'Momentum is still there': BBC at India's 'cockroach' protest

Some commentators enjoy the relaxed rules. Others say the policy is unfair to women since they are still expected to wear tights when showing a part of their legs.

The BBC’s South East Asia correspondent visits the site where at least 27 people were killed during a bar fire in Thailand.

Footage shows the aftermath of a deadly fire at a Bangkok pub that broke out just after midnight local time on Monday.

At least four have been killed by flooding due to Maysak, while another 62,000 have been evacuated across the southern Guangxi province.

Hong Myung-bo has resigned after South Korea failed to advance to the World Cup knockout stages.

The Chinese President Xi received a colourful welcome to Pyongyang for his first visit in seven years.

The BBC's Rajini Vaidyanathan pieces together how events unfolded.

The bear, which injured four people in the attack on Tuesday, remains on the loose within the factory compound.

Huge crowds formed outside a shopping centre in China to see actor Zhang Linghe.

Taiwan Travelogue is the first novel translated from Mandarin Chinese to win the prestigious award.

Rescuers in Laos have found five villagers alive inside a flooded cave after they were trapped for a week.

The driver and passengers of the car managed to escape before the bridge gave way in Xiaogan.

The BBC's Sumedha Pal described how difficult it was to be standing in the streets of Delhi as temperatures rose to 45C .

At least 82 people have been killed and two are missing after a gas explosion at a coal mine in northern China on Sunday, officials say.

At least 82 people have been killed after a gas explosion at the Liushenyu mine in China.

The temple has moved the flame to a different location and authorities said the fire may have been caused by it, according to Japan Times.

A North Korean women's football team played in South Korea marking the first time athletes from the North have crossed the border in nearly 8 years.

Rounds of gunfire were heard but officials have not revealed who fired the shots.

Pakistan says it hit 'military and terrorist infrastructure' - but the UN and victims' families reject this claim.

Officials said the group had been hiking up the active volcano despite a climbing ban.