Asia

US strikes on two reservoirs in Sirik have left 20,000 Iranians without drinking water as temperatures reach 50°C, Iranian state media reports

India's water minister says not a single drop will flow to Pakistan in coming years, escalating tensions over the suspended Indus Waters Treaty

Rescuers in southern Philippines recovered a body from a collapsed supermarket Wednesday, raising the death toll from the 7.8-magnitude Mindanao earthquake to 46.

North Korea says Xi Jinping's rare visit to Pyongyang produced a "far-reaching blueprint" for China-North Korea ties, with denuclearization absent from both sides' coverage.

Iran named two air defense personnel killed in Israeli strikes near Ahvaz, as Trump said Iran-Israel peace negotiations had entered their final stages

A scrap collector sawed into a recovered shell in Paktika province, killing five children and two adults. Afghanistan ranks third globally for explosive ordnance casualties.

Indian engineers completed the Zojila tunnel breakthrough on Tuesday, creating all-weather access to Ladakh near the China border

At least 41 people are dead and over 450 injured after a magnitude-7.8 earthquake struck off Mindanao on Monday, collapsing buildings and triggering tsunami warnings

Pentagon adds Alibaba, Baidu and BYD to its Chinese military companies list weeks after Trump met Xi Jinping in Beijing

Omani authorities airlifted 24 Indian sailors from the burning MT Marivex off Oman on Monday. All crew are safe, India's government confirmed.

Iran confirmed indirect talks with the US are ongoing through Pakistani mediation, even as Israel and Iran exchanged fire for the first time in two months

India has deported nearly 5,000 Bangladeshi nationals since the BJP took power in West Bengal, pledging to "detect, delete and deport" undocumented migrants

7.8-magnitude earthquake struck the southern Philippines on Monday, killing at least 15, collapsing buildings and prompting tsunami warnings across the region

Chinese President Xi Jinping has arrived in Pyongyang for his first visit in seven years, pledging closer cooperation as nuclear talks with Washington remain deadlocked.

China launched a maritime law enforcement operation east of Taiwan in response to Japan-Philippines talks to delimit their shared sea border, escalating regional tensions

Beneath a Mumbai flyover, shipping containers house a free school for street children left out of India's formal education system, where robotics and meals await

Iran fired missiles at Bahrain and Kuwait on Saturday in the second attack on both Gulf states in three days, after the US struck Iranian radar sites and drones

Iran's Mohsen Rezaei says the release of $24bn in frozen assets is a test of trust for Trump, as US-Iran peace talks remain deadlocked over the funds