Japan has scrambled jets to monitor Russian and Chinese air forces conducting joint patrols around the country, the Japanese defence ministry said late Tuesday, amid rising tensions between Tokyo and Beijing.

Australia on Wednesday became the first country to ban social media for children under 16, blocking access in a move welcomed by many parents and child advocates but criticised by major technology companies and free-speech advocates.

Cambodia on Wednesday withdrew its team from the Southeast Asian Games in Thailand for safety reasons, as a border conflict between the two neighbours raged for a third day.

A Beijing court has ordered Malaysia Airlines to pay some families of missing passengers onboard flight MH370 over 2.9 million yuan ($410,240) per case in compensation, state broadcaster CCTV said.

A fierce border battle between Thailand and Cambodia raged for a second day and spread to new fronts on Tuesday, as both countries accused each other of shelling civilian areas and Bangkok vowed to push on with its planned military operations.

Australia has become the first country to ban social media for children under 16, blocking access to platforms including TikTok, Alphabet’s (GOOGL.O), opens new tab YouTube and Meta’s (META.O), opens new tab Instagram and Facebook from midnight.

Last week, Manjuri carried her husband’s coffin from one town to another in India’s northeast region, hoping to catch a flight that would take her hundreds of miles away – to Kolkata city – for his final farewell.

US President Donald Trump has criticised European leaders as “weak” and suggested the US could scale back support for Ukraine.

A US federal judge has ruled that the Department of Justice can release grand jury materials from the Ghislaine Maxwell sex-trafficking investigation.

A fire at an office building in Jakarta has killed at least 22 people as authorities continue to search for casualties.

Two Chinese men are in custody for allegedly smuggling Nvidia (NVDA.O), opens new tab H100 and H200 chips to China.

Australia is set to become the first country to implement a minimum age for social media use on Wednesday, with platforms like Instagram, TikTok and YouTube forced to block more than a million accounts, marking the beginning of an expected global wave of regulation.