China's new visa programme aimed at attracting foreign tech talent launches this week, a move seen boosting Beijing's fortunes in its geopolitical rivalry with Washington as a new US visa policy prompts would-be applicants to search for alternatives.

Ukraine is ready to secure additional deals with the US on arms deliveries, including long-range weapons, in addition to an existing $90 billion agreement, according to President Volodymyr Zelensky.

New research shows that liver fat, rather than bodyweight, is the key factor predicting which children with obesity will develop serious health problems, Israeli scientists announced on Sunday.

Gregory Moreau, a Paris district deputy mayor, is on a mission to reconcile residents with the capital's population of rats which, it is said, outnumber the inner city's two million human residents by a big margin.

Britain will consider tightening the rules over how migrants can settle permanently in the country by making applicants prove their value to society, interior minister Shabana Mahmood will say on Monday.

Ahead of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's White House visit on Monday, US President Donald Trump has claimed that negotiations over his plan to end the war in Gaza are "at their final stages".

Typhoon Bualoi made landfall in northern central Vietnam in the early hours of Monday, damaging houses and knocking down power grids, with at least one person dead and 12fishermen missing as the storm brought flooding rains and huge swells.

The winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize will be announced on October 10. Here is a look at how the award works: WHO DECIDES? The Norwegian Nobel Committee, which

The bridge, standing 625 meters above the Beipan River, is now the world's highest and has significantly reduced travel time across the canyon from two hours to just two minutes.

Violence has spread to the tribal-dominated hill district of Khagrachari in Bangladesh. Three tribal people have been killed in the violence, the country's home ministry said in a statement on Sunday.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams has ended his struggling reelection campaign, paving the way for a three-way race.

Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) is witnessing one of its largest protests in recent history, as the Awami Action Committee (AAC) launched sweeping demonstrations across the region on Monday.

The video begins with the woman aggressively approaching the driver, making accusations about her immigration status.

A French appeals court will begin a new trial on Monday of Air France and Airbus, 16 years after a jetliner plunged into the Atlantic killing all 228 people on board.

The man, who crashed his vehicle through the front doors of a Mormon church in Michigan on Sunday and opened fire on the congregation, has been identified by police as a 40-year-old man from the nearby town of Burton.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to hold a crucial White House meeting with US President Donald Trump on Monday amid assertions from Washington that an ambitious plan to end the war in Gaza is nearly complete.

A gunman opened fire inside a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints chapel in Michigan during a Sunday service and set the building ablaze, killing at least four people and injuring eight others. Police shot and killed the suspect.

Afghanistan's Taliban government announced the release of a detained American citizen on Sunday, a week after an elderly British couple were also released by the authorities.

US President Donald Trump on Sunday hinted at a breakthrough in the Middle East crisis, saying "all are on board for something special," on the eve of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to the White House.

The police later found a detached jaw, multiple bones and other small body parts.