India’s Narendra Modi told Vladimir Putin yesterday that India and Russia stood side by side even in difficult times after the Kremlin chief called the Indian prime minister his “dear friend” and gave him a lift in his armoured limousine.

A plane carrying EU chief Ursula von der Leyen was hit by GPS jamming as it readied to land in Bulgaria on Sunday, Brussels said yesterday, alleging Russia was thought to be behind the incident.

South Korea has stopped broadcasting propaganda radio programming into the North, the defence ministry said yesterday, the latest move by Seoul’s new administration to ease tensions with its nuclear-armed neighbour.

Yemen’s Houthis said yesterday they launched a missile towards the Israeli-owned tanker Scarlet Ray near Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea port city of Yanbu in a rare attack off the Saudi coast.

Israel pushed tanks deeper into Gaza City and detonated explosives-laden vehicles in one suburb as airstrikes killed at least 19 people yesterday, Palestinian officials and witnesses said.

A Finnish court yesterday sentenced a Nigerian separatist leader to six years in prison for terrorism offences for promoting the Biafra region’s independence by “illegal means”.

Thailand’s largest opposition party yesterday failed to decide who to back as the nation’s next prime minister at a kingmaking summit, after the incumbent was ousted by court order.

Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday sought to defend his Ukraine offensive to Moscow’s allies, blaming the West for triggering the three-and-a-half year war that has killed tens of thousands and devastated much of eastern Ukraine.

Speakers at a roundtable yesterday urged the government to prioritise women’s full participation in climate decision-making and address gaps in climate finance.

A Pakistan government helicopter crashed in the north of the country yesterday, killing all five people on board, police said.

India will send teams to monitor a general election in war-torn Myanmar that is scheduled to start in December, Myanmar state media said yesterday, as New Delhi signals support for a vote that has already been derided by critics as a sham.

Shenzhen-Hong Kong-Guangzhou has overtaken Tokyo-Yokohama to become the world’s top cluster for innovation, the United Nations said yesterday.

US President Donald Trump’s ultimate aim in sending troops to American cities is to seize control of elections in 2026, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker said Sunday, calling such deployments “an invasion.”

There was no immediate response from Israel on the accounts of the Gaza City offensive

At a summit of the group in China, Putin also floated the idea of a joint payments system for trade settlements.

Here is a look at what happened, and the devastation the tremors caused.

Modi tells Putin he hopes Russia, Ukraine will move forward to end war

Officials say the floods are the worst in decades, with major dams near capacity, and more rain is forecast.

The Chinese leader slammed "bullying behaviour" from certain countries -- a veiled reference to the United States.

"I would also note that the understandings reached at the recent Russia–U.S. meeting in Alaska, I hope, also contribute toward this goal."