Asian Burg https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Titanium Dioxide in Food May Pose Greater Health Risks Home JD Vance Emerges as Potential Trump Successor The Chestnut Legacy Record Rainfall Floods Nagoya, Japan India Faces Warmer Winter as El Niño Strengthens The UN nuclear watchdog says it has detected construction and movement activity at Iran’s heavily fortified Pickaxe Mountain site near the Natanz nuclear complex. Prince Rahim Aga Khan V, the 50th hereditary Imam of the Shia Ismaili Muslims has arrived in India for his first visit since becoming the community’s spiritual leader. Pakistan says no immediate military response is being discussed under its Mecca defence pact with Saudi Arabia and Turkiye, despite escalating Houthi attacks on Saudi cities and energy infrastructure. A study of nearly 19,000 Australians found homosalate, a sunscreen ingredient considered a potential hormone disruptor, in more than 80% of children tested. Pakistan U19 Team Mistaken for Migrants in Portsmouth Iran Could Reverse-Engineer Captured US Underwater Drone August 2026 tied July 2023 as the world’s hottest month on record with global temperatures averaging 16.96°C, according to the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping are expected to hold bilateral talks on September 12 on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit in New Delhi. Susan Sarandon Says She Still Loses Work Over Support for Palestine Pakistan Warns Iran Over Houthi Attacks South Koreans Protest Possible Involvement in US-Iran War Why the World Nomad Games Matter to Central Asia’s Changing Geopolitics Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong will receive a 64% pay increase from October 15, taking his annual salary to S$3.6 million ($2.85 million) and making him the world’s highest-paid political leader. Apple enters the foldable smartphone race with the iPhone Duo, its first foldable iPhone and one of the company’s biggest design shifts in years. Netanyahu Defends Israel’s Strike on Hamas Leaders in Qatar Pakistan appoints its UN Permanent Representative Asim Iftikhar Ahmad as the country’s next Foreign Secretary, Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar announces. Pakistan is moving to capture more value from its booming sesame trade with China, investing in local processing to export products such as sesame oil and paste instead of raw seeds. Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan are set to attend the BRICS Summit in New Delhi alongside leaders including Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping. Netanyahu Seeks to Unite Israel’s Right Wing Ahead of Election Thieves Steal Renoir Paintings From French Museum Ukraine is contracting around 1,000 Patriot air-defence missiles with help from allies and an EU loan as Kyiv seeks to strengthen protection against Russian missile and drone attacks. The Japanese yen holds near a seven-month high as the dollar weakens, while escalating Middle East tensions push Brent crude toward $100 a barrel. Republicans are increasingly making Muslims and Islam a campaign issue ahead of the 2026 U.S. midterm elections with candidates in Michigan, Texas and Alabama using rhetoric focused on security, extremism and religion. Iran says it attacked a U.S.-linked military base in Jordan and 10 ships near the Strait of Hormuz after the U.S. destroyed five Iranian oil tankers. Israel and Greece Set to Sign $3.6 Billion Air Defence Deal Medellín Uses Trees to Cool the City as Extreme Heat Intensifies Russia and North Korea open their first road bridge across the Tumen River, creating a new direct link alongside the countries’ decades-old railway connection. Pakistan Women’s cricket team reaches the Women’s Asia Cup semi-finals after defeating Hong Kong by 72 runs. Hurricane Lowell Nears Hawaii as Heavy Rain and Dangerous Surf Threaten Islands Pakistan Raises Petrol and Diesel Prices Amid Global Oil Market Volatility Iran threatens the US with “economic warfare” and warns of a new maritime exclusion zone in the Persian Gulf, while claiming to have fired an advanced missile at U.S. warships Indonesia’s Anak Krakatau erupts overnight, sending glowing lava fountains from its crater and a thick plume of smoke into the sky. At least 73 civilians, including women and children have been wounded in the latest Houthi attacks targeting Saudi Arabia with strikes reported in Abha, Khamis Mushait, Jazan and Najran. Commercial shipping through the Strait of Hormuz weakened as Iran warned it would retaliate against further U.S. strikes with just 7 commodity vessels crossing Monday versus 8 the previous day. Romanian Prosecutors Indict Andrew Tate on Human Trafficking and Other Charges Climate Change Puts Pressure on Pakistan’s Grape Industry in Balochistan Bangladesh’s dengue outbreak is worsening, with 42,590 hospitalisations and 117 deaths reported this year as the country records its highest daily admission figure of 1,558 patients. Italy’s forests have expanded dramatically over the past century, rising to roughly one-third of the country as agricultural land has fallen from about 70% to below 40% NCCIA Quizzes Imam, Rizwan Over Alleged Dressing-Room Leaks The Endless Escalation Alcaraz, Sabalenka advance to US Open quarter-finals Germany’s far-right AfD wins a historic 44% in Saxony-Anhalt, emerging as the strongest party in the state election and moving closer to forming its first state government. South Korea plans to make generative AI available to its entire population for free, treating AI access more like a public service. Powerful winds drive wildfires through Turkey’s Antalya province, pushing flames into residential areas and forcing hundreds of people to evacuate as authorities battle the blaze