Modi appeals for Covid-era austerity in a Hyderabad speech as Sensex drops 1,000 points and rupee hits record low; 90% oil-import dependence strains India.
US President dismisses Tehran's counter-proposal as 'a piece of garbage' as Strait of Hormuz remains largely closed and OPEC output hits multi-decade low.
WSJ report says the Emirates entered the war as a combatant, taking a refinery offline in April; Iran has retaliated with 2,800 missiles and drones on the UAE.
US Treasury sanctions three individuals and nine Hong Kong, UAE and Oman firms over IRGC oil shipments to China, days before Trump's planned Xi meeting.
France's PM said a passenger developed symptoms on the chartered Tenerife-to-Paris flight; all five French evacuees placed in strict isolation.
UNOPS executive director Jorge Moreira da Silva says a few weeks remain to avert a massive humanitarian crisis with planting seasons ending.
India Meteorological Department forecasts 92% of long-term-average rainfall for the June–September monsoon, the weakest initial outlook in over two decades.
Netanyahu told CBS '60 Minutes' he aims to draw US financial support to zero within a decade, citing fraying bipartisan backing and a Gulf-states pivot.
Brent climbed $3.18 to $104.47 a barrel as Trump rejected Iran's counter-proposal and the Strait of Hormuz remained largely closed.
The Philippine House voted 257-of-290 to impeach VP Sara Duterte over alleged fund misuse and threats against President Marcos, sending the case to the Senate.
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei says regional security has been undermined, defends Hormuz reopening conditions.
76-year-old billionaire walks free from Klong Prem Central Prison on parole; daughter Paetongtarn and political allies greet him outside.
Trump's May 13-15 Beijing trip, the first by a US president in nearly a decade, will test the fragile US-China trade truce agreed last October.
Fire in right rear tyre forced one-hour airport closure; airline blames hydraulic pipe malfunction, no injuries reported.
Saudi Aramco CEO Amin Nasser said global markets will take time to stabilise even if Hormuz flows resume, with about a billion barrels lost in two months.
Justice BR Gavai told the Bar Association of Sri Lanka that an independent Bar is a constitutional necessity and lawyers must defend institutional integrity.
Iran's IRGC warned of heavy strikes on US bases in the region if its tankers come under fire, after Friday's US Gulf of Oman tanker attack.
Iran's response to the latest U.S. draft to end the war was delivered Sunday through a Pakistani mediator, IRNA reported, with talks focused on ending the war.
Lebanon's health ministry reports 39 killed in Saturday's Israeli strikes — including a Saksakiyeh raid that killed seven — and 120 dead in the past week.
At a Telangana event, Modi said imported petro products should be used only as needed to save foreign exchange and reduce the war's impact on India.
Israeli PM Netanyahu told CBS '60 Minutes' the joint US-Israeli war 'accomplished a great deal, but it's not over' — Tehran still holds enriched uranium.
Militants rammed an explosive-laden car into a police post in NW Pakistan and ambushed reinforcements; Ittehad-ul-Mujahideen claimed responsibility.
Putin told reporters at the Kremlin he thought the Ukraine war was 'coming to an end' — hours after vowing victory at a scaled-back Victory Day parade.
Trump rejected Iran's counter-proposal to a U.S.-backed war-ending plan, calling Tehran's reply 'totally unacceptable' in a Truth Social post.