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Iran says pressure doesn't work on Washington, urging the US to honour its June commitments as ceasefire tensions over the Strait of Hormuz persist

Nepal and Chinese authorities issued urgent flood warnings as a secondary debris-dammed lake threatened to breach, complicating search and rescue efforts for over 1,400 people missing

Nepal-Tibet floods have killed nearly 400 people, as rescuers search for over 1,400 missing after a glacial collapse triggered massive flash floods.

A glacier collapse may have triggered Nepal's deadly flash flood, experts say, citing satellite imagery showing a large ice-rock avalanche

Human Rights Watch has slammed Afghanistan's new Taliban police law, which bans all protests and extends detention without charge to 10 days.

Iran and Qatar's foreign ministers met in Tehran to ease Strait of Hormuz tensions, as Doha continues mediating between Iran and the US

Iran's Pezeshkian is set to meet Russia's Putin at the SCO summit in Kyrgyzstan, their sixth meeting, Tehran's ambassador confirmed

Nepal's flood death toll has risen to 270 after a glacial collapse triggered flash floods on the Nepal-Tibet border, with over 1,300 missing

Syria's al-Sharaa and Russia's Putin discussed deepening ties in a call, their first since agreeing on the fate of Russia's Syrian bases

Iran's Revolutionary Guards say Tehran and Oman have agreed to share Strait of Hormuz revenues, though reopening still hinges on the US

Trump says Iran's Mojtaba Khamenei is severely wounded but alive, as he claims the Strait of Hormuz is now fully open

A deadly Nepal flash flood has killed eight people near the China border, as Tibet reports "major casualties" from a mudslide

Iran warns the Strait of Hormuz will remain closed until the United States ends the war, despite talks with Oman on a temporary transit corridor

Germany deports 23 Afghan men to Kabul on a charter flight, as most of those aboard were convicted of violent crimes.

Tens of thousands of Rohingya refugees protest dire camp conditions in Bangladesh, nine years after fleeing Myanmar's brutal military crackdown.

UNICEF warns one million Afghan children face life-threatening malnutrition, as hospitals struggle with Afghanistan's worsening nutrition crisis.

A UN discrimination watchdog has rebuked India over violence against Dalits, tribal peoples and Bengali-speaking Muslims, urging urgent reform

Tehran threatens retaliation as US expands sanctions, warns Iran trade could cost dollar access.

China's Xi Jinping is likely to visit India for the BRICS summit in September, his first trip in seven years, sources say

Xi Jinping tells Jordan's King Abdullah in Beijing that a diplomatic solution and respect for regional sovereignty are needed to resolve the Middle East crisis.