Asia

Russia and Ukraine exchange more bodies of war dead, Kremlin aide says

Russia says Trump's new weapons pledge a signal for Ukraine to abandon peace efforts

Pakistani TV channels withdraw reports on Trump visit

Patriots to move to Kyiv 'as quickly as possible', says NATO top commander

Sirens wail, cities shut down as Taiwan simulates Chinese air raid

New pier completed at North Korea rocket launch site, satellite imagery shows

Malaysian police arrest more than dozen men in raid of 'gay party'

South Korea lashed by heavy rain, four dead and more than 1,000 evacuated

Syria's Sharaa says protecting Druze citizens is 'our priority'

Factbox-How could Japan's election affect economic policy?

Trump's tariffs cloud G20 finance chiefs' meeting in South Africa

South Korea's Lee orders new investigation team to look into deadly 2022 crush

Air India cockpit recording suggests captain cut fuel to engines before crash, source says

US military says Yemeni force seized Iranian arms shipment bound for Houthis

How Thailand is tackling Myanmar’s toxic river threat

Why hundreds of Vietnamese nationals were arrested in Cambodia’s scam compound raids

How nearly 20,000 Afghans were secretly relocated to the UK after a major data leak

Syria's Druze reach new ceasefire deal with government in Sweida, religious leader says

Violence erupts at Bangladesh youth rally, media report four killed

Eswatini says it is holding U.S. deportees in prisons, aims to repatriate them

US has told Armenia it is ready to manage transport corridor with Azerbaijan, Armenpress reports

Blast heard in Syrian capital Damascus, Reuters witness says

Ukraine's parliament votes to dismiss prime minister in wartime reshuffle

Iran ready to respond to any new attack, supreme leader says

Beijing reaffirms normalisation of ties with EU ahead of July summit

Malaysia in a tight spot as pressure builds to reject Trump's 'alpha male' pick as ambassador

Iran parliament rules out resumption of US talks until preconditions are met

Crush at Gaza aid site kills at least 20, GHF blames armed agitators

Influential ex-Thai PM Thaksin to receive verdict on royal insult case in late August

'Japanese First' party shakes up election with alarm over foreigners

India’s river divers risk health in search for hidden treasures

New Zealand weather events prompt rethink of government housing protections

China restaurant offering tea and lion cub hugs criticised by animal groups

Trump to meet Qatar's PM as push for Gaza ceasefire deal continues

Air India crash rekindles debate over cockpit video recorders 

Australia PM Albanese, at Great Wall, defends foreign investment screening

US says it has sent third-country deportees to Southern Africa's Eswatini

US National Guard unit was 'extensively' hacked by Salt Typhoon in 2024, memo says

EU council sanctions individuals, entities responsible for destabilising Moldova