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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

Indian police deployed riot vehicles and barricades at Jantar Mantar on Saturday as Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke arrived from the US to lead the protest

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun told CNN that Iran is using Lebanon as a bargaining chip and urged Hezbollah to pursue diplomacy over conflict with Israel

UN has more than doubled its Lebanon aid appeal to $640 million, warning the humanitarian crisis is severe and deteriorating as Israel's war continues

Abhijeet Dipke, the Boston University graduate behind the viral Cockroach Janta Party, is heading to India to seek police permission for a protest demanding the education minister's resignation

India's Modi met Venezuela's Delcy Rodriguez in New Delhi, declaring Venezuelan oil an 'opportunity' as India scrambles to replace crude lost to the Iran war