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Trump Open to Talks With Xi and Putin, but No Three-Way Summit Is Confirmed

International Desk - October 20, 2026

October 20: U.S. President Donald Trump has said he is open to meeting Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin for discussions...

Rajnath Singh at SCO: India Calls for Action on Terrorism and Sovereignty-Based Connectivity

October 20, 2026

South Korea Warns North Over Border Threats While Urging Talks on the Military Demarcation Line

October 20, 2026

Philippines Protests Chinese Envoy’s Force Remark as Beijing Disputes Manila’s Reading

October 20, 2026

Vietnam Banks Move to Cut Lending Rates as Credit Growth Eases in October

October 20, 2026

APEC Finance Ministers Meet in Hong Kong as AI Investment and Energy Risks Test Asia-Pacific Growth

October 20, 2026

Rubio–Jaishankar Mumbai Talks Today: Energy, Trade and Asian Supply Chains in Focus

October 20, 2026

Must Read

IMF Meetings End in Bangkok With “Optimism and Worry”: Georgieva Warns Inflation, Debt and War Spillovers Are Squeezing Poorer Countries

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Why Is China Buying So Much Gold? 23 Straight Months of Central Bank Purchases, Explained

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Asia Briefing, October 14: Kospi Rebounds After a 5.5% Plunge, China’s Exports Jump 36%, Singapore Grows 5.4% and Haze Shuts Malaysian Schools

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China’s Exports Jump 36% in September as Chip Shipments More Than Double; Factory-Gate Prices Rise 5%, Fastest Since 2022

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IMF Sees Emerging Asia Growing 5.1% in 2026: China 4.5%, India 7%, ASEAN-5 4.4% and Korea 3.3% — and the Risks From Oil and...

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Economics Nobel Goes to Robert Hall and Michael Woodford, Whose Models Guide Central Banks From Washington to Mumbai

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Latest

India–New Zealand FTA Takes Effect: What Exporters and Visa Applicants Should Check

October 20, 2026

Pakistan Cuts Petrol to Rs381.14 a Litre: October 20 Prices and Savings Explained

October 20, 2026

Indonesia Stocks Fall Below 5,000 as MSCI Review Puts Market Reforms Under Scrutiny

October 20, 2026

Japan Launches MMX Mission to Bring Samples From Mars’ Moon Phobos Back to Earth

October 20, 2026

China GDP Growth Rebounds to 4.5% as Property Slump Tests Export-Led Recovery

October 20, 2026

Asian Para Games: India Begins Packed October 19 Programme in Aichi-Nagoya

October 19, 2026

Sabarmati–Katra Direct Rail Link Starts: Train Numbers, Return Date and Travel Checks

October 19, 2026

Macron Condemns France Protest Violence and Orders Review of Police Preparedness

October 19, 2026

Asia

Singapore Haze Hits a Season-High PSI of 230 on Its 14th Straight Day; Seven Indonesian Firms Face Legal Notices as ASEAN Issues Top Alert

October 18, 2026

Rubio Heads to Samarkand for C5+1 Talks With a 200-Strong Business Delegation Before Visiting Mumbai and Jamnagar

October 18, 2026

Peshawar School Roof Collapse: 34 Children and a Teacher Killed; Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Orders Checks of All Private School Buildings

October 17, 2026

India and South Korea Coast Guards Agree to Deepen Rescue and Pollution-Response Cooperation

October 16, 2026

India and Brunei Review Trade Ties, Put Agriculture, Healthcare and Energy on Agenda

October 15, 2026

Asia’s Chip Sell-Off: Kospi Plunges 5.46% and Taiex 1.95% as Foreign Investors Dump Samsung and SK Hynix; Seoul Bounces Back on Wednesday

October 14, 2026

Singapore’s Economy Grows 5.4% in Q3, Cooling From a Four-Year High; MAS Holds Policy, Surprising Analysts Who Expected a Third Tightening

October 14, 2026

Indonesia’s Fire Hotspots More Than Double in Priority Provinces as Malaysia Keeps Schools Shut in Johor, Melaka and Negeri Sembilan

October 14, 2026

East Asia

Tim Cook Back in China as Apple Chairman: Guangdong Expansion Pledge and $212 Million Clean Energy Fund, as India’s Share of iPhone Output Keeps...

October 12, 2026

Takaichi Wants the UN’s WWII ‘Enemy State’ Clauses Deleted; China Says They Still Matter. What Articles 53, 77 and 107 Say, and Why Beijing...

