Across Asia, millions of migrant workers are facing increasing uncertainty as tensions escalate in the Middle East.

In the Philippines alone, millions of overseas workers send home crucial remittances, even as governments consider possible repatriati…

Vladimir Putin, Russia’s president, expressed his condolences to Masoud Pezeshkian over the many civilian casualties caused by what he described as “Israeli-American armed aggression” against Iran, and called for an immediate halt to the fighting.

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Many people in Lebanon are fleeing their homes after Hezbollah launched missiles into Israel from Lebanon in response to the killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, and Israel retaliated with strikes on Lebanon. The latest from Beirut with our…

In Iraq, Kurdish authorities are warning that their territory must not be used as a launchpad for attacks on Iran. Kurdish Iranian dissident groups say they will not act independently, but could potentially join a US ground invasion.

Iran has alread…

The war in Iran has now entered its second week, with loud explosions reported in Tehran early Saturday morning.
State television said blasts were heard in several areas of the Iranian capital but did not provide further details. Israel’s military sai…