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The Football Association of Malaysia executive committee has resigned to pave the way for reforms. Source link

Ajit Pawar, deputy chief minister of India’s Maharashtra state, has died in a plane crash along with four other people, the country’s aviation regulator has said. The plane, which had taken off from Mumbai, crash-landed at the airport in Pawar’s constituency of Baramati, where it had been headed, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation said….

The wife of South Korea’s ousted former president has been sentenced to 20 months in jail for accepting bribes from the controversial Unification Church. However, the court cleared 52-year-old Kim Keon Hee on charges of stock price manipulation and receiving free opinion polls from a political broker before the 2022 presidential election, which was won…

Getty Images Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said he wants police to “throw the book” at a man who tried to attack a rally Police should “throw the book” at a man who allegedly lobbed a homemade bomb into a crowd at a rally in support of Indigenous Australians, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has said….

Reuters Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and EU leaders Ursula von der Leyen and António da Costa radiated cheer as they posed for reporters ahead of the deal’s announcement The trade deal between India and the European Union is as much about geopolitics as it’s about intercontinental business relations. The EU is already India’s largest…

EPA The Nipah virus can spread from animals to humans. An outbreak of the deadly Nipah virus in India’s West Bengal state has sparked concern in parts of Asia, with some tightening screening measures at airports. Thailand has started screening passengers at three airports that receive flights from West Bengal. Nepal has also begun screening…

Firefighters in the Australian state of Victoria are battling at least six major fires as a record-breaking heatwave hits the country’s south-east. Two fires are currently burning at “emergency level” according to local broadcaster ABC News. Several communities have been issued emergency warnings to either evacuate, watch and wait, or shelter in place. Fire officials…

Judges at the International Criminal Court have ruled that former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte is fit to stand trial for alleged crimes against humanity. The ICC also set a “confirmation of charges” hearing on 23 February, where judges will decide whether the prosecution’s case against Duterte is strong enough to proceed to a trial. Duterte’s…

A Tokyo court has asked Pyongyang to pay 88 million Japanese yen ($570,000; £416,000) to four people who were lured to North Korea decades ago by a propaganda scheme. The plaintiffs said the North was marketed to them as “paradise on Earth”, but they instead found themselves subject to harsh conditions, including forced labour. They…

US President Donald Trump has announced he is raising tariffs on South Korean imports to 25% after accusing Seoul of “not living up” to a trade deal reached last year. In a post on social media, Trump said he would increase levies on South Korea from 15% across a range of products including automobiles, lumber,…