Egypt’s Sisi Ends Asian Tour in Jakarta: Partnership Deals With South Korea, Malaysia and Indonesia, and What Cairo Wants From Asia

Trump Urged Xi to Talk to Takaichi and Lift Export Curbs on Japan, Report Says; Xi Warned of ‘Japanese Militarism’ Instead

US Tells South Korea to ‘Uphold’ Alliance Standards on Intelligence as Seoul’s Spy Agency and Military Chief Give Different Accounts of the Rift

Southeast Asia

Thailand’s Anutin Faces a No-Confidence Motion: 145 Signatures, 251 Votes Needed — The Numbers and the Charges

October 14, 2026

Haze Shuts All Schools in Johor, Melaka, Negeri Sembilan and Putrajaya on Tuesday as Unhealthy Air Spreads to 23 Areas

IMF and World Bank Meetings Open in Bangkok: The Week’s Agenda, From Tuesday’s World Economic Outlook to Thailand’s ‘Bangkok Blueprint’ on Fraud

Haze: Schools in Four Districts of Kuala Lumpur and Selangor Shut on Monday, Johor for the Whole Week; Most of Malaysia Reopens

Bangkok Hosts the IMF and World Bank From Monday as Floods Still Affect 3.16 Million People in Thailand; Anutin Orders Evacuation Plans

South Asia

Nepal Flash Flood: Over 200 Evacuated and at Least Five Missing as the Budhi Gandaki Sweeps Away Bridges and Hydropower Sites in Gorkha

October 12, 2026

October 12, 1999: The Musharraf Coup and Pakistan’s Long History of Military Rule, Emergencies and Governor’s Rule, 1958–2026

Pakistan Imposes Emergency and Governor’s Rule in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa; PTI Says Chief Minister Sohail Afridi Has Been Arrested

Pakistan’s Cabinet Meets on Emergency or Governor’s Rule in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa; ‘We Have No Room Left,’ Says Interior Minister as Afridi Vows to Resist

Islamabad Readies Emergency Plan for 12 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Districts, Sources Say; PTI Calls It a Breach of the 18th Amendment as March Halts in...

West Asia

All 22 Indian Crew Rescued From Tanker Off UAE as Ships Burn Near Hormuz: A Week of Attacks and the Toll on Indian Seafarers...

October 12, 2026

A Ship Hit Almost Every Day: Hormuz in October, as Gulf Oil Exports Recover. What It Means for Asia’s Buyers

Saudia Jet Damaged by Fire at Riyadh Airport During Houthi Missile Attack; Nearly 300 Flights Cancelled, Air India, IndiGo and Akasa Halt Riyadh Services

Tanker Hit by Projectiles Off Northern Qatar, Casualties Reported; Iran and Oman Agree Hormuz Route Coordinates

Tanker With 17 Indian Crew Hit Near Strait of Hormuz, 11 Indians Injured; Houthi Missiles Land Near Aden Airport Runway

Central Asia

Artificial Intelligence

Kazakhstan’s Tokayev Backs Trump’s AI Accord as a ‘Washington Model’, Says It Could Become the Core of a UN Treaty

October 4, 2026

Bishkek SCO Summit 2026: what is at stake as Modi, Xi, Putin and Pezeshkian meet

PM Modi in Tashkent: key talks with Mirziyoyev today, SCO summit next

Explainers

Gandhi Jayanti Explained: Why October 2 Is Also the International Day of Non-Violence

October 17, 2026

UPI Explained: How India’s Payment Network Works and What Its Growth Figures Really Mean

Who Is Abhijeet Dipke? His Background, the Rise of CJP and the Story Behind Its Protests

Neha Bora’s Bangladesh Reference and Prashant Bhushan’s ‘Regime Change’ Remark: What the CJP Row Actually Shows

How an Indian Express Investigation Intensified Calls for CEC Gyanesh Kumar’s Resignation

History

History of the CJP: How the Cockroach Janta Party Movement Began, Who Leads It and What Is Known About Its Funding

October 12, 2026

Bhagat Singh Jayanti 2026: Hanged at 23, His Ideas Live On; the Full Story of Shaheed-e-Azam

September 28, 2026

India

DRI Seizes 137 kg of Suspected Crystal Meth in Tamil Nadu; Four Arrested in Coastal Smuggling Probe

October 19, 2026

Namo Bharat Marks Three Years With 4.5 Crore Journeys; What the Ridership Figures Mean

October 19, 2026

Ladakh Gets High Court Bench in Leh; CJI Outlines Remote Supreme Court Hearing Plan

