Asia

Sheikh Hasina has no legal option left and must face her death sentence if she returns, Bangladesh’s chief prosecutor says

Shehbaz Sharif will address the COP31 Leaders’ Summit on November 11 and press for climate financing for developing nations

Nvidia opens independent board-led investigation after Chief Executive Jensen Huang admits to extramarital affair with a businesswoman suspected by US intelligence of operating on behalf of Beijing

The IRGC says Iran will make preparations if its leadership revises its nuclear doctrine, though no decision has been announced, Fars news agency reported

A Pakistani astronaut will fly to China’s space station on the Shenzhou-24 mission as a payload specialist, Chinese state media reported on Saturday

Delhi is the world’s most polluted major city a day before Diwali, with IQAir’s index at 581. Schools have been told to hold online classes

Iran’s army says the Strait of Hormuz will stay closed until the US accepts Tehran’s terms and warns of an immediate response to renewed aggression

Hundreds of Christians protest attacks on churches in West Bengal, demanding action over 48 reported incidents since May. Police filed FIRs in only 15 cases

Turkish parliament ratifies Mecca defence pact with Pakistan and Saudi Arabia by 279 votes to 119, clearing the way for the trilateral security deal

Major General Mohsen Rezaei meets Vladimir Putin in Moscow, delivering a message from Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei on defense cooperation, regional security, and tensions in the Strait of Hormuz

Pakistan and the UK raised alarm over the TTP threat from Afghanistan at the annual counterterrorism dialogue in Islamabad, a Foreign Ministry statement said

Trump says the US will end $4 billion in annual aid to Israel at the end of 2026 under a deal with Netanyahu. His office has not confirmed it

China urges Middle East talks as Wang Yi and Xi Jinping meet Iranian, Omani and Saudi officials in Beijing, and an envoy plans regional trips

Iran says ball in US court, with no Strait of Hormuz deal unless Washington ends its naval blockade, Foreign Ministry spokesman Baghaei said on Monday

Pakistan is cautiously optimistic about Iran-US mediation, military spokesperson Lt. Gen. Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry told Reuters, citing two visits to Iran

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar held bilateral talks with Singapore’s Foreign Minister Dr. Vivian Balakrishnan in Islamabad to expand cooperation in trade, investment, and disaster management

Shelling hits homes and a market in Lower South Waziristan as border tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan persist.

The China-Pakistan Information Corridor links media, think tanks, business and youth in both countries to counter misinformation and deepen public ties

Iran, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey agree to continue security talks after their first four-way meeting in Tehran amid Strait of Hormuz tensions.

Foreign ministers from R4 and four European powers urged diplomacy to ease the US-Israel-Iran conflict and address Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia