The move has been widely criticised after reports that some dogs without owners are being euthanised.

A 2% rate on the world's wealthy could raise as much as $250bn a year, a report suggests.

A new sense of urgency is pushing Manila and Beijing to greater assertiveness in the South China Sea.

Tsingtao has alerted Chinese police after a video shows a worker urinating into a tank.

India had cited security threats to its diplomats while stopping visa services amid a row with Canada.

A man and a woman in their 30s were found with gunshot wounds to their heads in Queens area of New York.

Partial results from Sunday's election suggest the country will have to vote again next month.

Chinese state media reports some of the Taiwan-based firm's mainland operations are being investigated.

Young people from across India go to the city of Kota for tuition to help them pass entrance exams to elite colleges.

Lewis Hamilton is disqualified from second place in the US Grand Prix after running Max Verstappen's Red Bull close for victory.

In an exclusive interview, Dr Mohamed Muizzu tells the BBC he wants all Indian troops removed.

Thrills and spills as kayakers use pumpkin power in a competition near the city of Antwerp.

Noiya Sharabi, 16, disappeared after Hamas attacked Kibbutz Be'eri, killing her mother and sister.

As the Israel-Hamas war continues into a third week, doctors in Gaza battle to save who they can.

Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian also criticised the US for providing military support.

Around 2,000 families who've fled their homes are struggling to find water, food and medication.

Activists say morality police assaulted her for not wearing a hijab, but officials say she fainted.

Samantha Woll's body was found in a city park not far from her home with stab wounds.

Opposition groups aim to pick one figure to take on the government's candidate in the 2024 election.

An outspoken anti-establishment economist has put his two main rivals on the defensive in the campaign.