Chinese President Xi Jinping will host Russia’s Vladimir Putin, UN chief Antonio Guterres and more than 20 heads of government later this month, Beijing said yesterdat, for a political and security meet aimed at cementing China’s regional influence.

China, the world’s dominant rare earth supplier, issued on Friday measures to regulate the mining, smelting and separation of thecritical minerals key to energy transition, further tightening its grip over supply.

Former Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe, who led the country during a devastating 2019-2024 economic crisis, was arrested and appeared in court yesterday over allegations he misused state funds while in office, police said.

Seven people were killed and 9 others were missing after a rope broke at a bridge under construction in northwest China on Friday, state media reported.

India and France agreed to strengthen their strategic partnership and economic exchanges in a phone call between the two countries’ leaders yesterday, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said.

The military-led government announced this week that polls would be held in phases, starting on December 28, pushing the vote as a salve for a war that has consumed the country since the generals seized power in a 2021 coup

Indian Home Minister Amit Shah yesterday introduced the Constitution (130th Amendment) Bill, 2025, in the Lok Sabha, proposing automatic removal of a prime minister, chief minister, or any other minister if they remain in jail for 30 consecutive days on serious criminal charges.

Ministry of External Affairs Spokesman Randhir Jaiswal says

Week-long downpours leave 400+ dead, villages swept away

Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta of the Bharatiya Janata Party was allegedly attacked at a programme at her official residence in Civil Lines today, her party said

Myanmar and Thailand’s busiest trade crossing was closed for a second day on Tuesday after the military junta pledged to throttle black markets funding armed opposition groups ahead of a disputed December election.

Myanmar's civil war has killed thousands, left more than half the nation in poverty, and more than 3.5 million people living displaced

At least 10 people died in a flash flood in northern China, state media reported yesterday, with two others still missing, as the East Asian monsoon continues to unleash atmospheric chaos across the world’s second-largest economy.

The flash floods in Kathua came just days after a cloudburst triggered flood in Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar district, killing at least 60 people and injuring over 100

China’s top diplomat will visit India next week for talks about their shared boundary, Beijing’s foreign ministry said yesterday, as the two countries consider resuming border trade after a five-year halt.

Rescuers were struggling to retrieve bodies from debris after flash floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains across northern Pakistan killed at least 344 people in the past 48 hours, authorities said yesterday.

Most were killed in flash floods and collapsing houses

Indian rescuers yesterday pulled bodies from mud and rubble after the latest deadly flood to crash through a Himalayan village killed at least 60 people and washed away dozens more.

People in western Myanmar have been driven to scavenging for bamboo shoots, as humanitarian workers warn a wartime blockade and aid cutbacks led by Washington have caused hunger cases to surge.

Says disaster authority; majority of the deaths, 150, were recorded in mountainous Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province