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The US and Iran have traded strikes for the first time in weeks, with an attack on Larak Island leaving two dead and two injured.

Japan is deploying fighter jets to India for the first time for joint military exercises, signaling a strategic response to China’s growing power.

Shifa International Hospitals says it now holds more Joint Commission International accreditations than any other healthcare provider in Pakistan, including a first for ambulance services.

A woman was shot by police in New York’s Times Square after allegedly stabbing two people in what officials say does not appear to be terror-related.

A revamped Russian school programme is pushing military-style training to children as young as 13, expanding on modules that were previously reserved for older high school students.

As China and Russia compete to build nuclear reactors across Asia, analysts say the resulting fuel, financing and maintenance ties could reshape the region’s security balance for decades.

An Education Bureau review has criticized several Hong Kong elite schools for failing to stretch their highest-performing students, urging teachers to design deeper, more demanding tasks.

Hong Kong will offer influenza vaccines a week earlier this year for students and high-risk residents after the government diversified procurement and streamlined administration.

China has criticized Japan’s plans to test hypersonic weapons in Australia and arm submarine drones with long-range missiles, warning the moves could threaten its naval operations near Taiwan.

Razia Noreen, who rescued the sole surviving newborn from a hospital nursery fire that killed 14 other infants, will receive one of Pakistan’s most prestigious civil awards.