Asia

Palestinian president says they are pleased to uphold democracy despite local and international challenges

Reports say FM Araghchi conveyed Tehran’s negotiating positions and its reservations over US proposals during the meetings

Afghans are processed at the base while seeking US relocation, fearing Taliban persecution for past work with US forces before 2021

US says it will continue to systematically degrade Tehran’s ability to generate, move, and repatriate funds

US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner head to Islamabad, as Iran signals direct talks are unlikely

Residents in Kamdesh, Nuristan, say they survive on cow’s milk amid intensified fighting, as an ICRC-led convoy delivers urgent aid

Trump questions the need for nuclear weapons, saying conventional force has already 'decimated the enemy'

US official says foreign actors, mainly in China, are conducting large-scale efforts to siphon American AI technology

The community traces its lineage to Manasseh, one of the biblical “lost tribes” exiled in 720 BC by Assyrian conquerors

Trump announces extension of truce during meeting with ambassadors of both countries

Between three and five children have died from the disease every day for the past week in the South Asian nation

Tasnim news agency says the first Strait of Hormuz toll revenue has been deposited into central bank

Officials say rescuers recover the body of journalist Amal Khalil, killed in a hostile airstrike on a house in al-Tiri

Iran says it welcomes Pakistan’s efforts but stresses that ceasefire is only meaningful if it is not undermined by a naval blockade

EU has been working on plans to deport those with no right to stay in the bloc back to Afghanistan

Foreign ministry spokesperson says ship was 'a foreign container ship', and that China opposed 'any malicious association and speculation'