Asia Pacific

Donald Trump and Chinese Xi Jinping concluded a two-hour and 15-minute meeting in Beijing. Xi Jinping warned that a lack of mutual understanding regarding Taiwan could lead to open conflict between the two nations.

A gas explosion at a coal mine in Shanxi province, northern China, has killed 90 people, according to China Central Television (CCTV). Nine people are trapped, and 123 injured have been hospitalized, with two in serious condition and two critical. A rescue operation involving 755 personnel is ongoing.

A court in China has sentenced former defense ministers Wei Fenghe and Li Shangfu to death with a two-year reprieve on bribery charges. According to Xinhua, the sentences will be commuted to life imprisonment without parole after two years, and all personal assets have been confiscated.

The Philippine House of Representatives has voted to impeach Sara Duterte, with 255 members voting in favor of the articles of impeachment. The case will now proceed to the Senate for trial.

At least 45 people were killed, 17 missing and 487 injured after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck off the southern coast of Mindanao, the Philippines, on Monday, according to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council on Wednesday.

Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif announced early Monday that the United States and Iran had reached a peace agreement following intensive negotiations, with an official signing ceremony scheduled for June 19 in Switzerland.

South Korea will open its foreign exchange market 24 hours a day starting July 6 and plans to launch an offshore Korean won trading system in the first half of next year to transform the won into a fully convertible currency, Vice Minister of Finance and Economy Huh Chang announced at a briefing with foreign correspondents in Seoul.

Donald Trump has arrived in Beijing for a three-day state visit, marking the first such trip by a sitting American president in nine years. He is scheduled to hold talks with Chinese Xi Jinping regarding trade, technology, tariffs, and regional security issues including Iran and Taiwan.

A powerful explosion at a building reportedly used to store mining materials in Myanmar's rebel-held Shan state kills over 45 people and injures 70.

Chinese Xi Jinping and Donald Trump have commenced formal negotiations in Beijing. Separately, the U.S. Senate confirmed Kevin Warsh as the new Chairman of the Federal Reserve.

A Hainan Airlines jet narrowly avoided a collision with a rogue light aircraft that later crashed into Beijing's tallest skyscraper, according to public flight-tracking data.

The World Bank plans to phase out lending to China by 2031, according to a source.

South Korea's exports posted their strongest growth since 1978, driven by a boom in AI chip demand.

Adani Enterprises and Abu Dhabi's International Holding plan to invest $11.5 billion in an aluminum project in India's eastern state of Odisha.

Eight Thai monks killed after child drives truck into procession, police say

Pakistan says PM Sharif to attend funeral of Iran's supreme leader.

President Donald Trump has canceled a planned trip by US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to Pakistan for peace talks with Iran. The conflict has now entered its ninth week with thousands reported killed and the Strait of Hormuz largely closed.

Pakistani official says US and Iran delegations will meet with Pakistani mediators, according to ABC. Direct US-Iran meeting may take place Sunday if initial talks succeed.

A train bombing in Pakistan killed more than 30 people, according to an official.

A fire ripped through a hotel in New Delhi on Wednesday, killing at least 21 people, many of them foreign nationals, police and local media said.

A Seoul court has found former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol guilty of sending drones to Pyongyang to provoke a military confrontation with North Korea meant to create grounds for declaring martial law in 2024.

Gunfire has been reported inside the Philippine Senate building during a standoff between federal agents and a senator facing charges of crimes against humanity.

Japan's government has issued an emergency earthquake warning for Miyagi, Aomori, Iwate, Fukushima, and Akita prefectures.