China will send an astronaut to its space station on Sunday for a year, a record length for the country, ​enabling the study of long-duration human physiology in space as Beijing works towards its ambition of a crewed moon landing by 2030.

At least 86 children have died from confirmed measles infections in Bangladesh this ​year, and another 426 with symptoms consistent ‌with the disease, health officials said on Saturday, as the country battles one of its worst outbreaks in decades.

Police fired tear gas and clashed with protesters in central Belgrade on Saturday, as tens of thousands gathered to demand early elections ​and an end to the more than decade-long rule of Serbia’s populist President ‌Aleksandar Vucic.

Indian state-owned fuel retailers raised petrol and diesel prices for the third time this month, dealers said ​on Saturday, as the companies look to recoup losses caused ‌by elevated crude oil prices amid the Iran war.

At least 90 ​people were killed in a gas explosion at a coal ‌mine in China’s northern province of Shanxi, the country’s deadliest mining accident since at least 2009.

Foreigners seeking to adjust their immigration status in the United States to secure green cards will ​have to do so from outside the country via ‌the State Department, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services said on Friday, in a move criticized by aid groups.

Speed limits of 30km/h could spread wider across Australia as one state hits the gas on more trials on busy local roads.

Queensland police have shot dead an alleged domestic violence perpetrator who was armed with a firearm at a home north of Brisbane.

U.S. arms sales to Taiwan take years to process and are unrelated to the war with Iran a source familiar with the ​matter said.

Officials ordered tens of thousands of people to evacuate their homes in the Los Angeles ‌suburb of Garden Grove on Friday due to a failing chemical tank that was likely to either leak or explode, possibly releasing toxic vapor into the air, first responders said.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio lands in India on Saturday on a mission to shore up a partnership battered by President Donald Trump’s tariffs and Washington’s renewed ​engagement with
New Delhi’s rivals Pakistan and China.

An explosion at a dry dock in New York City’s Staten Island killed one ​person and injured 36 others on Friday, ‌as the blast occurred while firefighters were on the scene responding to a fire and attempting to rescue ​two people who were trapped, officials said.