In Kuwait, an Iranian attack on Friday damaged a power and water desalination plant, officials said. Both sides in the Iran war have ramped up strikes on civilian targets.

India’s 2027 census will shape how wealth and power is distributed and inform policies around castes and women in the world’s most populous nation.

A majority of Israelis support the war with Iran, but many doubt that it will solve Israel’s long-term security problems. Some also question their prime minister’s assurances and motives.

Israel says it will occupy much of southern Lebanon after its ground invasion. Here’s what the Israeli military presence there looks like now.

As the Trump administration cracks down on the H-1B visa program, which allows skilled workers like software engineers to work in the United States, foreign professionals are debating whether to stay and build careers or quit the American Dream.

There is no organized opposition on the island because many critics of the regime have fled. But anti-government protests have been growing.

The strike set several refinery units ablaze, its operator said. President Trump threatened to destroy Iran’s infrastructure but there was no sign of a deal to end the war.

U Min Aung Hlaing’s elevation to the civilian post is the conclusion of elections in the country, which were stage managed by the military.

Shanghai’s many layers of architecture, culture and politics have made it a difficult fit for the Communist Party’s preferred narrative of Chinese victimhood and Western sins.