For many EU citizens, gaining access to medical or social services in other member states and getting expenditure on them reimbursed once home can be complicated and require lots of patience and paperwork.

Sudan's sudden slide into conflict between the army and a paramilitary group called Rapid Support Forces has stranded thousands of foreigners, including diplomats and aid workers.

Pyongyang has repeatedly rejected accusations of rights abuses and criticised UN investigations on its situation as a US-backed scheme to interfere with its internal affairs.

The US has told its citizens to leave Russia immediately due to the war in Ukraine and the risk of arbitrary arrest or harassment by Russian law enforcement agencies.

Censors are scrambling to filter or erase details of angry homebuyers threatening to stop paying mortgages on hundreds of unfinished housing projects, as regulators seek to reassure residents that everything will be taken care of.

Elisjsha Dicken has become a cause celebre for gun rights advocates, who argue that armed civilians are the best defence against the kinds of random mass shootings that killed more than 100 people in the US last year.

The anonymous internet user, identified as 'ChinaDan', posted on hacker forum Breach Forums last week offering to sell the more than 23 terabytes of data for 10 bitcoin, equivalent to about US$200,000.

Foreign Minister Yair Lapid says a 'huge effort' by Israel's security forces have saved 'Israeli lives in recent weeks', and thanked the Turkish government for its contribution.

Sri Lankan police have been ordered to use live ammunition to prevent 'anarchy', a top official says.

The long break is usually one of the most lucrative times of the year for restaurants, hotels and other businesses in China, however, travellers spent 43% less than in 2021.

The island nation is in the grip of its worst economic crisis since independence in 1948, with severe shortages of essential goods and regular blackouts causing widespread hardship.

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam says no one valued the international status of Hong Kong more than herself, but the government had to adopt anti-pandemic measures to protect residents.