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Floods devastate India's breadbasket of PunjabGurdaspur, India (AFP) Sept 17, 2025 The fields are full but the paddy brown and wilted, and the air thick with the stench of rotting crops and livestock - the aftermath of record monsoon rains that have devastated India's breadbasket. ... more  
New Nepal PM vows to follow protesters' demands to 'end corruption'Kathmandu (AFP) Sept 14, 2025 Nepal's new leader vowed Sunday to follow protesters' demands to "end corruption" as she began work as interim prime minister, after "Gen Z" youth demonstrations ousted her predecessor. ... more  
S.Africa top court hears landmark case on Shell offshore explorationJohannesburg (AFP) Sept 16, 2025 South Africa's top court on Tuesday heard arguments in a landmark case pitting environmentalists and coastal communities against energy giant Shell's oil and gas exploration off the Indian Ocean coast. ... more  
Trump ready to match EU tariffs on China, India to pressure Putin: US officialWashington (AFP) Sept 9, 2025 The United States is ready to broaden tariffs targeting buyers of Russian oil - if the EU takes similar moves - to hit at revenue Moscow needs for the war in Ukraine, a US official told AFP Tuesday. ... more |
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India hopes 'insights' from Pakistan clash will help woo arms buyersNew Delhi (AFP) Sept 8, 2025 The skies lit up during the four-day clash between India and Pakistan in May as drones were blasted from the air by missiles that showcased what New Delhi believes is a "new vision" of warfare. ... more 
China's Xi calls on BRICS countries to 'resist all forms of protectionism'Beijing (AFP) Sept 8, 2025 Chinese President Xi Jinping called on the 11-nation BRICS bloc to "resist all forms of protectionism" at a virtual leaders' summit on Monday. ... more  
'Blood Moon' to rise during total lunar eclipse Sunday nightParis (AFP) Sept 4, 2025 Stargazers will have a chance to see a "Blood Moon" on Sunday night during a total lunar eclipse visible across Asia and swathes of Europe and Africa. ... more  
UN pushes nations to submit overdue climate plansParis (AFP) Sept 3, 2025 The United Nations on Wednesday urged nations late in turning in their climate plans to do so quickly, with major polluters among dozens of countries still to unveil new commitments. ... more |
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Villages marooned after deadly floods in India's PunjabAmritsar, India (AFP) Sept 2, 2025 A thousand villages in India's Punjab state are marooned by deadly floods, with thousands forced to seek shelter in relief camps, government authorities say. ... more |
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Xi and Putin round on West at regional summit in ChinaTianjin, China (AFP) Sept 1, 2025 Presidents Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin took turns Monday to swipe at the West during a gathering of Eurasian leaders for a showpiece summit aimed at putting Beijing front and centre of regional relations. ... more 
Floods, landslides kill at least 11 in India's Jammu regionSrinagar, India (AFP) Aug 30, 2025 Floods and landslides triggered by record-breaking rain killed at least 11 people, including four children, in India's Jammu and Kashmir, officials said Saturday. ... more 
China to bolster non-Western alliances at summit, paradeBeijing (AFP) Aug 28, 2025 China's President Xi Jinping will host world leaders including Russia's Vladimir Putin and India's Narendra Modi from Sunday for a summit before a huge military parade as he seeks to showcase a ... more
Pakistan blows up dam embankment as it braces for flood surgeNarowal, Pakistan (AFP) Aug 27, 2025 Pakistan authorities blew up an embankment next to a monsoon-engorged dam on Wednesday as flooding submerged one of the world's holiest Sikh sites. Three transboundary rivers in the east of ... more |
Record-breaking rain fuels deadly floods in India's Jammu regionSrinagar, India (AFP) Aug 27, 2025 Floods and landslides triggered by record-breaking heavy rain have killed more than 30 people in India's Himalayan region of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Wednesday. A landslide on th ... more  |
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Maldives revokes shark fishing ban after decadesMale, Maldives (AFP) Aug 27, 2025 The Maldives, a luxury holiday destination and top diving spot in the Indian Ocean, will lift a decades-old ban on shark fishing, the president's office said on Wednesday. Sharks were once t ... more
Floods, landslides kill at least 30 in India's Jammu regionSrinagar, India (AFP) Aug 27, 2025 Floods and landslides triggered by heavy rains have killed at least 30 people in India's Himalayan region of Jammu and Kashmir, officials and local media said Wednesday. An intense monsoon r ... more
