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Iran obtained high-resolution Chinese satellite imagery before a July strike on a Jordan base that killed three US troops, WSJ reports

Modi and Xi expressed commitment to resolving the India-China border issue, India's foreign ministry said after their meeting in New Delhi

Iran's Pezeshkian says the Middle East has no need for a US "policeman," as Tehran and Washington vie for control of the Strait of Hormuz

BRICS nations, including China, Russia, Iran and India, called for maximum restraint in the Middle East in a joint declaration from New Delhi

Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in India for the BRICS summit as Middle East and Ukraine wars, trade rifts and energy security dominate talks

Pakistan's foreign ministry condemned drone attacks on Saudi Arabia's East-West oil pipeline, warning the strikes threaten regional peace as Riyadh shuts the line

Nazira Haji Zada, 47, was removed from the United States after the Alien Terrorist Removal Court ruled in its first-ever case linked to an ISIS plot

A Russian delegation will participate in the G20 Ministerial Meeting on Energy Abundance in Houston next week under the US presidency, marking Moscow's second high-level appearance at US-hosted G20 talks

North Korea fired several short-range ballistic missiles toward the East Sea from its eastern Wonsan region on Saturday, one day after South Korea, the United States, and Japan concluded their trilateral "Freedom Edge" joint military drills

Modi and Putin embraced in New Delhi before talks on trade, energy and defense, a day ahead of the 11-member BRICS summit.

Iran and Saudi Arabia discuss regional insecurity by phone as Yemen's Houthis seize the port city of Mocha and fighting escalates

South Korea and Iran's foreign ministers discuss the Strait of Hormuz by phone, days after Seoul weighed a security 'contribution' there

Sheikh Hasina's daughter Saima Wazed quits her top UN job at the WHO after a corruption conviction and fraud allegations in Bangladesh

Anthropic says state-linked actors in China, Iran and west Africa used its AI models for spying, weapons design and dangerous biological research

Israel says it destroyed key Hezbollah tunnels beneath south Lebanon's Ali al-Taher ridge, in strikes felt as tremors across the region

Putin arrives in India for the BRICS summit as wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, plus Xi Jinping's first visit since 2019, dominate the agenda

India hosts a BRICS summit as wars in the Middle East and Ukraine, plus economic strain, test unity among the bloc's 11 members.

Bangladesh fights the world's worst measles outbreak as vaccination gaps from political upheaval fuel the spread, with nearly 1,000 dead

Nepal seeks survivors two weeks after deadly floods, with rescuers still searching hydropower tunnels for hundreds of missing workers