Divorced couples in Japan can now share custody of their children
Japan was, until recently, the only G7 country to not recognise the legal concept of joint custody.
‘My six-year-old has nosebleeds’: Chiang Mai air pollution sparks health fears
It’s peak fire season in the Thai city, which now ranks as one of the world’s most polluted.
US Army pilots who flew near Kid Rock’s home suspended and then reinstated within hours
The crews of two military helicopters were suspended by the army, then told there would be “no investigation” by Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth.
Billion-plus people, three million officials, 33 questions – India begins huge census
The two-phase exercise – the world’s most ambitious – will see three million officials count every Indian.
India begins counting more than a billion people in massive census
The two-phase exercise – the world’s most ambitious – will see three million officials count every Indian.
‘Moonshots’ and merch – what it’s like to be on Florida’s Space Coast ahead of Artemis launch
Huge crowds are gathering around the Kennedy Space Centre to see the launch of the historic moon mission.
Woods to ‘step away and seek treatment’ after crash
Tiger Woods says he is “stepping away for a period of time to seek treatment and focus on my health” following an arrest after a car crash.
‘You’re no longer my sister’ – rows erupt as war divides Iranian families
People in Iran describe angry scenes and tense relationships as rifts open up over the war.
‘A million things could go wrong’ – why seizing Iran’s uranium would be so risky for the US
Seizing the stockpile would be one of the “most complicated special operations in history,” a former defence official tells the BBC.
Asia’s migrant workers debate if Gulf jobs are worth deadly risk of Iran war
Iran’s strikes on Gulf states have been especially hard for migrants who have long supported these economies to lift their families back home from poverty.
