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Netanyahu says Israel is "not retreating" from Gaza during his first visit there since the ceasefire, vowing troops will stay on the Yellow Line

Nepal flood death toll has risen to 1,204, with thousands still missing, as rescue teams keep searching devastated Himalayan communities a week on

Xi Jinping told Egypt's Sisi that external interference in the Middle East should be opposed, during his first Cairo visit in a decade of ties

Iran says it will adopt a new war strategy against the US after fresh strikes, as tensions escalate sharply across the wider Middle East region

The Taliban government has defended its new ban on protests in Afghanistan, saying the rule complies with Islamic law despite criticism from rights groups

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi received Chinese President Xi Jinping at Ittihadiya Palace on Wednesday for bilateral talks focused on expanding BRICS cooperation, securing Suez Canal trade routes, and navigating economic pressures amid the US-Iran war

With more than 4,400 people still missing, international rescue teams are using heavy drilling and blasting equipment to reach over 600 workers trapped in flooded hydroelectric tunnels along the Trishuli River

The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier arrived at Laem Chabang port in Thailand for a four-day rest-and-recreation visit, concluding a historic 286-day deployment in the Middle East marked by intense combat and scrutiny over shipboard conditions

Iran's Ghalibaf urges citizens to cut petrol use as a US naval blockade limits fuel imports and strains supply

India's Supreme Court drops criminal cases against protesters from July's exam leak demonstrations, but 2,873 with prior records remain under probe.

Syria's FM Shaibani says Syria still wants a diplomatic solution with Israel, despite 65 Israeli incursions recorded in July alone

Iran's Pezeshkian vows to reciprocate any US return to the June deal, ahead of a Putin meeting at the SCO summit in Kyrgyzstan

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif warns against weaponization of shared water resources, presents action plan as Pakistan assumes SCO chairmanship with Indian PM in presence

The total death toll from the Himalayan glacial outburst flood passed 1,003 on Tuesday, September 1, 2026, as search teams worked desperately to reach nearly 100 workers trapped in flooded hydroelectric tunnels across northern Nepal

Nepali Prime Minister Balendra Shah declared the fatal Himalayan outburst flood an extraordinary, climate-driven event as regional deaths reached 955, with 939 fatalities in Nepal alone

Nepal's flood death toll has risen to 939, with 3,925 people still missing as rescue teams search for survivors on the sixth day

An explosion at a firecracker factory in Uttar Pradesh, India, has killed 11 people, including eight children, police say

Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkiye held their first Makkah Defense Alliance meeting in Istanbul, launching the pact's institutional structure

A Hague court ruled the Indus Waters Treaty remains fully in force, ordering India to restrict construction on a Kashmir hydropower project

Iran's foreign minister accuses Israeli PM Netanyahu of tricking the US into war with Iran, branding him a 'serpent' as regional attacks continue