Australia implemented legislation barring children from social media platforms in December, with the UK, France and others following suit.

Meanwhile, El Salvador declared a state of maximum alert on Tuesday to activate monitoring, surveillance and aid efforts for affected communities.

The crackdown marks another step in the Trump administration's signature drive to reduce immigration into the US

India must better protect tribal peoples and disadvantaged castes subjected to extrajudicial killings, torture and violence by law enforcement, a United Nations watchdog said yesterday.

Gazan authorities said at least five people were killed by Israeli fire on Monday evening, including two children.

Police in India’s eastern Bihar state yesterday used water cannon and detained dozens of protesters attempting to march on the governor’s residence demanding the cancellation of a civil services recruitment examination over allegations of leaked test question papers and other wrongdoing.

Canada yesterday announced counter-tariffs on US goods ranging between 15 percent and 50 percent, intensifying the trade war between the historically close allies.

Iran pledged to fight back against expanded US sanctions aimed at isolating its economy, expressing confidence that major trading partners would resist the pressure campaign and saying that Washington was keen to revive talks.

The United States on Monday removed Syria from its list of state sponsors of terrorism, rescinding a decades-old designation that came with severe economic restrictions and marking another step in warming ties between the countries.

Nepal’s Prime Minister Balendra Shah may keep his signature dark sunglasses on in the legislature due to medical reasons, an official said yesterday, after the Parliament Speaker had advised against it.

Fee to be set at $103,265, Federal Register notice says

Bihar leaders urge Centre not to renew India-Bangladesh Ganges water-sharing treaty, says Indian media

Associated Press put the number of foreigners whose business and tourism visas is planned to be revoked at up to 200,000

The Strait of Hormuz has been the main focus of the six-month war between Iran and the US and Israel

The two sides also exchanged views on regional peace and the way to arrive at a negotiated settlement to the dispute, the statement said.

Gang members attacked displaced people huddling inside a church near Haiti's capital, killing around 40, some of them execution-style, the mayor told AFP on Monday

For months, Masoumeh Zakeri has endlessly replayed the last night she spent with her nine-year-old daughter before she was killed in a strike on her school during the opening hours of the US-Israel war with Iran

The US yesterday announced an expansion of secondary sanctions it hopes will “sever every economic lifeline” sustaining Iran, as President Donald Trump’s administration struggles to resolve an unpopular war that has pushed energy prices higher.

Syria said it held talks with Israel in Jordan on Sunday on de-escalation after recent Israeli strikes, and on keeping the country out of tensions between Israel and Turkey, an ally of Damascus.

South Korea said yesterday that the United States had cancelled a large joint amphibious landing exercise scheduled for next month due to constraints on force availability caused by the war with Iran.