The world's largest measles outbreak has been traced to immunisation lapses during the 2024-25 political turmoil, and an emergency campaign has still missed about four million children.
Kremlin talks produced more than a dozen agreements, led by a Rosatom-built nuclear plant due by 2031, before Vietnam's leader flew on to France.
Attacks by the Pakistani Taliban and Baloch separatists now reach the province's north, threatening the highways that carry trade from Quetta to Karachi and the Iranian border.
Ash closed eight airports, including Jakarta's main hub, and sent schools online in four provinces. Volcanologists warn more eruptions are likely at a volcano whose 2018 collapse caused a deadly tsunami.
Prosecutors want the Philippine vice-president to testify on the unexplained-wealth charge, while four absent senators leave the 16-vote conviction threshold in doubt.
A glacier collapse on the Nepal-China border killed more than 1,200 people. Hundreds of similar lakes across the Himalaya have no early-warning system at all.
Japan hosts the 2026 Asian Games from late September, with athletics spread across two Nagoya venues and India defending its kabaddi titles.
Officials have set out a 2026 policy mix built on innovation-driven growth, with the 'AI Plus' initiative projected to produce industries worth more than 10 trillion yuan.
From 4 September, a cash payment replaces the existing tax credit in a country with one of the world's lowest birth rates.
Favourable macroeconomic conditions have kept both countries at the front of Asia-Pacific dealmaking, as September's diplomatic calendar fills up.
Then-Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji arrives at Hong Kong's international airport on Nov. 18, 2002, for the opening of the World Congress of Accountants. K.Y. Cheng/South China Morning Post via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption K.Y. Cheng/South China Morning Post via Getty Images Then-Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji arrives at Hong Kong's international airport on Nov.