South Asia News

A new report says China used Pakistan's 88-hour Operation Sindoor clash with India to test its modern weapons and push its defence sales. Beijing also ran a global disinformation campaign to harm Rafale fighter jet's market, using fake images online.

NIA has reportedly confirmed a Bangladesh link in Delhi terror plot with the arrest of Ikhtiar, a Bangladeshi ABT member accused of supplying explosives for Red Fort blast. Investigators are now focusing on India-Bangladesh border districts.

India secured a U.S. waiver for Chabahar Port, but Taliban ties and Pakistan tensions cloud the Kabul route’s future.

A 6.7-magnitude earthquake off Japan’s Iwate coast sparked a tsunami advisory, highlighting once again why Japan faces so many quakes. Sitting on 4 major tectonic plates within Pacific Ring of Fire, Japan experiences about 1,500 earthquakes each year

South Korea gets US approval to build its first nuclear-powered submarine by the 2030s, boosting naval power and military autonomy amid North Korean threats. The vessel will be developed domestically using US-supplied fuel.

Two explosions hit a high school campus in North Jakarta, Indonesia, injuring at least 20 people. Authorities are investigating the cause, urging the public not to jump to conclusions. Bomb squads are on-site, and hospitals are aiding victims.

A powerful explosion near a Jakarta high school injured at least 54 people, officials said on Friday. Police have cordoned off the area and deployed a bomb squad as investigations continue into the cause of the blast.

Afghan military analysts have alleged ISIS-K operates training centres inside Pakistan, as many members, including a key commander, were killed or captured in cities like Peshawar and Quetta. A detained ISIS fighter admitted to receiving ideological.

China is reshaping trade, technology, and education while reducing reliance on the U.S. A closer look at the shift.

China’s military leadership faces unprecedented purges, exposing rivalries, corruption scandals, and questions over Xi Jinping’s authority.