India beat West Indies in Indore, the INDIA bloc marches to the Supreme Court, Tim Cook is back in China, Japan’s push on the UN “enemy state” clauses strains ties with Beijing, the IMF and World Bank meet in Bangkok, haze returns in Malaysia and a flash flood hits Nepal.

On his first China trip since handing over as Apple CEO, Tim Cook told Guangdong’s governor that Apple is willing to expand in the province. Our table compares China’s and India’s shares of iPhone production, which have shifted by nine points in a year.

Ships have been struck in or near the Strait of Hormuz almost every day in October, with 12 attacks in one week, the most since the war began. Yet Middle East crude exports are back near pre-war levels. Our tables track the attacks, the shipping numbers and the cost for Asia.

Anwar hosts Myanmar’s Min Aung Hlaing in Putrajaya, China rejects EU calls to curb hybrid exports, South Korea unveils a 1 quadrillion won green plan, a tanker is hit off Qatar and Indian banks raise loan rates. What matters in Asia today.

The main stories from across Asia on Tuesday, 6 October 2026: Pakistan and Türkiye agree to send forces to Saudi Arabia, Philippine inflation jumps to 7.2%, the PTI march reaches Kohat, a film about a 1974 assassination divides South Korea, and Malaysia approves the return of 3,524 more Myanmar nationals.

The main stories from across Asia on Monday, 5 October 2026: Imran Khan’s party begins its march, the Asian Games end in Nagoya, the Flydubai investigation reaches Australia, Yemen’s government goes on the offensive and Indonesia arrests 12 terror suspects.