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Iran has turned a financial dispute into a maritime threat: any ship that accepts US compensation drawn from frozen Iranian funds will be banned from the Strait of Hormuz — the chokepoint for roughly…
A white phosphorus leak from two munitions inside the US Osan Air Base in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, triggered a public evacuation…
Hours after a magnitude 7.1 earthquake — one of Japan's strongest in years — rocked Kumamoto Prefecture, an explosion tore…
A Taliban information official was assassinated in Badakhshan just one day after the group launched a media initiative insisting…
India and China are moving from diplomatic agreements to ground-level action — border trade through Lipulekh, Shipki La, and…
As Pakistan staged assembly elections in PoJK, India called it a 'cosmetic exercise' to hide illegal occupation — and the ground…
China's industrial profit growth decelerated to 15.1% in June — the second straight monthly slowdown — as the energy-cost surge…
A magnitude 7.1 quake has jolted Kumamoto in southwestern Japan, triggering tsunami advisories for two inland seas — the latest…
A minority rights body in Bangladesh has recorded 257 communal violence incidents in just six months of 2026 — killing 44 people…