October 19, 2026

Tiger Shroff Safe After Shots Fired at Car in Mumbai’s Juhu; Two Others Injured

October 18, 2026

Gwalior Temple Truck Tragedy: 15 Reported Dead as Vehicle and Police Lapses Come Under Scrutiny

October 18, 2026

IMD Flags Northeast Monsoon Activity and Kerala Rain Warnings as Southern States Stay Alert

October 18, 2026

World

Jaishankar and Rubio to Meet in Mumbai on October 20: Energy Cooperation on Agenda

October 17, 2026

Indian Navy Completes First CTF 154 Command After Eight Months of Maritime Training

October 15, 2026

NASA Tests Solid-State Moon Batteries at Minus 80°C, but Lunar Readiness Remains Ahead

October 15, 2026

Anand and Jaishankar Review India–Canada Roadmap as Trade and Security Talks Advance

October 15, 2026

Business

G7 Plans AI Cyberattack Exercises for Financial Authorities as Banks Review Resilience

October 18, 2026

IDBI Bank Stake Sale: Finance Ministry Explains Why the 2003 Debate Does Not Bar Dilution

India’s Unemployment Rate Holds at 5% in September; Urban Women’s Participation Rises

Air India Announces Delhi–Osaka Non-Stop Flights From February 2, 2027

India’s Airfare Pricing Rules Finalised, Centre Tells Supreme Court

Technology

UK Regulator Proposes Strategic Market Status for Microsoft Business Software

October 18, 2026

ISRO Opens Fourth Aditya-L1 Observation Call for Solar Researchers

CERT-In Warns AI Agents Accessed Indian Organisations’ Live Systems: What Businesses Should Check

QNu Labs Gets ₹150 Crore RDI Support for India’s Quantum-Secure Technology Project

Starlink Says India Infrastructure Is Ready as Reliance Welcomes Competition

Sports

Asian Para Games Opening Ceremony Today: Official Timing and India’s Flag-Bearer Update

October 18, 2026

India–West Indies T20I Series Ends 2–2 After Bengaluru Decider Is Washed Out

India Women Recover to Beat Zimbabwe by Four Wickets as Deepti and Niki Lead Rescue

India vs West Indies T20I Decider: Bhuvneshwar Added, Arshdeep Fitness and Bengaluru Rain in Focus

West Indies Beat India by 24 Runs in Hyderabad as Shai Hope Century Forces T20I Decider

Politics

Abhijeet Dipke Detained Ahead of CJP Tiranga March in Delhi: What Police and the Organiser Said

October 16, 2026

Kerala Congress Unit Deletes CJI Surya Kant Resignation Post After Backlash; SCBA Condemns Remarks

INDIA Bloc’s ‘Chalo Dilli’ March Stopped Near Supreme Court; Rahul Gandhi and Kharge File Writ Petition Against Election Commission

CJP Case: Supreme Court Issues Contempt Notices to Home Secretary, Delhi Police Chief and DMRC Head Over Metro and Train Shutdown; Dipke, Das and...

After the CJP Protest: More Than 7,000 Detained in Delhi, All Released Except Dipke, Das and Ranka; Supreme Court to Hear Shutdown Case on...

Artificial Intelligence

Google Rolls Out Gemini 4 Argon: Who Can Access It and When Introductory API Prices End

October 15, 2026

US FTC Confirms Investigation Into OpenAI, Anthropic and Other AI Firms Over Risks From AI Agents

OpenAI Launches ‘Dots’ Always-On Agents and Cheaper GPT-6.1 Sol at DevDay, Days After Shelving Astra Upgrade

OpenAI Scraps Release of GPT-6.1 Astra After the Model Failed Its Own Safety Tests

Dell Raises FY27 Revenue Outlook to $192 Billion as AI Server Demand Surges

USA

US Inflation Rises to 3.7% in September as Gasoline Prices Drive Monthly Jump

October 15, 2026

Judge Orders Woman Accused of Spying on Taiwan President Lai’s Son for China Held Until Trial, Citing Flight Risk

FBI Arrests California Realtor Accused of Spying on Taiwan President Lai’s Son for China; Bail Hearing Set for Wednesday

India–US Trade Deal in Its Final Stage, Says USTR Greer: All Sticking Points Identified, No Immediate Announcement; Goyal Calls Talks Productive

US 10-Year Treasury Yield Hits 5.34%, Highest Since 2002, as Global Bond Sell-Off Deepens