Chinese leader Xi Jinping pressed the ever-sensitive issue of Taiwan in a phone call Monday with US President Donald Trump, as he stressed the need to build on a fragile trade truce between the two superpowers.

A far-right Australian politician sparked outrage Monday after donning a burqa at the country's parliament, in a display that other lawmakers slammed as "racist".

Four police officers in the UK have been accused of misconduct on Monday over their handling of abuse allegations reported by Harshita Brella, the Delhi woman later found dead in a car boot with her husband Pankaj Lamba on the run as the main suspect

Some residents of a village in Maharashtra's Beed district allegedly stopped the kin of a child who was sexually assaulted by a 15-year-old boy from reporting the matter to the police or seeking medical treatment for her, officials said on Monday.

Diplomats and premium visa-holders in Saudi Arabia told AFP that the conservative kingdom has quietly eased restrictions on purchasing alcohol for select foreign residents.

As Bangladesh's general elections approach, crime statistics show a surge in criminal incidents across the country, local media reported on Monday.

A long-dormant volcano erupted in northern Ethiopia over the weekend, sending ash plumes across the Red Sea toward Yemen and Oman.

Indian-origin billionaire Lakshmi Mittal, long based in the United Kingdom, is reportedly leaving the country as the Labour government plans major tax reforms targeting high-net-worth individuals.

The UN on Monday warned that generative AI could become "a modern-day Frankenstein's monster", with human rights the first casualty, as powerful tech giants unleash the technology on the world.

The incident has sparked online debate about management communication, employee well-being, and the founders responsibilities to their team.

Toronto police have arrested an Indian-origin man on "Canada's 25 most wanted list" with firearms and ammunition, police said.

The Canadian government is planning to bring in a law to end the restrictive "second-generation cut-off" rule, which prevented many Canadian citizens born abroad from passing on citizenship to their children who were also born overseas.

Nalin Haley, the 24-year-old son of former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, is now one of the most popular young voices on the American right.

Two weeks of frenzied negotiations over the planet's faltering fight against climate change had come down to this: a pre-dawn battle over shifting away from fossil fuels.

Simon Wong, the Singapore High Commissioner to India, posted a series of photographs from the ceremony on X and expressed joy over being part of the celebrations.

A US Air Force (USAF) captain has criticised the organisers of Dubai Air Show 2025 for continuing with the scheduled performances despite the tragic crash of an Indian Air Force fighter jet, the Tejas, in which Wing Commander Namansh Syal was killed.

Snapchat, like other social media platforms, has advised teen users to download their data as soon as possible as it may be tricky to do so once the ban starts.

Malaysia in recent years has tightened its oversight of social media services in an attempt to combat rising cybercrime.

A woman from Arunachal Pradesh has accused the Chinese authorities of detaining and harassing her at Shanghai airport after refusing to recognise her Indian passport as valid during a transit halt.

The sudden dismantling of USAID in January under an executive order from Donald Trump pulled away critical programmes in Mozambique.