South Korea: Actress Kim Sae-ron, 24, found dead

South Korean actress Kim Sae-ron has been found dead in Seoul, police have said. The 24-year-old was found in her home in the city’s Seongsu-dong district by a friend at…

India: Families heartbreak after deadly Delhi railway station crush

On Sunday morning, the New Delhi Railway Station in India’s capital looked much like it always does: bustling, with its many platforms full of eager, impatient passengers waiting to catch…

Taiwan: Authorities detect dozens of Chinese aircraft near island

Taiwan has detected 24 Chinese military aircraft near the island as a Canadian warship passed through the sensitive Taiwan Strait, Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defence says. The Chinese aircraft included…

India: Eighteen killed in New Delhi station crush

A crush at New Delhi Railway Station has left around 18 people dead and at least 10 injured. Thousands of people reportedly crammed into the railway station on Saturday night…

India: Anger as judge frees man accused of raping wife who then died

An Indian court’s ruling that a man’s forced “unnatural sex” with his wife is not an offence has led to huge outrage and sparked renewed calls for better protections for…

S Korea: Ex-premier league striker gets suspended jail term for filming secret sex videos

South Korean football player Hwang Ui-jo has been handed a suspended one-year jail term for illegally filming his sexual encounters with a woman, Yonhap News Agency reported. The 32-year-old, a…

Japan: Woman arrested for squashing bun in shop

A woman in Japan has been arrested for allegedly squashing a bun at a convenience store and leaving without buying the packet of bread. Authorities in the southern city of…

India: Man found guilty of rape and murder of Irish backpacker

A man has been found guilty of the rape and murder of an Irish woman backpacking in India. Danielle McLaughlin, 28, from County Donegal, was found dead in a field in…

India: Direct rule in violence-hit Indian state after chief minister quits

The Indian government has brought the troubled north-eastern state of Manipur under direct federal rule days after Chief Minister N Biren Singh resigned. Singh, from India’s governing Bharatiya Janata Party…

Australia: Authorities accuse China of ‘unsafe’ fighter jet move

A Chinese fighter jet released flares in front of an Australian military aircraft while flying over the South China Sea early this week, authorities in Canberra have said. Australia’s defence…