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Jagtar Singh Johal walked out of Tihar jail on bail after nearly nine years. He still faces trial on eight charges in India.

Iran Guards hail US withdrawal from Iraq as a "historic victory" and urge American troops to leave the Middle East after the anti-IS coalition ended its mission

A Chinese invasion of Taiwan before 2028 is increasingly unlikely, US officials say, citing military readiness delays and Taiwan's 2028 election

Benjamin Netanyahu hails Indian pilot Smit Machchhar and an Israeli plumber for stopping a cockpit attack on a flydubai flight carrying 174 people to Tel Aviv

Netanyahu says pilot wanted to crash plane after stabbing the other pilot, but passengers averted a 'major disaster'. The flight landed safely in Saudi Arabia

India opposition parties call for protests to "save democracy" over alleged vote theft, escalating their campaign against the Election Commission

Israel's Ben Gvir says a 'terrorist' wanted to crash the plane in the flydubai incident that diverted to Saudi Arabia

Bangladesh quota reform is shrinking women's share of public sector jobs, with female recruits down to 19 percent in the latest civil service exam round

Iran's Guards urged Americans to vote out Trump's allies as US troops leave Iraq, while Qatar pushes mediation to end the seven-month war

US President Donald Trump denied asking Chinese President Xi Jinping if China would like to purchase American weapons, publicly contradicting claims made by US Ambassador to China David Perdue

US Afghanistan War Commission delegation met Pakistan's army chief Field Marshal Asim Munir in Rawalpindi to discuss regional security and Afghanistan

The regional assembly urged New Delhi to restore full statehood, a non-binding move BJP lawmakers called "anti-national."

UK police question five men held near RAF Fairford, an airbase used by the US to strike Iran, on suspicion of explosives and terrorism offences

Trump offered to sell arms to China during Xi's US visit, US ambassador David Perdue told Fox News, as the White House denies any plan to do so

Iran has no plans to negotiate with US, state media reported Monday, as Trump expects talks to resume and the Strait of Hormuz dispute continues

Two giant pandas, Ping Ping and Fu Shuang, arrived at Zoo Atlanta on Sunday aboard a dedicated charter flight from Chengdu, marking a key cultural outcome following a high-level bilateral summit between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping

China says it agreed a $30 billion tariff cut and AI dialogue with the US during Xi's Washington visit, alongside a new bilateral trade council

Indonesia ferry death toll rises to 64 as rescuers extend the search for 71 people still missing after the Virgo Transport 8 sank in the Java Sea

Drought has been declared across three-quarters of Maharashtra, India's richest state, after prolonged low rainfall threatened farmers' livelihoods

Iran's president says the supreme leader backs a new plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, and Tehran will meet its obligations if the US agrees