New fighting erupted between the United States and Iran ahead of the burial of supreme leader Ali Khamenei yesterday, with Tehran targeting US regional allies and American strikes hitting the perimeter of an Iranian nuclear power plant.

A US judge ordered President Donald Trump on Wednesday to pay writer E. Jean Carroll $5 million after a civil jury found that he sexually assaulted and defamed her.

Tributes flooded in yesterday to Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler, best known for her powerful, haunting love song “Total Eclipse of the Heart”, after she died in hospital in Portugal. She was 75.

South Korea’s highest court yesterday upheld ex-president Yoon Suk Yeol’s seven-year prison sentence over crimes tied to his botched 2024 martial law declaration and its chaotic aftermath.

Australia and India yesterday reached a deal to export Australian uranium to India for use in the nuclear energy industry, while agreeing to deepen cooperation in renewables, critical minerals and green hydrogen.

A fire that tore through a shoe factory in eastern China yesterday killed at least 28 people, state media said, after dozens of fire and rescue personnel raced to extinguish the blaze.

Control over the Strait of Hormuz has become Iran’s “golden weapon,” a priority that now outweighs its nuclear programme. Tehran is willing to risk new escalations with the United States to secure dominance over the waterway, which carries a fifth of global energy supplies.

The Calcutta High Court yesterday appointed a special officer to manage the day-to-day expenses of the Mamata Banerjee-aligned TMC from three debit-frozen bank accounts of the party, reports The Hindu online.

The disgraced former president is already in detention while he appeals a separate life sentence for leading an insurrection with his martial law declaration, which he insists was motivated by the public interest.

The recent US Supreme Court ruling on birthright citizenship has eased concerns and reduced uncertainty for Indian families living in the United States.

Faced with an almost-insatiable appetite for electricity in the world's most populous nation, Modi has outlined plans to substantially scale-up nuclear power generation in coming years.

The vital oil shipping corridor is a flashpoint in the Middle East war, with Tehran insisting on control of the strait despite it being open to free passage before the US-Israeli attacks in February.

The Guards said they struck "key infrastructure and facilities" at US bases in Arifjan and Ali Al Salem in Kuwait, and Juffair and Sheikh Isa in Bahrain with missiles and drones

The late supreme leader's burial follows a multi-day funeral ceremony that attracted millions of mourners across various cities in both Iran and Iraq

Rescuers scoured flooded parts of China for survivors yesterday after storms killed 17 people and caused dozens of rivers to overflow and a reservoir dam to burst, with officials warning of more rain.

Three militant attacks in Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province have killed 42 civilians and security personnel in four days, the country’s military said yesterday.

US President Donald Trump yesterday said the ceasefire with Iran was “over” but left the door open to more talks as Tehran carried out new attacks on US bases in the Gulf in retaliation for US strikes on its military sites and key ports.

Gaza’s civil defence and health officials said Israeli attacks killed nine people in the Palestinian territory yesterday.

President Donald Trump threw a summit of Nato leaders into disarray yesterday as he demanded the United States cut trade ties with Spain and made renewed claims on Greenland, but later changed tack and said there had been love and “a lot of unity”.

The international community should find ways to support millions of Afghans sent back from Iran and Pakistan or risk a rise in radicalisation and security threats, the head of the UN refugee agency told AFP yesterday.