Today’s headlines: Seoul confirms “signs of a resumption” in talks between Washington and Pyongyang. Myanmar’s president is visiting Vietnam. Tokyo is seeking a record budget for defence spending. Thai activist sentenced to two years for “lèse-majesté”. The Arbitration Tribunal rules that Delhi must implement the water treaty with Islamabad.
Today's headlines: in Egypt, meetings with Israeli and Hamas delegations on the logistical details of the agreement could take longer than expected (and in the meantime, people are still dying in Gaza). Defence agreement signed between Australia and Papua New Guinea to counter China. Nine dead in new hospital fire in India. The Council of Europe calls for a platform for dialogue between Russian democratic forces in exile.
Today's headlines: Sanae Takaichi wins the Liberal Democratic Party primary and will become Japan's first female prime minister. The Pakistani military has also proposed to the United States that it build and operate a port in the district of Gwadar. The Taliban foreign minister will visit India. Leo XIV has signed his first Apostolic Exhortation, which focuses on caring for the poor and will be published on 9 October.
Today's headlines: China and India will resume direct flights by October after a five-year hiatus; The South Korean president calls on Pyongyang to resume meetings between families separated by the war; At least eight people killed in four days of anti-government protests in Pakistani Kashmir; In Vietnam, the death toll from Typhoon Bualoi rises to 51, with damage estimated at over €500 million.
Today's headlines: Death toll from earthquake in the Philippines rises to 72, while Indonesia races against time to rescue dozens of students trapped under the rubble of an Islamic college; On the 10th anniversary of Laudato Si', Pope Leo XIV renews his call for an “ecological conversion”; Beijing and Kuala Lumpur study a joint project for the exploitation of rare earths; Tens of thousands of families affected by the earthquake in Afghanistan are still without shelter, with fears for the approaching winter.
Today's headlines: South Korean president announces 8.2% increase in defence spending for 2026; Kurdish militias forcibly close Christian schools in north-eastern Syria; Taliban internet blockade paralyses Afghanistan's main airport; North Korean painters in the Russian capital to celebrate the (military) alliance between Moscow and Pyongyang; First cross-border railways between India and Bhutan.
Today's headlines: Islamic college collapses in East Java, Indonesia, at least three dead and dozens missing, over a hundred injured; The UN discusses the Rohingya eight years after their flight from Myanmar, without representatives or delegates from the Muslim minority; From 20 to 23 October, the annual session of the CPC is scheduled in Beijing to define the next five-year plan; Singapore's population grows, driven by new arrivals of migrants.
Today's headlines: in Moldova, the pro-European party wins the parliamentary elections with twice as many votes as the pro-Moscow bloc. At least 40 people are dead and over 50 injured in Tamil Nadu at a rally held by Vijay, a film star who heads a local party. The UN has reintroduced sanctions against Iran, while Tehran has executed one of Israel's “most important spies”. In China, the world's highest bridge opened to traffic yesterday.
Today's news: At least 11 people have died in the Philippines due to tropical storm Bualoi. A fire at a data centre paralysed South Korean government online services. A 73-year-old woman who had lived in the United States for 30 years has been deported to India. Bangladeshi leader Muhammad Yunus addresses the Rohingya situation at the UN.
Today's headlines: A 21-point plan on Gaza to be announced with Qatar at the centre of Trump's meeting with Arab-Muslim leaders; Thailand's new foreign minister to Cambodia: let's ease military presence at the border; To Lam to visit Pyongyang, first visit by a Vietnamese leader since 2007; Overtourism is prompting Japanese schools to cancel school trips to Kyoto.
Today's headlines: new Israeli drone attack on the Global Sumud Flotilla headed for Gaza, while Trump meets with Arab and Muslim leaders in New York; South Korean President Lee launches initiative for peace on the Korean Peninsula at the UN; Xi Jinping in Urumqi for the 70th anniversary of the Xinjiang Autonomous Region. Tatiana Goričeva, Soviet philosopher and dissident of the 1970s, has died.
Today's Headlines: Modi calls for India to become “self-sufficient” while Trump announces a £80,000 tax on H-1B visas used by Indian workers in the US. Lai inaugurates a centre named after Shinzo Abe in Taipei, highlighting the ties between Taiwan and Japan. In Indonesia, newspaper advertisements defend the non-military programmes that Prabowo has entrusted to the army. Armenia joins the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague.
Today's headlines: Journalists and diplomats prevented from attending the new trial of blogger Zhang Zhan in Shanghai; Trump says he wants to regain control of the Bagram base in Afghanistan; President of the Maldives ratifies restrictive media law; Technocrats in key ministries of Thailand's new government. Hidden under joint ventures on gas and oil supplies of arms from Vietnam to Russia.
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