Australian PM criticises X’s refusal to remove church stabbing posts

Anthony Albanese bemused by social media platform's decision to fight order to take down graphic posts

Floods swamp southern China

Guangdong and other southern provinces hit by earlier-than-usual floods

North Korea fires ballistic missiles again

Seoul blasts grave threat to stability on the Korean peninsula

Millions at risk as heavy rain batters China’s Guangdong province

Officials issue flood warning as storm cuts power to more than a million households and forces evacuations in parts of the province

Solomon Islands leader holds on to seat as counting continues

Ousted prominent China critic Daniel Suidani re-elected to provincial assembly

China’s information warfare force holds first meeting

President Xi Jinping says the formation of the force is a major strategic decision by China to strengthen information protection

China’s central bank ready to step in as demand for credit weakens

Economy grew faster than expected in first quarter but some sectors are lagging

China surges ahead in wind power production

The country has set a new record and leads the world in its use

Sri Lanka fails to agree on restructuring terms with bondholders

Disagreement complicates nation’s plans to meet IMF requirements

Weak March numbers put damper on China’s solid first-quarter GDP

Data on exports, consumer inflation, producer prices and bank lending for March shows momentum could falter again

Singapore’s Lee Hsien Loong steps down after 20 years as prime minister

Lee to hand over to prime minister-in-waiting Lawrence Wong on May 15

Iran warns US and Israel against retaliation after attack

Netanyahu’s war cabinet meets as global powers urge restraint

The genesis of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards

Military force has its own army, navy, air force and intelligence wing