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Japan builds up its ‘southern shield’ as faith in US security cover falters
Japan is pushing the legal limit of ‘defence’ as it faces its ‘most severe and complex security environment’ since 1945.
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The story Tehran wants you to read
A new narrative about Iran’s leadership mistakes continuity for change – and echoes the regime’s own preferred framing.
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US says Iran can play at 2026 World Cup but bars those with ‘IRGC ties’
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio says the US has not told the Iranian national team that it cannot play.
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Gold is unaffordable so South Asian brides turn to one gram substitutes
Families choose imitation jewellery and gold-plated ornaments as record prices push pure gold out of reach.
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Baby twins attend their father’s funeral after Israeli settler attack
Palestinians gathered in the occupied West Bank to bury a 25-year-old father of twins shot dead by Israeli settlers.
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Why is there a political deadlock in Lebanon?
The Lebanese government wants Hezbollah to disarm as it aims for a state monopoly on weapons.
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Global hunger report warns of rising malnutrition and famine risks
Conflict remains the leading driver of hunger, affecting nearly 150 million people facing acute food shortages.
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India denounces ‘hellhole’ remark shared by Trump
India’s Foreign Ministry says comments by US radio host Michael Savage, circulated by Trump, are ‘uninformed’.
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Environmental crisis in Russian city after drone attack on refinery
People in the Russian city of Tuapse are worried about the effects of an oil refinery fire after a Ukrainian…
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Does Israel’s ‘Yellow Line’ violate the Lebanon ceasefire?
Israel has carved out a military zone inside southern Lebanon, raising fears it is replicating the “Yellow Line” in Gaza
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