• Afghanistan
  • Taliban accuse Pakistan of sowing ‘distrust’ between Afghanistan, China (VOA)
  • Tens of thousands of children in Afghanistan are affected by ongoing flash floods, UNICEF says (AP)
  • River ferry sinks in Afghanistan, killing at least 20 (AP)
  • As Many As 20 Die In Afghanistan After Overloaded Boat Sinks Crossing River (Radio Free Europe)
  • German court orders man born in Afghanistan held after knife attack at an anti-political Islam event (AP)
• Pakistan
  • Sharif’s Beijing trip: Can China-Pakistan Economic Corridor be revived? (Al Jazeera)
  • Pakistan beefing up security after deadly attacks on Chinese workers (Nikkei Asia)
  • Gunmen kill a police officer assigned to protect polio workers in Pakistan’s northwest (AP)
• India
  • As Voting Ends in India, Modi Awaits a Verdict on His 10 Years in Power (New York Times)
  • As Indian voting wraps up, reports of electoral irregularities mount (Washington Post)
  • Modi Set for Landslide Election Win in India, Exit Polls Show (Bloomberg)
  • Voting ends in the last round of India’s election, a referendum on Modi’s decade in power (AP)
  • India’s Modi plans post-election reforms to rival Chinese manufacturing (Reuters)
  • A Small Army Combating a Flood of Deepfakes in India’s Election (New York Times)
  • ‘All of You Are Modi’: The Making of the Man Reshaping India (Wall Street Journal)
  • Arvind Kejriwal returns to jail after India vote ends (Reuters)
  • Deaths mount and water rationed as India faces record heat (Washington Post)
  • Heat wave kills at least 56 in India, nearly 25,000 heat stroke cases, from March-May (Reuters)
  • To Understand India’s Economy, Look Beyond the Spectacular Growth Numbers (Wall Street Journal)
• NSB
  • They’re Asian. They’re American. But, They Wonder, Are They Asian American? (New York Times)
  • Maldives will ban Israelis from entering the country over the war in Gaza (AP)
  • Maldives to ban Israelis from entering country amid war in Gaza (CNN)
  • Arrest Threatens Nepal’s Standing as South Asia’s Model for Free Speech (New York Times)
  • Sri Lanka closes schools as floods and mudslides leave 10 dead and 6 others missing (AP)
  • Sri Lanka monsoon floods kill seven people (BBC)
• Central Asia
  • Kazakhstan’s Concentration Camp For ‘Wives Of Traitors To The Motherland’ (Radio Free Europe)
  • Kyrgyzstan cracks down on immigration after mob violence in Bishkek (VOA)
• Indo-Pacific
  • A Matter of Survival as South Asia’s Heat Wave Reaches 127 Degrees (New York Times)
• Twitter
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  • Pakistan
  • India
  • NSB
  • Central Asia

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