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Philippines passes SIM card registration law to combat scams

When buying one, mobile users now required to show photo ID, complete form with personal details

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Air France, Airbus trial to open over 2009 Rio-Paris crash

Court to hear testimony from dozens of aviation experts, pilots over two months of hearings

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Taiwan leader vows ‘no compromise’ on freedom, democracy

President Tsai Ing-wen compares Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to China’s threat to island democracy

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UN to take up Russian annexations in Ukraine

Member countries to debate Moscow’s ‘illegal’ takeover of Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, Kherson regions

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Putin blames Ukraine secret services for Crimea bridge blast

Russian president calls explosion ‘terrorist act’ aimed to destroy critical civilian infrastructure

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UN chief pushes for international troop deployment to crisis-hit Haiti

Antonio Guterres urges member states to ‘tackle dramatic deterioration in security’

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22 dead, more than 50 missing in Venezuela landslide

Around a thousand people join rescue efforts

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North Korea’s recent tests ‘tactical nuclear’ drills overseen by Kim: state media

They are in response to joint drills by Seoul, Tokyo, Washington, says KCNA

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Police shoot dead ‘man-eater’ tiger that killed nine in India

Beast attacked woman, 8-year-old son yesterday, officials say

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Two security members dead as Iran’s headscarf protests continue

Unrest still rocks state almost a month after Mahsa Amini’s death with over 60 deaths

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Death toll from missiles on Ukraine town rises to 17

Zaporizhzhia subjected to massive rocket attacks every day, a deliberate crime, Volodymyr Zelenskyy says

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Hackers put image of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in crosshairs on Iranian state TV

Activists also spray paint messages calling for death of nation’s supreme leader on public billboards

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Australian protesters glue hands to cover of Picasso painting

Climate activists chose anti-war piece to express how environmental chaos can cause conflicts