Asia South Korea New President Yoon Suk Yeol promised a "bold plan" to strengthen North Korea's economy and improve the lives of its people in exchange for denuclearisation, in his inauguration speech on Tuesday
Asia Saudi Arabia New Saudi tourism ambassador and football legend Lionel Messi visited the historic Jeddah area on Tuesday as part of his visit to showcase the country's thriving sector
Asia Yemen To prevent a major environmental disaster, the UN have launched a campaign to raise $144 million to offload a million barrels of crude oil from a rotting tanker stranded off the coast for years
Asia Cambodia A female stingray, one of South-East Asia's largest and rarest fish species, was accidentally caught last week when she swallowed a smaller fish that had taken a hook; she has now been released into the Mekong River
Asia Tajikistan The Go Viral Network of Central Asia and the US Embassy in the country have invited enthusiasts and experts from the fields of media, business, culture and technology to participate in the Go Viral Tajikistan innovation festival that starts today
Asia Japan Japanese household spending fell in March for the first time in three months, although the drop was smaller than expected -2,3% - as consumers remained wary of rising living costs
Asia India A 28-year-old Muslim woman's petition to a court, seeking to stop her husband from taking another wife without her written consent, has put the practice of polygamy among Indian Muslims in the spotlight
Asia Nepal Kami Rita Sherpa, 52, a Nepali Sherpa, has climbed Mount Everest for the 26th time, beating her previous record set last year and setting a new world record for climbing
Asia Pakistan The historic Hassanabad bridge in the Hunza Valley was destroyed on Saturday: a heatwave caused severe flooding, bringing a glacial lake to release large amounts of water into a stream that hit the bridge
Asia Taiwan It will be "very difficult" to get an invitation to a major WHO meeting this month, despite continued efforts, Foreign Minister Wu said; the country has been excluded from most global organisations because of China's objections
Asia Sri Lanka As clashes spread late Monday evening, authorities imposed an indefinite curfew across the nation of 22 million and called in the army to help contain the violence
Asia Afghanistan Several dozen women's rights activists marched through the streets of Kabul, despite intimidation by officers, against a Taliban order making it compulsory for women to wear the full burqa, including a face veil, when in public
Asia Palestine Al Jazeera's Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was killed while covering an Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin; the Ministry of Health said she was hit by Israeli fire, despite wearing a vest bearing the inscription PRESS