‘The family paid the price’: India’s deadly online gambling crisis

Debts and deaths are mounting, as a soaring online gambling industry adapts to evade an Indian government ban.

China’s Xi heads to India for BRICS summit overshadowed by wars

Wars in the Middle East and Ukraine, along with global energy security, are expected to dominate the summit.

A stable Afghanistan post 9/11 is in US interests says former US diplomat

Former US diplomat Zalmay Khalilzad says Washington wants to prevent Afghanistan becoming a hub for anti-US groups.

Mexico rescues eight from clandestine clinic run by violent Jalisco cartel

Rescue operation in Jalisco uncovers cartel's hidden clinic, illegal drugs and weapons; six suspected guards arrested.

North Korea fires ballistic missiles off eastern coast, Seoul says

South Korea said it was closely exchanging information on the launches with the US and Japan.

Putin and Pezeshkian call out US dominance ahead of BRICS

The presidents of Iran and Russia have criticised US dollar dominance ahead of the BRICS summit in India.

Satellite image shows critical Saudi pipeline damaged in drone attack

Saudi Arabia has shut its East-West oil pipeline after a drone attack. Riyadh says the attack originated in Iraq.

CIA releases dozens of declassified documents on bin Laden prior to 9/11

A briefer told Clinton in 1998 that bin Laden’s 'preferred option is to strike the US on its own soil in Washington'.

How Canadians are bracing for the impact of Trump’s trade war

Canada’s buy-local movement remains strong, but new tariffs could test how much more shoppers are willing to pay.

Passenger train derails in France, leaving 44 injured, 1 critical

French train derailment sparks emergency response, with 130 firefighters and five medical teams dispatched to the scene.