Asia

India court grants bail to a US citizen accused of illegal entry into Mizoram before he allegedly crossed into Myanmar to train rebel groups.

Jagtar Singh Johal, a British Sikh blogger held in India for nearly nine years, has been granted bail and should be released within days.

Iran says it struck an oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz, as Tehran presses its blockade of the strategic waterway amid the Middle East war

Fitch says Japan's sovereign rating can absorb higher borrowing costs even as BOJ shifts focus to stabilizing inflation

UN mission finds grounds to believe the US committed war crimes in Iran, and that Tehran committed crimes against humanity

Trump hosts Xi at the White House on September 24, as AI rivalry, an Iran war fallout, a trade war and Taiwan tensions shadow the summit

India responds to the US Russia sanctions bill, vowing to protect trade and energy ties with Moscow despite threats of 100% tariffs

A Gaza apartment block collapse has left at least 20 people dead, including five children, with dozens more feared missing in the rubble

West Bengal's BJP government is reviewing proposals to rename Kolkata street names honoring Lenin, Marx and Ho Chi Minh, officials said.

India summoned Pakistan's diplomat after a naval collision in the Arabian Sea, calling the conduct of a Pakistani naval unit 'unacceptable'

Israel's defense minister says the country is ready to resume full-scale war and remove Palestinians from Gaza once Hamas is eliminated

Sharia scholars remain split on crypto compliance, and most rated Islamic banks have yet to build material revenue from digital-asset trading, Fitch says

Floods in India's Bihar state have affected nearly five million people, with officials sending aid as rivers cross danger levels.

A Bangladesh tribunal sentenced seven Hasina-era Awami League leaders to death in absentia for crimes against humanity during the deadly 2024 uprising.

The US Space Force confirms weapons deployed in space for the first time, prompting China to warn against an arms race in orbit

Iran rejects talks with the US after Trump says he's open to a deal, as tensions rise over oil and the Strait of Hormuz

The US blocked Iran's nuclear chief Mohammad Eslami from a Vienna IAEA meeting, prompting Tehran to accuse Washington of bullying

Iran denies any involvement in Yemen's war, as Houthi territorial gains and a postponed Oman meeting add pressure on Strait of Hormuz shipping

Indonesia ferry capsizes off Java, leaving six dead and around 130 people missing as rescuers battle rough seas to search for survivors near Borneo.

BRICS summit leaders from China, Russia and India wrapped talks in New Delhi, backing global growth and calling for calm in the Middle East.