A Kyrgyz student's protest video against marrying young has gone viral in Central Asia and beyond.
Voters in Myanmar's election say the poll is taking place in a "climate of fear", the BBC's South East Asia Correspondent Jonathan Head reports.
The meteor could be seen blazing through the night sky over Japan's Mount Fuji
Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai has been found guilty of foreign collusion following a landmark national security trail. Here's everything you need to know about the case.
Thousands of adoring supporters had paid up to 12,000 rupees (£100; $133) to catch a glimpse of the football star.
India Editor Vikas Pandey visits the Indian nightclub where 25 people were killed in a blaze.
At least 80 people have died in Indonesia with another 56 dead in Sri Lanka in a week of extreme weather.
Footage geolocated by BBC Verify show the blaze taking hold in Wang Cheong House.
At least 44 people have been killed in the fire, which took local authorities 18 hours to bring under control.
More than 800 firefighters were still tackling the blaze at Wang Fuk Court this morning.
Video footage shows large plumes of smoke billowing up into the sky, as firefighters on cranes try and put out the blaze.
Researcher Septian Andriki collapsed in tears upon discovering the rare Rafflesia hasseltii plant in Indonesia.
The veteran Indian actor, often called a 'Greek God', has died. Watch this excerpt from his 2018 interview.
Java Island’s tallest mountain, a volcano called Mount Semeru, has spewed tall plumes of ash clouds that engulfed bridges and the surrounding countryside.
Local media say one person was killed in the fire in the city of Oita, on the Japanese island of Kyushu.
The former prime minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, has been sentenced to death for crimes against humanity.
Hasina has called the court's decision "biased and politically motivated" in a statement released after the verdict.
An airport in Japan temporarily suspended flights on Wednesday after a bear wandered onto its grounds.
The Wandan mud volcano is a particularly unusual example of the geological phenomenon, an expert told the BBC.
Local authorities in the southwestern province of Sichuan say there are no reports of casualties following the collapse.
At least 12 people have been killed after a suicide attack outside a court in Islamabad on Tuesday
