Asia

Kim Jong Un visited a new nuclear materials factory and pledged to rapidly expand North Korea's arsenal. Weapons-grade production has more than doubled in five years

Bangladesh hiked electricity prices by 16% on June 3 as the Middle East conflict drives up fuel import costs, adding pressure to households already battling high inflation.

Iran's foreign ministry blamed Kuwait and Bahrain for US strikes on Iranian assets as drone attacks hit Kuwait's airport and Bahrain reported overnight missile fire

India's top exam board chief and secretary have been removed after a new digital marking system produced wrong grades for nearly 2 million students, sparking nationwide protests

Bangladesh's Khalilur Rahman won the UNGA presidency with 99 votes, defeating Cyprus's Andreas Kakouris in a rare contested election for the 81st session.

Israel's defense minister warned that Washington has endorsed potential strikes on Beirut's southern suburbs if Hezbollah continues attacking northern Israeli towns

Lebanon university postpones exams after Israeli strike kills students and their father in south Lebanon, amid ongoing border escalation

Rabi Lamichhane remains influential in government and is expected to meet Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi

US delegation is holding three days of talks with Indian trade officials, as the two sides seek to close negotiations.

A T-34 trainer aircraft crashed at Gangshan Air Base in Kaohsiung on Tuesday, killing two lieutenant colonels during a simulated engine failure exercise

Hamas delegation led by Khalil al-Hayya heads to Egypt for ceasefire talks with Qatari, Turkish and Egyptian mediators, as Gaza violence continues daily

Myanmar's Min Aung Hlaing met PM Modi in New Delhi for wide-ranging talks on trade, border security and connectivity during his first trip abroad as president

Abhijeet Dipke, founder of India's viral Cockroach Janta Party, plans to return to India on June 6 to lead a street protest demanding the education minister's resignation.

Iran's foreign ministry says no US deal is possible without a Lebanon ceasefire, as Israel pushes deeper into the country and a fragile regional truce holds

An explosion at Hanwha Aerospace's Daejeon plant killed five people Monday, injuring two others. South Korea's president ordered all resources mobilized

A Myanmar blast in Shan state's Namhkam district killed at least 46 people on Sunday after stored mining explosives detonated, injuring more than 70 others.

Large-scale Aravalli mining is destroying India's natural desert barrier, raising city temperatures and threatening the Ganges floodplains, as activists warn a Supreme Court ban came too late

Pentagon chief Hegseth tells the Shangri-La Dialogue the US seeks a "stable equilibrium" with China in Asia, softening last year's confrontational tone while warning allies to spend more on defense

Israel issued evacuation warnings for seven southern Lebanese villages on Saturday as forces crossed the Litani River