Prime Minister Modi expressed optimism for renewed cooperation with new Canadian PM Mark Carney following a strained diplomatic period over the assassination of Canadian Sikh separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar.

During his first visit to Cyprus in over two decades, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides signed a declaration to significantly deepen defence, maritime, and cybersecurity collaboration.

The ongoing conflict in Thailand’s deep south since 2004 has resulted in over 23,000 violent incidents and more than 7,000 deaths, primarily affecting the Muslim Malay majority in Narathiwat, Pattani, and Yala provinces.

A new North Korean destroyer launch ended in failure, described by Kim Jong Un as a “criminal act caused by absolute carelessness.”

Japan’s Agriculture Minister Taku Eto resigned after facing backlash for saying he had “never had to buy rice,” amid a national rice shortage and rising prices.

A court in Thailand issued arrest warrants on Thursday for 17 people in connection with the deadly collapse of a Bangkok skyscraper.