Blinken is looking to drum up support for President Joe Biden's plan to withdraw all troops. He briefed both Afghan and US officials on the next steps, and warned the Taliban against carrying out any attacks.

Solomon Fowowe talks about the arrival of the controversial Super League arrival and the sudden sack of Tottenham Hotspur F.C.'s coach José Mourinho.

Myanmar junta leader Min Aung Hlaing arrives in Jakarta for crisis talks with Southeast Asian leaders, in his first foreign trip since military forces staged a coup and subsequent crackdown that has left more than 700 dead.

It's the first shipment of emergency medical supplies for the country as hospitals struggle to cope amid mounting coronavirus cases.

The US envoy for Israel-Palestinian affairs, Hady Amr, is set to meet officials from both sides — separately — hours after Israel's deadliest single strike on the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip.

Japanese shipping companies are looking to reduce their reliance on the Suez Canal. They are stepping up their search for an alternative route connecting East Asia to key markets in Europe.

Israel and Gaza have so far been keeping to an agreed cease-fire. The US is keen to shore up that arrangement with the visit of its secretary of state.

US President Joe Biden arrives at the UK's Newquay Airport, ahead of the three-day G7 Summit in Carbis Bay.

Emma, a five-year-old southern white rhino from a Taiwan zoo arrives in Japan, part of an attempt to widen the gene pool of Asia's captive-bred white rhinos. This is the first time Taiwan has sent a rhino overseas to breed. Emma's journey to find love was originally scheduled for March after she beat a herd of competitors for the chance to find a companion and breed. But complications caused by the pandemic pushed back her departure.

The Panama-flagged Ever Given is sailing in the Mediterranean. Egypt had held the container ship until authorities reached a compensation agreement with its owners.

Afghanistan and China are among the items on the agenda when Blinken meets Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar.

The giant container ship MV Ever Given arrives into Rotterdam port, more than four months after it got stuck in Egypt's Suez Canal, blocking shipping in one of the world's busiest waterways.