Afghanistan
Afghan Women Fear They Have Fallen Off West’s Radar Amid Global Conflicts, Aid Cuts (Radio Free Europe)
Pakistan
Pakistan Closes Border with Iran as Israeli Strikes Continue (Breitbart)
Pakistan’s solar surge lifts it into rarefied 25% club (Reuters – opinion)
India
Modi Misses Chance to Push for US Trade Deal as Trump Leaves G-7 (Bloomberg)
G7 summit: Canada, India seek joint intelligence plan despite feud over alleged assassination (Washington Examiner)
India and Cyprus to step up defense, maritime and cybersecurity cooperation, Indian PM says (AP)
India expects EU trade deal by year end as Cyprus pledges support (Reuters)
U.S. Investigators Arrive at Scene of India’s Plane Disaster (New York Times)
Air India crash seen triggering $475 million in insurance claims (Bloomberg)
Black boxes analyzed for cause of Air India crash that killed 270 (AP)
When an Air India flight crashed into a medical campus, surviving doctors rushed to save lives (AP)
Air India chairman says crash should drive effort to build safer airline (Reuters)
Family of Air India crash victims feel ‘abandoned’ (BBC)
India Warns Citizens To Leave Tehran As Some Flee Iran (Agence France-Presse)
Diamond Tycoon Alleges India Abducted Him to Get Confession (Bloomberg)
NSB
Bangladesh Orders Fugitive Ex-leader Hasina To Return To Face Trial (Agence France-Presse)
Sri Lanka economy reports 4.8% growth in first quarter (Reuters)
Crisis-hit Sri Lanka Vows Reforms As Growth Slows (Agence France-Presse)
Central Asia
Xi Jinping attends Central Asia summit in strategic push (Nikkei Asia)
China’s Xi Jinping meets Central Asian leaders: Why their summit matters (Al Jazeera)
China’s Xi meets Kazakh leader Tokayev, widen cooperation, Xinhua says (Reuters)
China’s Xi in Kazakhstan to cement Central Asia ties (Agence France-Presse)
Kazakhstan threads diplomatic needle, gives both Russia and China nuclear deals (EurasiaNet)
Russia’s Rosatom Selected to Take Lead on Kazakhstan’s 1st Nuclear Power Plant (The Diplomat)
Indo-Pacific
36 More Countries May Be Added to Trump’s Travel Ban (New York Times)
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