Trump has advised Japanese PM Sanae Takaichi to avoid escalating tensions with China, raising concerns in Tokyo about U.S. commitment to Taiwan amid shifting trade priorities.

A massive high-rise fire in Hong Kong’s Tai Po district has killed 44 people and left dozens critical, with investigators blaming unsafe construction materials for the rapid spread.

UN experts warn that Bangladeshi migrant workers in Malaysia face increasing exploitation, debt bondage, and detention amid weak oversight and global forced-labor scrutiny.

Italy has unanimously passed a historic law defining femicide as a separate crime, applying automatic life sentences to gender-motivated killings of women.

At least 33 people have died in catastrophic flooding across southern Thailand as record rainfall submerges Hat Yai and forces large-scale military rescue operations.