USA: Five key takeaways from Modi-Trump talks

Despite the hype, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s first visit to Washington under Donald Trump’s second term was a sober, business-first affair – unsurprising for a working visit, which lacks…

India: Anger as judge frees man accused of raping wife who then died

An Indian court’s ruling that a man’s forced “unnatural sex” with his wife is not an offence has led to huge outrage and sparked renewed calls for better protections for…

S Korea: Ex-premier league striker gets suspended jail term for filming secret sex videos

South Korean football player Hwang Ui-jo has been handed a suspended one-year jail term for illegally filming his sexual encounters with a woman, Yonhap News Agency reported. The 32-year-old, a…

Japan: Woman arrested for squashing bun in shop

A woman in Japan has been arrested for allegedly squashing a bun at a convenience store and leaving without buying the packet of bread. Authorities in the southern city of…

India: Man found guilty of rape and murder of Irish backpacker

A man has been found guilty of the rape and murder of an Irish woman backpacking in India. Danielle McLaughlin, 28, from County Donegal, was found dead in a field in…

USA: TikTok returns to Apple and Google app stores

TikTok is again available on the US app stores of Apple and Google, after President Donald Trump postponed enforcement of a ban of the Chinese-owned social media platform until 5…

USA: Modi hails US-India ‘mega partnership’ in Trump meeting

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has hailed a “mega partnership” between the US and India, as he and US leader Donald Trump wrapped up a meeting in which they announced…

India: Direct rule in violence-hit Indian state after chief minister quits

The Indian government has brought the troubled north-eastern state of Manipur under direct federal rule days after Chief Minister N Biren Singh resigned. Singh, from India’s governing Bharatiya Janata Party…

Europe: India and France plan small modular nuclear reactors

India and France plan to work together on developing small modular nuclear reactors, India’s foreign ministry said after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the country. Modi and French President…

Japan: Honda-Nissan multi-billion dollar merger collapses

5 hours ago João da Silva & Annabelle Liang Business reporters, BBC NewsShareSave Merger talks between Honda and Nissan have collapsed after the firms failed to agree on a multi-billion-dollar…