Australia and India yesterday reached a deal to export Australian uranium to India for use in the nuclear energy industry, while agreeing to deepen cooperation in renewables, critical minerals and green hydrogen.

A fire that tore through a shoe factory in eastern China yesterday killed at least 28 people, state media said, after dozens of fire and rescue personnel raced to extinguish the blaze.

Control over the Strait of Hormuz has become Iran’s “golden weapon,” a priority that now outweighs its nuclear programme. Tehran is willing to risk new escalations with the United States to secure dominance over the waterway, which carries a fifth of global energy supplies.

The disgraced former president is already in detention while he appeals a separate life sentence for leading an insurrection with his martial law declaration, which he insists was motivated by the public interest.

The recent US Supreme Court ruling on birthright citizenship has eased concerns and reduced uncertainty for Indian families living in the United States.

Faced with an almost-insatiable appetite for electricity in the world's most populous nation, Modi has outlined plans to substantially scale-up nuclear power generation in coming years.

The vital oil shipping corridor is a flashpoint in the Middle East war, with Tehran insisting on control of the strait despite it being open to free passage before the US-Israeli attacks in February.

The Guards said they struck "key infrastructure and facilities" at US bases in Arifjan and Ali Al Salem in Kuwait, and Juffair and Sheikh Isa in Bahrain with missiles and drones

The late supreme leader's burial follows a multi-day funeral ceremony that attracted millions of mourners across various cities in both Iran and Iraq

US President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace is planning a pilot “humanitarian zone” in southern Gaza which would aim to accommodate tens of thousands of vetted Palestinian civilians, a board official told AFP.

Rescuers scoured flooded parts of China for survivors yesterday after storms killed 17 people and caused dozens of rivers to overflow and a reservoir dam to burst, with officials warning of more rain.

Three militant attacks in Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province have killed 42 civilians and security personnel in four days, the country’s military said yesterday.

US President Donald Trump yesterday said the ceasefire with Iran was “over” but left the door open to more talks as Tehran carried out new attacks on US bases in the Gulf in retaliation for US strikes on its military sites and key ports.

Gaza’s civil defence and health officials said Israeli attacks killed nine people in the Palestinian territory yesterday.

President Donald Trump threw a summit of Nato leaders into disarray yesterday as he demanded the United States cut trade ties with Spain and made renewed claims on Greenland, but later changed tack and said there had been love and “a lot of unity”.

The international community should find ways to support millions of Afghans sent back from Iran and Pakistan or risk a rise in radicalisation and security threats, the head of the UN refugee agency told AFP yesterday.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez played down the rift and said he had had a "very cordial" conversation with Trump during the summit

Ukraine has been struggling to down Russian ballistic missiles since this year's US-Israeli war against Iran hit supplies of the crucial US-made Patriot interceptors

The potential reclosure of the Strait of Hormuz led to a sea of red on equity trading screens in markets across the world

"To me, I think it's over. I don't want to deal with them," Trump said ahead of a NATO summit in the Turkish capital Ankara.