Sonam Wangchuk, a longtime activist, has fasted for 19 days, joining forces with a student-led campaign to change India’s education system.

The U.S. military has appeared to widen its targets in Iran, while Iran has fired at bases belonging to American allies in the Middle East.

Argentina beat England 2-1 on Wednesday to reach their second successive World Cup final, leaving one side elated and the other heartbroken.

Other booksellers have been detained in recent months as part of a broad national security crackdown.

India is developing new data centers to secure a foothold in the global A.I. race. Our South Asia bureau chief, Mujib Mashal, discusses how a new Google campus’s potential use of the region’s already strained energy and water resources is creating anxiety among local residents.

With India lagging in the technology, officials are embracing giant data centers. But critics say the megaprojects will use up energy and water, without providing long-term jobs.

France and Germany want to quit relying on America and China for key technology like artificial intelligence, but they’re having to choose where to do it.

President Trump, who promised to “end wars,” not start them, may have fallen into a familiar presidential trap.

The dual Iranian-U.S. citizen, Dena Karari, had her passport seized in December 2024 and had not been able to leave Iran as she faced espionage charges.

The nation’s years of pain continue.