Security forces of Iran's Islamic government arrested prominent lawyers and human rights activists who were protesting the government due to Khamenei's decision for giving Iran's territorial waters and neutral resources to Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan under pressure of Russia

Taliban/Islamic Emirate calls on US to hold talks "to reach an understanding" to end the war in Afghanistan

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has announced an aid of Indian rupees 10 crores for flood-hit Kerala.

2 found dead in Kushtia Police recovered two bodies from Mirpur and Daulatpur upazilas of Kushtia district on Monday morning. One of the deceased is hundi trader Monirul Islam, 52, son of a certain Kamal Uddin, from Hosenabad area of Daulatpur

Man detained with 6 gold bars at Dhaka airport Customs officials arrested a man along with six gold bars, weighing 600 grams, from Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on Friday afternoon. The arrestee is Sourav Mina, reports UNB. Customs intelligence

PCP leader, 5 others shot dead in Khagrachhari Six people including a leader of Pahari Chhatra Parishad are killed and three others injured in a gun attack in Khagrachhari Sadar upazila.

Two arrested for the murder of a transgender person in Peshawar

Earthquake of magnitude 4.8 - 132km W of Kota Ternate, Indonesia

Commission on Human Rights "deeply alarmed" by the arrest of three lawyers at a drug raid in Makati.

A construction worker killed and another injured as a microbus crashed into a road divider in Tejgaon area of Dhaka Bangladesh

Police: Two Chinese nationals killed in a shooting incident in Manila this morning

Alleged return of injured or dead militants from Ghazni is incorrect: Pakistan

Foreigner killed by riding-in-tandem gunmen in Manila, companion hurt

Shelter home case: CBI raids Bihar ex-minister's premises

Farmer dies in Isabela shooting

Odisha Congress president Niranjan Patnaik, Leader of Opposition Narasingha Mishra and State in-charge Jitendra Singh in NewDelhi to attend a meeting convened by AICC president Rahul Gandhi today; strategies for Elections2019 likely to be chalked out

Imran Khan is to take oath as next Prime Minister of Pakistan at an ongoing ceremony at Aiwan-e-Sadr in Islamabad. President Mamnoon Hussain would administer oath to him.

Cayosa: Based on the facts on the ground, there's no basis of charging the lawyers arrested in a Makati bar raid of obstruction of justice. It is very clear these are just "palusot" by policemen who made mistakes.

6 killed and 3 others injured in a gun attack in Khagrachari, say police

Thailand Phayao villages hit by flash flood after river bursts banks

Thailand Roads unusable as three Lampang villages hit by flash floods

Pakistan Army chief COAS accepts that Pakistanis were killed during Ghazni attack, but claims they were labors went there for work.

Taiwan issues 'yellow alert' travel warning to Australia "due to influenza outbreak and risk of terrorism"

A local road from Chiang Mai to Chiang Rai severely damaged by flash floods Photo @Disaster_TH

Four offices of the investment advisory firm, DFDL Thailand Legal and Tax, have been raided in Bangkok, Phuket and Samui. Coordinated raids were conducted by the DSI (Department of Special Investigations), police and Board of Investment.

President Duterte instructs Foreign Secretary Cayetano to raise with China incident where Philippine military aircraft was warned away by China in the SCS.

Indonesia's President Joko Widodo carries a torch of the 2018 Asian Games as he runs with Sport and Youth Minister Imam Nahrawi (L) during the torch relay at the presidential palace in Jakarta on August 17, 2018. #AsianGames2018

Northern Thailand after heavy downpour last night Doi Saket - Wiang Pa Pao - Mae Suai -Chiang Rai

Man arrested for attacking security personnel at Delhi airport

3 dead and 4 injured after a house collapsed in Dhamtari's Kandel village. The injured are undergoing treatment at the district hospital Chhattigsarh (17.08.18)

A 6.6 magnitude earthquake has hit the northeast of the Indonesian city of Raba on the island of Sumbawa just weeks after an earthquake in Lombok killed 460 people.

China police detain man for asking why can't Taiwan be called a country

P/Supt Vicente Cabatingan said escapee Michael Benitez Salac refused to surrender when policemen went to his sister's house at Mary Homes Subdivision in Barangay Molino 4, Bacoor City, where he was reportedly hiding. (? Bacoor City Police)

Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - 3km ENE of Buli, Taiwan

Earthquake of magnitude 5.0 - 55km SE of Shihezi, China

Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - 125km NW of Abepura, Indonesia

Earthquake of magnitude 4.7 - 1km SE of Jiaokui, China

Strong but deep earthquake measuring 6.7 hits the Flores Sea in Indonesia; no tsunami alert - BMKG

After Uzbekistan, Taliban delegation led by Taliban Qatar office head Sher Mohammad Stanikzai visited Indonesia from August 12-15. They met vice president Muhammad Yousaf, foreign minister and special envoy for AFG and talked about peace and withdrawel of foreign troops.

Pakistan's ISI cooperated with Lashkar-e-Taiba in deadly attack on Ghazni city, senior Afghan intelligence official tells 1TV

Earthquake of magnitude 6.5 - 109km NNW of Kampungbajo, Indonesia

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani visits Ghazni after Taliban siege

China's military has expanded its bomber operations in recent years while "likely training for strikes" against the United States and its allies, a Pentagon report says

#Kashmir Ansar Ghazwat al-Hind announces a new audio of his emir Zakir Moussa on the occasion of Aid al-Adha

Death toll from monsoon floods in the Indian state of Kerala hits 324, making it the state's deadliest flooding in more than 100 years - BBC

US says number of Uighurs and other Muslim minorities being detained by China in internment camps may be "in the millions," backing UN estimates. Within the admin, there's strong debate about sanctioning China for these human rights abuses

Commanders and units of Burma security forces sanctioned by @USTreasury "for their involvement in ethnic cleansing" in Rakhine State "and other widespread human rights abuses" in Kachin and Shan States.

Chairman PTI Imran Khan Elected As The 22nd Prime Minister Of Pakistan

38-year-old woman shot dead by unknown gunmen in Pulwama village

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani called on Pakistan's army chief Gen. Bajwa to explain why injured Taliban fighters who were involved in the recent attack against the Afghan city of Ghazni are being treated in hospitals in Pakistan

The death toll from major floods in India's tourist hotspot Kerala jumps to 164: state head

KCNA: "HE Kim Jong Un is the defender of peace in the Korean Peninsula and the world, the mayor of the city said, adding that all citizens regard it as their greatest honor to have him as an honorary citizen."

KCNA: "Guaranda City, Bolivar Province of Ecuador, decided to award the title of honorary citizen to the respected Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un on the occasion of the 70th founding anniversary of the DPRK"

China's stock market hits 2.5-year low.