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The BBC’s South East Asia correspondent Jonathan Head has visited the site where at least 27 people were killed during a bar fire in Thailand. The deadly blaze broke out at Rong Beer Na Lat Phrao – the local name of the bar – which is situated in the Chatuchak …

Footage shows the aftermath of a deadly fire at a Bangkok pub that broke out just after midnight local time on Monday. At least 27 people have been killed, Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said. Charnvirakul, who attended the scene, told media that a musician who was on stage at the …

Anchor attempts to close that gap. Users can zoom from the whole brainstem seen on MRI down to individual neurons while maintaining their precise spatial relationships. The researchers have made the atlas freely available online, external, hoping it becomes a reference tool for neuroscientists, neurologists and neurosurgeons worldwide. Its applications …

Hundreds of thousands of people have been evacuated from areas of eastern China as a powerful typhoon – the country’s second in a week – barrels towards the coast. Typhoon Bavi, which spans 1,000km (620 miles) at its widest point – roughly the width of France – is expected to …

See how the powerful storm is expected to move across east Asia on Saturday. BBC News

Palaeontologists in Thailand say they have discovered a new species of dinosaur from fossils found in Kalasin Province in the country’s north-east. The plant-eating dinosaur, named Uragasaurus kalasinensis, is thought to have lived about 150 million years ago. It had an unusually long neck and measured up to 20m (66ft) …

An acclaimed British-Australian pianist has lost his workplace discrimination case against the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (MSO) over comments he made about Gaza during a performance. Jayson Gillham sued the MSO after it cancelled one of his performances in 2024, days after he said during another show that Israel had killed …

China has successfully landed a reusable rocket for the first time in a major breakthrough for the country’s space programme, according to state media. The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation said the Long March 10B rocket lifted off from Hainan in southern China at 12:15 local time (04:15GMT) on …

The recovery of the body saw anger pour out onto the streets, with a mob vandalising roads, shops and a local railway station. A young man was beaten to death by the crowd – Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari has since said he was innocent. Several police officers were injured and …

Five crew members remain missing after the wreckage of a Boeing 737 plane that went missing off the coast of Pakistan has been located, aviation officials have said. Pakistan’s Airports Authority said efforts are under way to find those who were on board the private cargo plane which had been …

Mohammed Arif, who repairs motorcycle engines at a workshop, said he has serviced several older bikes over the past year for fuel residue build-up in carburettors, which he attributes to the higher ethanol content. The deposits reduce performance and require more frequent cleaning, he said, increasing servicing costs for customers. …

The trial at the Senate started on 6 July. Ninety-two trial dates in total have been scheduled, spread thrice weekly. The proceedings are livestreamed by local media outlets, with tens of thousands of viewers tuning in to watch each one. Under Philippine law, officials like the president, vice-president and chief …

For eight days, a fire has been burning at a waste mountain in Indonesia. The blaze at Jatiwaringin landfill, on the outskirts of the capital Jakarta, has spread across more than 15 hectares, smothering the area in thick, toxic smoke and displacing hundreds of local residents. Health authorities have reported …

Australian dock workers are demanding a 28-hour work week with no loss of pay as the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and automation expands across the country’s ports. The AI push is being led by port logistics giant DP World, which the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) said has put …

Aviation officials in Pakistan say a search operation is ongoing after a cargo plane carrying five crew members went missing off the coast of Karachi, a city at the country’s southern tip. The Boeing 737 rapidly descended and lost contact with air traffic controllers on Tuesday at 21:21 local time …

Last year, Indian-American physicist Jainendra Jain, a co-recipient of the prestigious 2025 Wolf Prize and a figure well-known for his revolutionary research in quantum physics, was taken aback when he received a call from an Indian real estate tycoon. Abhishek Lodha of the Lodha Group, whose projects include the ultra-luxury, …

On Sunday, heavy rain began falling on Renhe village in the southern Chinese province of Guangxi. The villagers were used to it. But the rain didn’t stop – and the water suddenly rose. By the early hours of Monday, the water had reached their knees. By dawn, it had completely …

At least nine police officers have been killed, and several are missing, after an attack by gunmen in Pakistan’s south-western Balochistan province, a local government official has told BBC Urdu. The attackers opened fire on police guarding the construction site of a multi-billion rupee dam in the Ziarat district, Deputy …

A court in eastern China has sentenced a former city official to death for taking more than 2.2bn yuan ($325m; £243m) in bribes over 30 years. Yang Youlin, who served in various positions in Nanjing city from 1993 to 2023, was also convicted of embezzlement, abuse of power and money …

South Korean technology giant Samsung Electronics says it expects to post a 19-fold jump in its profits, driven by global demand for artificial intelligence (AI) memory chips. The company forecast that it made 89tn won (£44bn; $58bn) between the start of April and the end of June, marking its third …