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  Pakistan Warns Iran To Rein In Its Houthi Allies As Saudi Strikes Back

  Pakistan's warning to Iran carries significant weight because of its defence pact with Saudi Arabia and Turkey.

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  Houthis Escalate Attacks On Saudi Arabia, 'Islamic NATO' Faces Test

  The latest round of conflict between the Houthis and Yemen's Saudi-backed internationally recognised government is in its most-serious phase since a United Nations brokered peace ended 8 years of flooding fighting in 2022.

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  From BRIC To BRICS+: How A 2001 Economic Idea Became A Global Power Bloc

  New Delhi assumed the BRICS chairship on January 1, 2026, with the theme 'Building for Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation and Sustainability'.

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  From Rescue Teams To Relief Funds, How Nepal Is Responding To Flood Crisis

  The floods followed a collapse in the Himalayan region that sent a large volume of water, mud and debris into the Bhote Koshi and Trishuli river corridors.

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  Netanyahu Says "Very Close" To Bringing Down Iran's Islamic Republic

  "There is still work to be done -- the main task is to bring down the terror regime in Iran. We are very close to that. We know that the entire axis will ultimately collapse," Netanyahu said.

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  Israeli Foreign Minister Says No Plans To "Expel Or Deport" Anyone From Gaza

  Several Israeli cabinet members have spoken of plans to remove all two million people from war-ravaged Gaza, although they largely cast the initiative as voluntary, saying that Palestinians want to leave and are prevented by the militant group Hamas.

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  Rajnath Singh Meets Sri Lankan President, Discusses Regional Security

  Rajnath Singh also congratulated the Sri Lankan president on his government's two years in office.

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  Putin, Trump Discussed Potential Trilateral Meeting With Xi Jinping: Kremlin

  Asked whether Trump and Putin discussed the idea of a trilateral meeting in Shenzhen during their phone call on Tuesday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, "Undoubtedly."

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  Philippines Leader Gets China's 'Bullying' Note On Stage. What He Did Next

  Labelling the passing of the note as "actual coercion, bullying, and aggression," he said, "perhaps basic decency and behaviour is what China needs to do."

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  Kerala Man Killed In Sri Lanka Prison Riot Buried Under Police Protection

  According to media reports, the victim, identified as Unnikrishnan S, was from Kerala but had been living with his family in Chennai for more than four decades.

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  South Korean Video Game Tycoon To Pay Record $1.5 Billion In Divorce

  A Seoul court on Wednesday ordered South Korean video game tycoon Kwon Hyuk-bin to pay more than 2 trillion won ($1.5 billion) in a divorce settlement, the largest asset division ever awarded in the country.

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  Pakistan Says It Is Bound To "Honour" Security Pact If Saudi Is Attacked

  Pakistan has long-standing defense ties with Saudi Arabia, and Asif said Islamabad had supported the kingdom even before the agreement was sealed.

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  Indian Engineer, Who Was Detained In Russia For 'Drunkenness', Returns Home

  Sneha Gupta, in her SOS video, urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to intervene and help in securing her husband's safe return.

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  India Reacts After New UN Map Shows Arunachal, Aksai Chin As Separate Regions

  The clarification came after a map, first published by the UN on July 1 and extensively used during discussions regarding the United Nations UNGA resolution, depicted Arunachal Pradesh as an independent state bordering Assam and China.

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  Hong Kong's First Post-Colonial Leader Tung Chee-Hwa Dies Aged 89

  In 1985, Tung joined a committee to aid in the writing of the Basic Law, Hong Kong's mini-constitution that has governed the former British colony since it was handed over to China in 1997.

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  World's Highest-Paid Prime Minister Gets Salary Hike Of $1 Million

  Wong said the revision would see his benchmark annual salary rise from Sg$2.2 million ($1.7 million) to Sg$3.6 million.

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  Helicopter Carrying 5, Including Medical Staff, Crashes In Malaysia

  Malaysia's Health Minister Dzulkefly Ahmad in a statement said initial information showed a pilot and four ministry staff were aboard, among them a medical officer, an assistant medical officer, and two nurses.

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  Video: Houthis Lay Waste To Saudi Weapons Trucks, Riyadh Vows Response

  According to the Yemen News Agency, the missiles were "locally manufactured" and that the Houthis surveilled Saudi camps and troops at Al-Wadi'ah camp and found a large number of vehicles with ammunition and weapons.

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  UN Map Shows Arunachal, Aksai Chin As Separate Regions Between India, China

  The United Nations General Assembly last week adopted an African Union-backed resolution titled "Correct the Map," calling for more accurate and equitable cartographic representation of the world's regions, particularly Africa.

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  13 Days After Flood Killed Hundreds, Nepal Mourns The Dead

  Monday was the 13th day since the flooding which killed more than 1,300 people in Nepal and Tibet and left some 5,000 missing, including foreigners, according to Nepal's disaster management agency.