Thousands of people have been evacuated and government offices have been closed as a a super typhoon bashes the Philippines eastern islands.

Russian authorities have accused Ukrainian forces of killing two people, including a former MP, in a missile strike on a hotel in occupied Kherson.

Hundreds of people have been arrested by authorities as protests against Russia’s new “partial mobilisation” continue across the country, an independent rights group has said.

North Korea has fired a suspected ballistic missile towards the sea off its east coast, South Korean military officials have said.

Iran’s president has vowed to take action against protesters after more than a week of anti-government demonstrations.

Vladimir Putin has fired the general charged with managing the Russian military’s faltering logistics operations in Ukraine.

Hundreds of people have been arrested by authorities as protests against Russia’s new “partial mobilization” continue across the country, an independent rights group has said.

Russia has said it is exempting some bankers, IT workers and journalists from being drafted into the army to serve in Ukraine under the “partial mobilisation” announced by President Vladimir Putin, as men fled in droves across the border to avoid conscription.

Women at Goldman Sachs reported 75 incidents of sexual assault and harassment involving senior bankers between 2000 and 2011, including rape, according to newly public court files.

The US says it will ease internet curbs on Iran to counter Tehran’s clampdown on protests which were sparked by a woman’s death in police custody.

Ukrainians have reported armed soldiers going door-to-door in occupied parts of the country to collect votes for self-styled “referendums” on joining Russia.

US President Joe Biden said the United States will never recognize Russia’s referendums in occupied parts of Ukraine.