- Tokyo protests to Beijing over gas field in East China Sea
- South Korea to ban mobile phones in school classrooms
- A suicide bombing near a political rally in southwestern Pakistan kills 13 and wounds 30
- Trump rebrands Department of Defense as 'Department of War'
- Pagasa sees two to four tropical cyclones hitting Philippines in September
- UK's mass facial-recognition roll-out alarms rights groups
- Philippines to launch shame campaign vs traffic violators
- Trump move to cut more foreign aid risking shutdown
- Vietnam marks 80th independence anniversary with huge parade
- No winner in lotto draws for Aug 23
