The Indian Army, now controlling multiple key ridges on the south bank of the Pangong Lake, has effective military control of the entire disputed area in the region.

India’s foreign ministry has accused Chinese troops of taking “provocative actions” on the disputed Himalayan mountain border while commanders from both sides were holding talks on Monday to defuse tensions between the Asian giants.

Amid historic normalisation talks between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, American officials have spent a morning at an Abu Dhabi air base housing US stealth jets which the Gulf state hopes to buy despite Israeli objections.

Facebook threatened Tuesday to block users and media organisations in Australia from sharing news stories in an escalating challenge to government plans to force digital giants to pay for content.

The European Commission has said that it would contribute to an initiative led by the World Health Organization to buy Covid-19 vaccines, while the WHO said Germany had joined the pact and that the agency was still negotiating with the bloc.

The management of Hungary’s prestigious University of Theatre and Film Arts has resigned in protest over the imposition of a government-appointed board which they say will undermine the school’s autonomy.

India reported 78,512 novel coronavirus infections yesterday, more than any other country but fewer than the previous day when it posted the world’s biggest, single-day tally, as authorities looked to open more sectors of the economy.

A three-year-old girl in Taiwan survived being launched into the air for a terrifying half-minute flight after she was ensnared in the tail of a kite at a weekend festival.

Qatar announced changes to its labour laws on Sunday, raising the minimum wage by 25 percent to 1,000 riyals ($275) a month and scrapping a requirement for workers to get permission from their employers to change jobs.

A landslide and floods caused by heavy rains have killed at least 41 people in Nepal and India in the past week, officials said yesterday, as the annual monsoon season enters its final stretch after claiming hundreds of lives in South Asia.

Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party plans to hold a leadership vote on September 14 to replace Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who is stepping down due to ill health, local media reported yesterday.

India’s top court yesterday imposed a symbolic fine of one rupee on a prominent lawyer found guilty of criminal contempt for posts on Twitter that were critical of senior judges, which he declined to apologise for.

Around 2.2 million Syrians risk joining the fast swelling ranks of the hungry and poor in war-torn Syria, the World Food Programme warned yesterday.

Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia have imposed travel bans on President Alexander Lukashenko and 29 other Belarusian officials, jumping into action to impose sanctions before the rest of the EU.

Top aides to US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have arrived in the United Arab Emirates on a historic flight from Tel Aviv to finalise a pact marking open relations between the Gulf power and Israel.

Lebanon’s prime minister-designate Mustapha Adib has called for the formation of a new government in record time and urged immediate reforms as a step towards securing an agreement with the International Monetary Fund.

At least three migrants, two men and a woman, died when a fire broke out on a boat carrying around 20 of them close to the southern coast of Italy on Sunday, police and health officials said.

Lebanon’s ambassador to Germany Mustapha Adib is poised to be designated prime minister after winning the support of major parties to form a new government facing a crippling financial crisis and the aftermath of the Beirut port explosion.

Qatar has announced changes to its labour laws, raising the minimum wage by 25 percent to 1,000 riyals ($275) a month and scrapping a requirement for workers to get permission from their employers to change jobs.

A statue of Canada’s first Prime Minister Sir John Macdonald was toppled in downtown Montreal by protesters marching in support of defunding police, government officials said.