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• Uproar over sexual assault in Bangladesh after video spreads online

  Protests broke out across the country after footage of the incident was circulated.

• China partially lifts ban on Japanese seafood imports

  It imposed the ban in 2023 over Japan's release of treated waste water from the Fukushima nuclear plant.

• 'Every word has come back to haunt me': China cracks down on women who write gay erotica

  At least 30 writers have been arrested across the country since February, a lawyer tells the BBC.

• Watch: Humanoid robots stumble through football match in China

  The robots kicked, scored and tumbled while competing at a tourmentant in Beijing.

• One of Hong Kong's last major pro-democracy parties disbands

  It is the third major opposition party to disband this year, ahead of the fifth anniversary of the Beijing-imposed national security law.

• Thousands protest in Bangkok calling for Thai PM to resign

  Demands to resign follow a leaked phone call the prime minister had with Cambodia's former leader about a border dispute.

• 'Proud to be gay': K-pop star on coming out to the world

  Only a handful of K-pop artists have come out as gay, but none as publicly as Bain. Is this a turning point?

• India recovers data from crashed Air India flight recorders

  The data from the recorders can be used to reconstruct the flight's final moments and determine the cause of the incident.

• Outrage as Trump compares Iran strikes to Japan atomic bombing

  Trump's reference to Hiroshima and Nagasaki is "unacceptable", survivors of the WW2 attacks say.

• Japan executes 'Twitter killer' who murdered nine

  Takahiro Shiraishi made contact with his victims on social media then lured them to his apartment.

• Renowned food critic Chua Lam dies at 83

  The Singapore-born Lam was one of Hong Kong's "four greatest talents".

• Rising school fees push Indian families to the brink

  Parents accuse private schools of steep fee raises which are stretching budgets to breaking point.

• How Indian chef defied odds to win food Oscar and take Tamil cuisine global

  Chef Vijay Kumar’s 2025 James Beard win marks a quiet revolution, spotlighting south Indian cuisine globally.

• Sholay: Bollywood epic roars back to big screen after 50 years with new ending

  Fifty years on, Sholay - arguably Hindi cinema’s most iconic film - makes a spectacular return.

• Thailand's 'weed wild west' faces new rules as smuggling to UK rises

  A number of British travellers have been arrested and prices have collapsed due to overproduction.