Rain swamps India's Jammu region with extensive floodsNew Delhi (AFP) Aug 26, 2025 Fierce floods swamped the Jammu area of Indian-administrated Kashmir on Tuesday as intense monsoon rainstorms in the Himalayan region caused widespread chaos, sweeping away bridges and swamping ... more  
India to probe giant zoo run by son of Asia's richest personNew Delhi (AFP) Aug 26, 2025 India's Supreme Court has ordered an investigation into allegations of illegal animal imports and financial misconduct at a vast private zoo set up by the son of Asia's richest person. Vanta ... more |
 
India to develop fighter jet engines with French companyNew Delhi (AFP) Aug 23, 2025 India is working with a French company to develop and manufacture fighter jet engines in the country, New Delhi's defence minister said. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh in May approved the pr ... more  
China's Xi pushes development, ethnic unity in rare visit to TibetBeijing (AFP) Aug 21, 2025 President Xi Jinping attended a grand ceremony in Lhasa on Thursday during a rare visit to Tibet, where he urged "ethnic unity and religious harmony" in a region where China is accused of rights ... more
China, India pledge to resume flights as Beijing's top diplomat wraps up visitBeijing (AFP) Aug 20, 2025 China and India announced they would restart direct flights in a string of diplomatic breakthroughs, state media reported Wednesday, as Beijing's foreign minister wrapped up a visit before headi ... more  
India test-fires nuclear-capable ballistic missileNew Delhi Aug 20, 2025 India said Wednesday it had successfully test-fired an intermediate-range ballistic missile which, when operational, should be capable of carrying a nuclear warhead to any part of China. The ... more |
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India celebrates clean energy milestone but coal still kingNew Delhi (AFP) Aug 20, 2025 Non-fossil fuels now account for half of India's installed energy capacity - years ahead of schedule - but the third-largest greenhouse gas polluter remains deeply reliant on coal for electric ... more
Indian PM to visit China, security chief saysNew Delhi (AFP) Aug 19, 2025 Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit China later in August, his security chief said on Tuesday during talks with Beijing's foreign minister in New Delhi. Modi will attend the Shang ... more 
China's top diplomat hails 'positive trend' in relations with IndiaBeijing (AFP) Aug 19, 2025 Relations between China and India are on a "positive trend" towards cooperation, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told his Indian counterpart in New Delhi, according to a readout of the meeting ... more  
Fight to save last forests of the Comoros unites farmers, NGOsMutsamudu, Comoros (AFP) Aug 18, 2025 /> Strips of bare land scar the lush and green mountainsides towering above Mutsamudu, the capital of the Indian Ocean island of Anjouan. On the most mountainous and densely populated island in ... more |
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Indian Private Space Consortium to Build First National Earth Observation Satellite NetworkTokyo, Japan (SPX) Aug 18, 2025 In a milestone for India's space sector, a private consortium will design, deploy, and operate the nation's first Earth Observation Satellite System (EOSS). The planned 12-satellite network will be ... more |
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China's top diplomat to visit India for border talksBeijing (AFP) Aug 16, 2025 /> China's top diplomat will visit India next week for talks about their shared boundary, Beijing's foreign ministry said on Saturday, as the two countries eye resuming border trade five years afte ... more 
Years after an earthquake, rivers still carry the mountains downstreamSanta Barbara CA (SPX) Aug 15, 2025 On May 12, 2008, the magnitude 7.9 Wenchuan Earthquake shook central China, its destructive tremors spreading from the flank of the Longmen Shan, or Dragon's Gate Mountains, along the eastern margin ... more  
Pakistan establishes new missile force after India conflict, PM saysIslamabad (AFP) Aug 14, 2025 /> Pakistan will establish a new military force to supervise its missile capabilities, the prime minister has said, after its worst conflict in decades with South Asian arch-rival India. Prime ... more
India and China eye border trade resumptionNew Delhi (AFP) Aug 14, 2025 /> India and China are discussing resuming border trade five years after it was halted, foreign ministry officials on both sides have said, as US tariffs disrupt the global trade order. Past tr ... more |
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