Asia

Iran says the Islamabad MoU is suspended after the US violated its commitments, as strikes escalate and the death toll passes 50

Lebanon's president departs for Washington to meet Trump, the first such visit since 2009, as talks continue on Israel's withdrawal from the south

Palestinian teen footballer has died a week after being shot during a settler attack in the West Bank, officials and relatives say

Kuwait says Iranian strikes hit a power plant and oil facility, causing injuries and fires as the Middle East war escalates further

Skyroot Aerospace's Vikram-1 became India's first private orbital rocket launch, lifting off from Sriharikota to cheers and official praise

Iran's Revolutionary Guards say they attacked a US base in Qatar to punish the aggressor, following overnight US strikes inside Iran

China and Pakistan urged the US and Iran to halt hostilities and resume talks, warning that a hard-won ceasefire agreement must not collapse

Pakistan joined the World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization as a founding member, backing inclusive AI governance for the Global South

China's Xi Jinping says AI should not be dominated by one country, calling for global cooperation on AI development at Shanghai's WAIC conference

Trump used a primetime address to revive unproven election fraud claims and accuse China of a mass voter data breach ahead of the US midterms

Iran says US strikes have killed over 30 civilians as fighting resumes near the Strait of Hormuz, a month after a ceasefire deal

Ransomware group World Leaks posted files it says are from Kudankulam nuclear plant contractor Reliance Group

Police say a group of men raped and killed an 11-year-old girl in West Bengal, reigniting debate over sexual violence in India and police accountability

A fire tore through Bangkok's Rong Beer bar, killing at least 27 people and injuring 63, with 22 in critical condition, officials say

Bangladesh floods and landslides have killed at least 50 people in a week, officials say, with tens of thousands displaced from their homes.

South Korea issued its first emergency heatwave warning under a new alert system, as officials work to address longer and more intense heatwaves

Political violence in Bangladesh continues six months after new PM Tarique Rahman vowed to end state-backed killings and impunity

Hundreds of residents fled their homes as Typhoon Bavi threatens Taiwan with destructive winds and heavy rainfall ahead of its expected landfall

India's Narendra Modi says Australian uranium could power India's nuclear energy transformation, as the two leaders hold high-level talks in Melbourne

US charges Punjab police officer Gurinderjit Singh Nagra in transnational crime probe as Indian police open their own inquiry.