy rescues crews

Singapore's navy said it rescued crews from two oil tankers that caught on fire roughly 34 miles northeast of the Singaporean island Pedra Branca on July 19, 2024.

VIDEO July 19, 2024

2 oil tankers catch fire off Singapore, navy rescues crews

Singapore's navy said it rescued crews from two oil tankers that caught on fire about 34 miles northeast of the island of Pedra Branca on July 19, 2024. (Credit: Republic of Singapore Air Force / /Republic of Singapore Navy / LCP Dilan Lau)

Asia July 19, 2024

Nguyen Phu Trong, Vietnam's top Communist Party leader, dead at 80

Vietnam's ruling Communist Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong died on July 19, 2024, after holding the country's most powerful position for 13 years. He was 80 years old.

Asia July 17, 2024

Bangladesh urges universities to close after 6 die in protests, bombs and weapons found

Bangladeshi authorities urged universities to close after six people died in protests against a quota that reserves some jobs for relatives of Bangladesh’s independence war veterans.

Crime July 17, 2024

Autopsies of Americans, Vietnamese found dead in a Bangkok hotel identify traces of cyanide

Two Vietnamese Americans are among a group of people believed to have been fatally poisoned by cyanide at a hotel in Bangkok.