Daily Asia briefing

With hours to go before President Trump’s 8 p.m. Eastern time deadline for Iran to agree to reopen the Strait of Hormuz or face intense attacks, negotiators feverishly worked toward a deal. Pakistan, an intermediary, pro...

After the deadliest attack in Afghanistan since the Taliban took over, families searched among photos and remains for signs of their relatives.

President Trump and Iran sent mixed messages ahead of his Tuesday deadline. Early Tuesday, Israel said it had detected missiles launching from Iran and the Iranian Red Crescent Society said a residential area of Tehran h...

Ibrahim Traoré, who took power in 2022 coup, tells state broadcaster ‘we must tell the truth, democracy isn’t for us’People in Burkina Faso should forget about democracy as it is “not for us”, the military president, Ibr...

The American leaders slathered on the praise for the nationalist standard-bearer just days before an election he could lose.

Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s policies affecting the Roma minority have put those voters in play in upcoming parliamentary elections. In a tight race, they could make the difference.

Court documents raise questions about the Argentine president’s statements that he had no connection to the launch of the $Libra cryptocurrency.

Jeffrey Epstein spent his last days of freedom in Paris, meeting with influential figures. It was a playbook he used everywhere he lived to stamp a veneer of respectability on a life of sordid criminality.

Reports, based on X post from unofficial account, follow JD Vance’s accusations and threats of finding ‘legal remedies’Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxSeveral news outlets hav...

Man born in El Salvador has been fighting removal to series of ‘third’ countries after mistaken deportation last yearUS government attorneys on Tuesday told a federal judge the Department of Homeland Security still inten...

Pheap Rom was one of 15 people sent to prison in African kingdom last year despite completing US sentencesA Cambodian man deported by the US said he would have accepted being sent to Cambodia, but instead ended up impris...

Dozen people arrive under new deal but legal challenges expected with scheme criticised as ‘dehumanising process’A flight carrying people being deported from the US has landed in Uganda, as Donald Trump’s administration...