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Bangladesh's lawmakers elected BNP veteran Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir as president, filling the post left vacant by his predecessor's resignation.

Bangladesh's parliament votes to elect a new president, with BNP's Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir tipped to win the ceremonial post

Hui Ka Yan pleaded guilty to fraud as China's property giant collapsed under USD 300 billion in debt

Turkey denies its military visited Syria's Abu al-Duhur air base after Israeli strikes, as Netanyahu warns against Turkish presence near Aleppo

US President Donald Trump announced plans to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un later in 2026, while offering an unusually precise estimate that Pyongyang possesses 57 nuclear weapons.

Sri Lankan archaeologists have unearthed 17 gold-plated Buddha statues at a UNESCO site in Anuradhapura, dating back over 1,000 years.

Kolkata hotel fire kills 9, including a child, as authorities suspect a faulty air conditioner sparked the deadly blaze

Iran warns Gulf countries against helping the US military after the UAE severs trade ties with Tehran over new missile attacks near its coast

United States imposed financial sanctions and travel bans on ICC President Tomoko Akane and Senior Trial Lawyer Abdoulaye Seye, triggering swift condemnation from international human rights groups and European diplomats

Kabul school blast injured at least 42 children, the UN said, as officials investigate whether a grenade or unexploded ordnance caused the explosion.

Sri Lanka's anti-corruption body arrested ex-minister Keheliya Rambukwella over the 2022 theft of a sacred royal moonstone.

Qatar says an Iran-Oman Hormuz agreement is key to resuming US-Iran talks, after a June memorandum collapsed over the strait

Hamas says it remains committed to the Gaza deal after Kushner's Israel visit, but says Israel has yet to approve the disarmament roadmap

Iran says the Strait of Hormuz will stay closed until the US meets interim deal terms, as the standoff over the waterway threatens talks

Trump hints at Kim contacts during Oval Office remarks, claiming positive communication with North Korea after scaling back joint drills with South Korea

A hotel fire and temple stampede in eastern India killed 15 Hindu devotees during Shravan pilgrimage season

Nearly 13,000 people displaced by Indonesia's deadly 7.7 quake are awaiting aid, sleeping outdoors as aftershocks continue

An Indonesian mother delivered her baby mid-quake as a 7.7 magnitude earthquake shook the hospital, in the country's deadliest disaster since 2022

An India temple stampede at the Ashok Dham complex in Bihar killed seven people and injured 19 after rumors of a fallen live wire triggered mass panic

Trump says US is scaling back military drills with South Korea after criticizing costs and citing Seoul's refusal to assist with Iran's denuclearization