Bengaluru is running out of drinking water, with an estimated daily deficit of 500 million liters. The shortages have become a hot-button political issue during the 2024 election.

Manila is protesting the "harassment" of Philippine vessels en route to the contested Scarborough Shoal as tensions flare up in the South China Sea.

Taiwan's Defense Ministry said on Friday that a number of Chinese military planes crossed the median line in the Taiwan Strait.