Asia

Iranian children returned to school after war closures, with families arriving for the new term months after a deadly school strike

China's Xi heads to US for talks with Trump on AI, trade, Iran and Taiwan, as state media confirms his departure from Beijing

PM Modi will visit Canada in December, Mark Carney confirms, as India-Canada trade talks progress following the 2023 Nijjar killing fallout

Iran and the US hint at reviving talks as Trump and Pezeshkian both attend the UN General Assembly in New York this week

Yemen clashes killed over 150 people in two days as Saudi-backed forces battled Houthi fighters, marking one of the conflict's deadliest spells

United Russia won a record 355 seats in the Duma, giving Putin's party a supermajority in Russia's first parliamentary election since the Ukraine offensive.

Mohsin Naqvi travelled to Tehran for talks with Iranian officials as Islamabad continues efforts to ease regional tensions

UAE's Anwar Gargash says Arab states must hold dialogue with Iran, calling for a new mindset as regional talks should include Arab countries.

Iran's Revolutionary Guards threaten new targets and weapons if the US attacks, as the war nears seven months and Tehran says the US plans new action

High-level US and Chinese economic officials concluded eight hours of negotiations in New York, agreeing to establish a bilateral "US-China AI dialogue" and incident notification framework ahead of a planned summit between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping

Three individuals, including two South Korean service members, were injured on Monday during an operation inside the Demilitarized Zone following a suspected landmine detonation along the heavily fortified border

Houthis say they targeted 'sensitive sites' in Riyadh and Aramco facilities in Yanbu, hours after residents reported blasts in the Saudi capital

US troop deaths in the Iran war exceed the Pentagon count by at least four, the Washington Post reports. Defense Secretary Hegseth denies the report

Dar and Araghchi discussed regional developments on Saturday, with Pakistan's foreign minister stressing uninterrupted energy supplies and safe shipping

India court grants bail to a US citizen accused of illegal entry into Mizoram before he allegedly crossed into Myanmar to train rebel groups.

Jagtar Singh Johal, a British Sikh blogger held in India for nearly nine years, has been granted bail and should be released within days.

Iran says it struck an oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz, as Tehran presses its blockade of the strategic waterway amid the Middle East war

Fitch says Japan's sovereign rating can absorb higher borrowing costs even as BOJ shifts focus to stabilizing inflation

UN mission finds grounds to believe the US committed war crimes in Iran, and that Tehran committed crimes against humanity

Trump hosts Xi at the White House on September 24, as AI rivalry, an Iran war fallout, a trade war and Taiwan tensions shadow the summit