Nepal's RSP chief visits New Delhi for talks amid protests over PM Shah's remark about Nepal encroaching on Indian land. The statement, clarified by officials as referring to local cross-border occupation, has intensified existing irritants in India-Nepal relations, including trade disputes and treaty clarifications.

Prime Minister Modi voiced concerns to Myanmar's President over armed group activities near the India border and the conflict's impact on Indian communities. He urged Myanmar to prevent harm to Indian civilians during military operations and discussed the repatriation of refugees. Connectivity projects and cyber scam victims were also addressed.

The American, a 23-time grand slam champion, will play doubles at the HSBC Championships at the Queen's Club in London next week almost four years after her last competitive match.

Iran has severed all diplomatic talks with the United States, accusing Israel of violating the ceasefire by bombing its proxy militia Hezbollah in Lebanon.

Knife-obsessed Vickrum Digwa, 23, stabbed stranger Henry Nowak, 18, six times with an eight-inch blade he had been carrying in Southampton city centre last December.

Blake Lively is pulling her It Ends With Us co-star Justin Baldoni back to court on Monday as she seeks damages just weeks after their contentious lawsuit was settled.

The Government has finally published a thousand pages of incendiary material covering the New Labour architect's disastrous appointment.

Its unusual primary system, combined with scandal and a low-profile field, have made this year’s race harder to predict.

[Bridges Institute] Washington, DC -- When Festus Mogae died in early May, the world lost a global statesman and I lost a beloved friend of more than 40 years.

A 20-year-old Singapore motorcyclist who was riding to Port Dickson was killed after an out-of-control lorry struck him along an expressway on Sunday (May 21) morning.In a media statement issued on Sunday afternoon, Batu Pahat police chief Shahrulanuar Mushaddat Abdullah Sani said the incident happened at about 5am at the 82.4km mark of the North-South Expressway near Batu Pahat. The Singaporean rider, Lutfi Adib Yusof, encountered a breakdown and had stopped on the emergency lane of the expressway, said Assistant Commissioner of Police Shahrulanuar.«He was suddenly hit by a lorry from the same direction which was believed to have lost control before the accident occured,» the police chief said.He added that Lutfi suffered serious head injuries and was pronounced dead on the way to the Sultanah Nora Ismail Hospital.The 45-year-old male lorry driver, a Malaysian, did not suffer any injuries. Police investigations are ongoing. [[nid:737102]]editor@asiaone.com 

As Malawi joined the rest of the world in commemorating World No Tobacco Day 2026, the Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD) Alliance Malawi issued a strong warning over what it describes as increasingly aggressive tactics by the tobacco and nicotine industry to lure children and young people into addiction. Marking the global observance under the theme “Unmask […] The post NCD Alliance Malawi Sounds Alarm as Tobacco Industry Targets Youth, Urges Nation to ‘Unmask the Appeal’ appeared first on Malawi Nyasa Times - News from Malawi about Malawi.

Around 400 earthquakes have been recorded in the seismic swarm that began early yesterday morning, approximately 3 kilometers west of Húsmúli in the Hellisheiði area.

An Icelandair flight to Zurich was canceled this morning. According to the Isavia website, the aircraft had been scheduled to depart at 7:20 a.m.

Actor Vijay has declared the Tamil Nadu political landscape a direct contest between his party and the DMK, criticizing «family politics.» Meanwhile, escalating Middle East tensions saw US strikes on Iranian facilities after a drone incident. K Annamalai's Delhi visit fuels speculation about a potential new political direction, while India and the US are nearing an interim trade deal.

The National Medical Commission's ethics board has deferred a decision on patient appeals to the health ministry, after rejecting hundreds for five years. This follows an RTI activist's challenge to the board's interpretation of the NMC Act, which he claims illegally barred patients from appealing state medical council decisions.

DK Shivakumar takes the helm as Karnataka's new Chief Minister, facing a daunting array of challenges beyond his renowned firefighting skills. He must navigate complex factional tensions, manage caste expectations, address fiscal pressures, and prove his governance capabilities. The success of his tenure hinges on balancing these demands and establishing his authority.

Marina Chekurova noted that banks had maintained a high level of profitability during the first quarter of 2026

Alexander Kozlov noted that flights to Pyongyang began operating in July 2025, so authorities are still monitoring the dynamics and assessing the prospects for launching new routes

The ministry emphasized that Tehran's actions constitute «a dangerous escalation and a direct attack on Kuwait's security and stability»

Dmitry Peskov stressed that Moscow had never revealed the guest of honor and who will host the plenary session at SPIEF beforehand

The volume of foreign currency purchases on the domestic market with settlements dated May 28 also amounted to $16.64 mln

The simmering tensions dividing the leaders of a bucolic eastern Ontario township have now boiled over into the legal arena, with three council members suing all but one of their council colleagues over alleged abuses of their public positions.

The early field is still wide open.

Its unusual primary system, combined with scandal and a low-profile field, have made this year’s race harder to predict.

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The National Election Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) said 143 polling stations across the country failed to open today due to security-related problems, while voting that had already begun was later interrupted in parts of the Oromia and Amhara regions.

National Bank of Malawi (NBM) plc has given away 20 Malawi National Women Football team jerseys as part of the first activation of its ‘Guess the Scorchers WAFCON Jersey’ promotion held at Chichiri Shopping Mall Service Centre in Blantyre on Friday. To emerge winners, the 20 customers correctly identified the Scorchers’ jersey displayed outside the […] The post NBM plc gives 20 Scorchers’ jerseys in ‘Waku WAFCON’ promo appeared first on Malawi Nyasa Times - News from Malawi about Malawi.

A disturbing revelation that chemicals meant for embalming dead bodies may be finding their way into Malawi’s food chain has triggered alarm within Parliament, with the Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC) warning that weak regulation and theft of medical supplies are putting the lives of ordinary Malawians at risk. PAC Chairperson Steve Malondera says the […] The post Alarm as Embalming Chemicals Allegedly Used to Preserve Fish: PAC Demands Action appeared first on Malawi Nyasa Times - News from Malawi about Malawi.

[Scrolla] Mthatha is the most expensive city for food in South Africa, beating Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban, new data shows. Researcher Sibusiso Mboto says transport, storage and retail costs along the supply chain are passed directly to consumers in poorer areas.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Anti-riot police clashed with hundreds of protesters in Nanyuki on Monday as demonstrations against a proposed Ebola quarantine and isolation facility at Laikipia Airbase turned chaotic, prompting security officers to fire tear gas and shoot in the air to disperse crowds.

[Capital FM] Wajir -- President William Ruto has issued a formal apology to the people of Northern Kenya for decades of State-sanctioned marginalisation and neglect that have resulted in the region severely lagging behind in national development.