A criminal case against actor Alec Baldwin stemming from a fatal shooting on the Rust movie set has ended, with a prosecutor dropping her appeal of the case's dismissal.

South Korea's acting President has ordered an emergency safety inspection of the country's entire airline operation after the deadliest air disaster on the country's soil.

A court in China has handed lengthy prison terms to two young teens for murdering their classmate with a shovel, state media have reported.

Russia's President has apologised to Azerbaijan's leader for what the Kremlin called a "tragic incident" over Russia in which an Azerbaijan Airlines plane crashed after Russian air defences were fired against Ukrainian drones.

Elon Musk has vowed to go to "war" to defend a visa program for foreign tech workers amid a dispute between Donald Trump's longtime supporters and his recently acquired backers from the tech industry.