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The online video platform, a subsidiary of Google parent Alphabet, is the latest Big Tech firm to settle with Trump after he lodged legal cases challenging his broad deplatforming by Big Tech after January 6. — AFP pic

‘Wrongfully censored’: Trump wins multimillion-dollar payout from YouTube

This combination of pictures created on September 13, 2025 using handouts released by the Utah Governor's Office on September 13, 2025 shows the booking photos of Tyler Robinson, the suspect in the shooting death of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk. — AFP pic

Charlie Kirk murder suspect asks for more time as Utah court weighs ‘mountains of evidence’

In this aerial view, Palestinians check the rubble of a building destroyed by an Israeli strike in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on September 28, 2025.  — AFP pic

Trump to push Netanyahu on Gaza peace plan at White House

In a major policy shift, interior minister Shabana Mahmood was to tell the Labour conference that migrants would have to make social security contributions, claim no benefits, have a clean criminal record and volunteer in their community in order to stay. — AFP pic

UK plans tougher rules for migrants seeking to stay in country

Scam compounds have flourished in Myanmar's lawless borderlands, staffed by foreigners -- many of them Chinese — who say they were trafficked and forced to swindle people online, part of a multibillion-dollar illicit industry. — Reuters pic

China sentences 16 Myanmar-linked gang members to death

If Congress does not act, thousands of federal government workers could be furloughed, from Nasa to the national parks, and a wide range of services would be disrupted. — Reuters pic

US Democrats, Trump set to face off in budget battle that could trigger govt shutdowns

Two days of violence left at least 73 people dead, the parliament and government offices were burned down, and forced the government’s collapse.. — Reuters pic

Nepal bans ex-PM KP Sharma Oli from travel amid deadly protest probe

Street vendors (L) wait for customers at Myeongdong shopping district in Seoul, South Korea, January 9, 2023. — Reuters

South Korea launches visa-free entry for Chinese tourists in push to boost economy

Typhoon Bualoi damages buildings and power lines along Vietnam’s coast, leaving at least 11 dead. —AFP pic

At least 11 dead, 20 missing as Typhoon Bualoi tears through Vietnam

A general view of the Pentagon in Washington, DC, US March 21, 2025. — Reuters pic

US defence secretary orders 200 National Guard troops into Portland as state sues Trump

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi meets North Korea's Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui in Beijing, China, in this handout image obtained by Reuters on September 29, 2025. — Reuters pic

China calls on North Korea to oppose ‘hegemony’, vows closer ties

This file photo shows Britain’s Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice Shabana Mahmood walks outside Number 10 Downing Street in London, Britain July 9, 2024. — Reuters pic

Britain mulls stricter residency rules with migrants needing to prove value to society

People hug near the reunification area outside of the NCG Cinema - Grand Blanc Trillium near the scene of a shooting at a church in Grand Blanc, Michigan, on September 28, 2025. — AFP pic

Four dead in Michigan church attack as Trump warns of ‘epidemic of violence’

A child throws a shoe at a poster of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as another protester holds a sign reading

‘We will get it done’: Trump to meet Netanyahu as Israel faces isolation over Gaza war

India was by far the largest beneficiary of H-1B visas last year, accounting for 71 per cent of approved beneficiaries, while China was a distant second at 11.7 per cent, according to US government data. — Reuters pic

‘Clog the toilet’: Trolls disrupt India-US flight bookings after Trump’s H-1B fee announcement

Iran suspended cooperation with the United Nations’ International Atomic Energy Agency following a 12-day war with Israel in June, with Tehran pointing to the IAEA’s failure to condemn Israeli and US strikes on its nuclear facilities. — Reuters pic

Why UN sanctions on Iran have snapped back and what they mean