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Russia’s leader Vladimir Putin and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un will stand shoulder to shoulder with Chinese president Xi Jinping in Beijing at a military parade marking 80 years since the end of World War II on 3 September. It will be the first time these three leaders are meeting …

An Australian man is facing theft charges after police uncovered a “significant” trove of Lego and toys worth $250,000 (£120,800; $163,400) allegedly stolen from department stores in Adelaide. About 2,500 items, including 1,700 unopened boxes of Lego, were found when South Australian police raided a Royal Park home on Saturday. …

Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin have kicked off bilateral talks in Beijing, on the eve of a massive military parade in the Chinese capital. Putin hailed relations between both countries saying they were on an “unprecedented level”, adding that their “close communication reflects the strategic …

Neyaz FarooqueeBBC News, Delhi Rasheeda Bano In 2017, the sisters surrendered their passports to the Pakistani High Commission Two sisters seeking to become Indian citizens are currently stateless after failing to procure a document that could prove that they have renounced their citizenship of Pakistan. The sisters, who have been …

Watch: Politicians’ perks cut after fatal anti-government demonstrations across Indonesia Protesters have been killed, buildings torched and politicians’ houses looted as anti-government unrest spreads across Indonesia – and the authorities respond with force. Mass demonstrations, fuelled by cost-of-living woes and public frustration with the political elite, first erupted in Jakarta …

Getty Images Kim can be seen here making a trip to Russia by train in 2023 North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has left Pyongyang for China, where he will be attending a military parade in the capital Beijing, media reports say. The “Victory Day” parade, which takes place on …

Yama BarizBBC Afghan Service correspondent, Heading for quake-hit areas and Paulin KolaBBC News EPA Hospitals – already under strain – are reported to be overwhelmed More than 800 people have been killed – and nearly 3,000 injured – after a magnitude-six earthquake struck eastern Afghanistan just before midnight on Sunday, …

A fugitive who allegedly murdered two officers in a small rural town in Australia’s Victoria is being helped by some members of the community, police have said. Dezi Freeman has been on the run since last Tuesday, when police arrived at his Porepunkah property to execute a search warrant, reportedly …

Vikas PandeyIndia editor and Stephen McdonellChina correspondent Reuters Modi and Xi posed for pictures in Tianjin on Monday The view from India Just a few months ago, the armed forces of India and Pakistan were locked in a brief but deadly conflict. The conflict indirectly involved a third nation – …

Tiffanie TurnbullBBC News, Sydney Getty Images A police operation has unfolded at the Russian consulate in Sydney A man has been arrested after driving a car through the gates of the Russian consulate in Sydney. Police were called to the consulate in the suburb of Woollahra around 08:00 local time, …

Laura BickerChina correspondent, Dalian, China BBC Chinese shipyards, among the world’s most productive, are giving the country a critcial edge in the oceans “Socialism is good…” a pensioner warbles into a portable karaoke mic, slightly off-key and drowned out by her friends’ chatter. But they join her for the chorus: …

Laura BickerChina correspondent, Dalian, China BBC Chinese shipyards, among the world’s most productive, are giving the country a critcial edge in the oceans “Socialism is good…” a pensioner warbles into a portable karaoke mic, slightly off-key and drowned out by her friends’ chatter. But they join her for the chorus: …

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian PM Narendra Modi have arrived in China to red carpet welcomes, joining more than 20 leaders at a regional security summit. The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in the port of Tianjin comes days before a major military parade in Beijing marking 80 years since …

Suranjana TewariBBC Asia business correspondent Getty Images Modi and Xi last had a bilateral meeting in 2017 India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi lands in China this weekend with the sting of Donald Trump’s US tariffs still top of mind. Since Wednesday, tariffs on Indian goods bound for the US, like …

Samira HussainSouth Asia Correspondent, BBC News, Delhi BBC Soyed Noor (centre) and some of the other refugees spoke to the BBC via a video call from Myanmar Noorul Amin last spoke to his brother on 9 May. The call was brief, but the news was devastating. He learned that his …

Soutik BiswasIndia correspondent Getty Images Modi and President Xi have met more than a dozen times since 2014 “This is a time for us to engage America, manage China, cultivate Europe, reassure Russia, bring Japan into play, draw neighbours in, extend the neighbourhood and expand traditional constituencies of support,” Indian …

Tiffanie Turnbull and Ottilie MitchellBBC News, Sydney Getty Images A huge search is under way in Australia for a heavily armed fugitive who allegedly shot two police officers Even in Australia, Porepunkah is a town few would have heard of before this week. Fewer still could pronounce it. Nestled at …

Mengchen ZhangBBC Global China Unit, reporting from Texas Office of the Texas Governor A signing ceremony of Governor Greg Abbott took place on 26 August Jason Yuan, a second-hand car shop owner, closes the hood of a vehicle after tightening the last nut on the battery terminal – a routine …

Cherylann MollanBBC News, Mumbai Getty Images Banu Mushtaq won the International Booker Prize for her short story anthology Heart Lamp International Booker Prize winning-author Banu Mushtaq has found herself in the midst of a controversy after she was invited to inaugurate a prominent festival in the southern Indian state of …

Michael Sheils McNameeBBC News AFP via Getty Images Mass protests have broken out in cities across Indonesia with clashes between police and those in attendance following the death of a ride-sharing driver who was hit by a police vehicle on Thursday night. Twenty-one-year-old Affan Kurniawan had been taking part in …