China marks this year's International Day of Clean Air for blue skies after recording its best annual air quality since national monitoring began.

Recently, Japan's Air Self-Defense Force (SDF) announced plans to send three F-2A fighter jets, along with more than 100 air and ground personnel, to Jodhpur Air Force Station in India for the "Veer Guardian 26" bilateral air exercise scheduled from September 9 to 21.

Provisional anti-dumping measures will be imposed on dichlorosilane (DCS) imported from Japan, following a preliminary ruling that the product was being dumped in the Chinese market, China's Ministry of Commerce announced on Monday.

3 people were stabbed in New York City's Crown Heights Monday morning: local media

At least 11 people were killed, six others injured and six more missing after an avalanche struck a group of climbers in Russia's Kabardino-Balkaria Republic in the North Caucasus, the Russian Emergencies Ministry confirmed on Monday.

For some families in South Africa, access to clean, safe drinking water is far from a given.In six local municipalities in South Africa's North West and Limpopo provinces, people face severe water shortages, as current demand outstrips supply by more than 40 percent.

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is considering reshuffling her Cabinet and the executive lineup of her ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) on Sept. 16 at the earliest, local media reported Monday.

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said Monday Iran-Oman negotiations on the designation of a temporary route for safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz have reached their final stage.The understanding between the two countries regarding the route's designation would likely be

Indonesia's main airport and three others postponed reopening on Monday after halting operations following a volcanic eruption that left hundreds of thousands of passengers stranded.

Germany factory output fell more than expected in July, official data showed Monday, underscoring the economy's fragility as Chancellor Friedrich Merz comes under mounting pressure to boost growth.

British luxury carmaker Jaguar Land Rover announced Monday a voluntary redundancy scheme following months of turmoil caused by a cyberattack and US President Donald Trump's sector-wide tariffs.

As semiconductor supply chains become more geographically diversified and strategically important, the question of where new capabilities can be developed is becoming increasingly consequential for Asia.

Over the past few years, BRICS countries have been deepening cooperation in space technology, expanding from joint satellite projects to broader data sharing, disaster monitoring, and climate-change response.

Europe is crying foul again. A European metals industry group has alleged that EU manufacturing job losses could surge unless Brussels stops what it called the "colonisation" of industry by Chinese component manufacturers, according to a Guardian report on Sunday.

As more African countries join BRICS, the China-Africa partnership stands out as a practical South-South framework.