Voters in Taiwan were casting ballots on Saturday on whether to recall one-fifth of the island’s parliament, all from the major opposition party, in a move supporters hope will send a message to China and opponents say is an assault on democracy.

In early July, the top official at the U.S. embassy in South Africa reached out to Washington asking for clarification on a contentious U.S. policy: could non-whites apply for a refugee program geared toward white South Africans if they met other requirements?

Thailand and Cambodia exchanged heavy artillery fire on Friday as their worst fighting in more than a decade stretched for a second day, despite calls from the region and beyond for an immediate ceasefire in an escalating border conflict that has killed at least 16 people.

Thailand scrambled an F-16 fighter jet to bomb targets in Cambodia on Thursday after artillery volleys from both sides killed at least 11 civilians, as border tension boiled over into rare armed conflict between the Southeast Asian countries.

Heavy rains triggered by tropical storm Wipha have caused severe flooding in the central Vietnamese province of Nghe An, killing at least three people and leaving one more missing.

An Indian company shipped $1.4 million worth of an explosive compound with military uses to Russia in December, according to Indian customs data seen by Reuters, despite U.S. threats to impose sanctions on any entity supporting Russia’s Ukraine war effort.

An Antonov An-24 passenger plane carrying 48 people crashed in Russia’s far east as it was preparing to land, killing everyone on board in an incident that spotlighted the continued use of old, Soviet-era aircraft.

Five Australian women who were strip-searched and invasively examined at Doha airport have won the right to sue Qatar Airways after an appeal.

A U.S. federal appeals court on Wednesday rejected claims by Apple (AAPL.O), opens new tab customers that the iPhone maker gave them less iCloud data storage than they paid for when upgrading.

Toymaker Mattel (MAT.O), opens new tab cut its annual forecast, reinstating it after two months, and posted a sharp drop in second-quarter revenue on Wednesday, as weak Barbie sales in North America and global trade uncertainties weighed on demand.

When a Bangladesh Air Force fighter jet crashed into her school and erupted in a fireball on Monday, Maherin Chowdhury rushed to save some of the hundreds of students and teachers facing mortal danger, placing their safety before her own.

The Al-Shaer family went to bed hungry at their home in Gaza City. An Israeli airstrike killed them in their sleep.