Thousands of landless squatters on Sunday organised a massive rally in Lumbini province in southern Nepal to protest the governmentâs ongoing eviction drive that they claim has displaced millions of people across the country, including in Kathmandu.
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A drone strike targeted the United Arab Emiratesâ sole nuclear power plant on Sunday, sparking a fire on its perimeter. There were no reports of injuries or radiological release, but it highlighted the risk of renewed war as the Iran ceasefire remains tenuous.
When the Justice Department indicted Indiaâs richest man in the final weeks of the Biden administration, prosecutors described an âelaborateâ bribery scheme involving âcorruption and fraud at the expense of U.S. investors.â
Bangladesh continues to record some of the worldâs highest levels of intimate partner violence, according to WHO data and national surveys cited by local media.
Nine suspected militants and four security personnel were killed in a gunfight in Pakistanâs Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, officials said. The clash occurred late Thursday in Bajaur district after militants launched attacks in Meena and Inayat Kalay areas.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy said a Russian missile strike on a Kyiv apartment building killed 24 people, including three teenagers, after rescue workers completed clearing rubble from the site more than a day after the attack.
XiJinping and Donald Trump concluded what both sides described as highly successful and historic talks at the end of Trumpâs three-day visit to China, though no concrete agreements were announced on major contentious issues.
The visit marked the first by a US president to China in nine years, with Trump himself being the last American leader to visit Beijing in 2017.
Shehbaz Sharif will undertake a three-day official visit to China from May 23 to 26, amid continued strengthening of bilateral ties between the two long-standing strategic partners.
Charles III will deliver the UK governmentâs legislative programme during the ceremonial State Opening of Parliament, outlining Prime Minister Keir Starmerâs agenda for the coming year.