Asia

Afghanistan floods have killed 20 people and left more than 100 missing in Nuristan province, with mudslides destroying shops in Parun

India summoned the Russian envoy in New Delhi to protest a missile strike on cargo ship MV Golden Leo that killed four Indian sailors

India's Cockroach movement vowed to keep protesting until Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigns, following clashes that injured over 170 people in Delhi

Iran's President Pezeshkian says the country is in a "full-scale war" with the US as inflation nears 90 percent amid deepening crisis

Indian police fired tear gas and baton-charged student protesters in New Delhi as thousands marched on parliament demanding the education minister resign

Monsoon-triggered floods and landslides killed at least 19 people in India on Sunday, as rescue teams searched Nagaland and Jammu and Kashmir.

Police arrested eight people in a Ram temple donation theft probe after CCTV caught 70 suspicious incidents, raising questions on temple finances

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