US, China should be partners, not rivals: Xi Jinping

Xi said the two countries had made some positive progress since he met with US President Joe Biden last year

Ukrainian minister detained over suspected corruption: prosecutors

Indian election resumes as heatwave hits voters

Narendra Modi is widely expected to win a third term in the election

Body count nears 400 in Gaza hospital mass graves

Sings of torture, live burial found during excavation on sixth day

Ukraine access to US long-range missiles will not impact war: Russia

Macron warns Europe could ‘die,’ needs stronger defence

Pro-Palestinian US university protests grow as police crack down

Indian minister blames heat after fainting at election rally

Nancy Pelosi calls for Netanyahu’s resignation

Tibetan govt-in-exile holds back-channel talks with China

We have had back-channel (engagement) since last year. But we have no immediate expectations from it.

Heatstroke kills 30 in Thailand this year as kingdom bakes

City authorities in Bangkok gave an extreme heat warning as the heat index was expected to rise above 52 degrees Celsius

282 million people faced acute hunger in 2023, worst famine in Gaza: UN report

Around 1.1 million people in Gaza are projected to be in Phase 5 and facing famine by July

US sending senior officials to Niger to discuss troop exit

From Philippines to India, millions suffer

April is typically hot in South and Southeast Asia, but temperatures this month have been unusually high

Blinken calls for US, China to manage differences on charm offensive

Israel carrying out 'offensive action' in south Lebanon

Many forces are deployed on the border and IDF (army) forces are carrying out offensive action currently throughout southern Lebanon