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Thailand Halts New Gun Permits Nationwide After Deadly School Shooting

Thailand has halted new firearm permits and permit renewals after a 14-year-old killed eight people and himself at a school near Bangkok, with reporting the toll actually reached nine.

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Ex-Thai MP Confesses to Killing Official Live on YouTube Before Surrendering

A former Thai member of parliament allegedly shot dead a local government official near Bangkok on 10 August 2026, then telephoned a political commentator during a live YouTube broadcast to admit what he had done.

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Typhoon Dolphin Hits Okinawa, Forces Evacuations Before Turning Toward China

Typhoon Dolphin has knocked out power to tens of thousands of buildings and injured five people in Japan's Okinawa, prompting mass evacuations and flight cancellations before the storm heads toward China.

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Thai PM Vows Stricter Gun Laws After Teen Kills Seven at Home and School

A 14-year-old killed seven people, including five teachers, near Bangkok before taking his own life. Thailand's PM has now signed a one-year suspension of gun-carry permits and pledged tighter background checks nationwide.

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Thai pupil recalls teacher shot dead in front of her near Bangkok

Students fled Debsirin School in Nonthaburi after police say a 14-year-old shot five teachers dead and injured more than a dozen people.

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Earthquake shakes operating room at Japan hospital

Security footage shows Kumamoto General Hospital staff shielding a patient during a magnitude 6.8 earthquake on 28 July, as four surgeries were under way and later completed.

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Tarun Tejpal gets 10 years in jail after rape conviction

Former Tehelka editor Tarun Tejpal has been sentenced to 10 years in prison after the Goa bench of the Bombay High Court overturned his 2021 acquittal in a rape case.

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Indian women protesters say they faced abuse and doxxing

Women who used Instagram to support India’s CJP protests say they faced rape threats, doxxing and abuse after the demonstrations ended.

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BJP suffers rare byelection loss as student protests dent support

The BJP lost a Bihar byelection it had held for 30 years as Prashant Kishor’s Jan Suraaj party won Bankipur, amid fallout from nationwide student protests over exam leaks.

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Aung San Suu Kyi seen in first outside contact in 2.5 years

Aung San Suu Kyi has been seen in first confirmed outside contact in nearly four years after meeting an ICRC delegation in Myanmar.

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Five dead, 41 missing after Indonesia ferry fire

Five people are dead and 41 remain missing after the KMP Mutiara Sentosa 2 ferry caught fire off Madura island with 271 people on board.

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Experts say Indian protesters’ wounds match pellet-gun fire

Independent ballistic experts say wounds from last week's Delhi protests are consistent with pellet-gun fire, with at least four hospital-treated cases confirmed by the BBC.

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