Chinese leader Xi Jinping received a pomp-filled welcome as he arrived in North Korea Monday for his first visit to the secluded nation in seven years.

Pakistan’s Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi has travelled to Iran to deliver a “special letter” to Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei as part of diplomatic efforts to end the United States-Israeli war on Iran, which began 100 days ago.

At least 10 people have died after a boat thought to be carrying migrants capsized near Malta, the Italian coast guard has said.

The death toll from a magnitude 7.8 earthquake in the southern Philippines has reached at least 15, with more than 100 people injured, disaster agency officials said.

The EU should develop new trade tools to reduce its reliance on China, Maroš Šefčovič, the bloc’s trade commissioner, said in Brussels on Friday.

Israel said it struck military targets in western and central Iran on Monday, even after U.S. President ​Donald Trump reportedly told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to refrain from further attacks.

A powerful earthquake has struck the Philippines, destroying buildings and triggering tsunami alerts across Asia.

Tehran’s international airport suspends all incoming flights after Iranian missile strikes on Israel, local media says.

Oil prices have already started climbing, with the global benchmark Brent crude rising 3.63 percent to $96.75 a barrel in the hour after the strikes were reported.

Nepal and India reached three agreements on Saturday during the official visit of Foreign Minister Shisir Khanal to India.

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has ⁠chosen Han Seong-sook, the country’s ⁠minister for small and midsize ‌businesses and ​startups, to be prime minister, the presidential office said on Sunday.

More than a million people lined the streets of Madrid on Sunday as Pope Leo XIV held an open-air mass in the Spanish capital, the Vatican said.

A top White House artificial intelligence policy adviser ‌on Saturday said he will leave his position at the end of June, marking the exit of a leading figure helping craft policies for frontier technologies.

Che Dalha, the former government head of the Tibet Autonomous Region, has been sentenced to life ​in prison over corruption, China’s official Xinhua news agency reported ‌on Friday.

The U.S. government will attempt to redirect ​Iranian assets to Gulf states for rebuilding and repairs of damage caused by Iran, a source familiar with the matter said, as Tehran followed up a wave of strikes ‌against Kuwait and Bahrain with furt

Police say they are searching for suspects after at least 12 people were shot near a festival in Toledo, in the midwestern US state of Ohio.

Iran’s World Cup squad left Turkey for Mexico on Saturday, taking off under the shadow of a bitter diplomatic row between Tehran and Washington after the US refused to issue visas for some of the team’s support squad.

The Ministry of Education today handed over the Letter of Approval (LoA) to the University of Liverpool, United Kingdom, paving the way for the establishment of its branch campus in Bengaluru, Karnataka.

Shreyas Iyer will lead India at the 2026 Asian Games after the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Saturday announced a strong 15-member squad for the Men’s T20 event in Japan.

The founder of India’s viral Cockroach Janta Party arrived in New Delhi on Saturday to lead a protest against Prime Minister Narendra ​Modi’s government, taking the country’s largest online youth movement to the ‌streets for the first time.

Canada’s food inspection agency has announced a temporary ban on livestock from the US state of Texas after flesh-eating screwworms were discovered in calves this week.

Iran’s football team has been granted visas to enter the US ahead of the the World Cup next week, US officials have confirmed.

British actor Anthony Head, best known for his roles in TV shows including Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Ted Lasso, Merlin and Little Britain, has died at the age of 72.

U.S. forces struck Iranian coastal ​radar sites on Saturday after shooting down drones launched by Iran toward the Strait of Hormuz, the U.S. military said, in the latest ‌escalation complicating efforts to end the war between the two countries.

A highly active volcano in eastern Indonesia erupted several times on Friday (Jun 5), spewing towering ash columns into the sky and forcing a local airport to close, authorities said.

China’s president Xi Jinping will meet Kim Jong Un next week in a trip to North Korea, in his first visit in nearly seven years, according to both countries’ state media.

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is planning to make her first visit to India as early as July to meet with her Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi, it was learned Thursday.

Colombian pop star Shakira will perform her official song for the 2026 World Cup at the competition’s opening ceremony in Mexico.

Security ⁠agencies from the “Five Eyes” alliance which includes the U.S. and Britain issued a warning on Wednesday about Chinese spies aggressively using online job platforms to recruit people with access to sensitive information.

The U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation on Thursday to provide aid to Ukraine and impose new sanctions on ​Russia, the latest sign that some Republicans are willing to defy party leaders and push back ‌against President Donald Trump.