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US President Joe Biden has waived 26 federal laws to make way for construction of 32km of wall on the country's border with Mexico. The move prompted former president Donald Trump to say he's been 'proven right' on his administration's key policy.

In Taiwan, Typhoon Koinu has passed through the island's south with wind gusts of over 340 kilometres per hour. Authorities say one person has died and 190 have been injured. Now clean-up efforts are underway in the towns that were hit.

Haiti has long battled extreme gang violence, with 15 years of UN missions failing to stamp out the issue. The turmoil worsened in 2021 when its president was assassinated. A year ago, the nation pleaded for international help. Despite the UN now approving another mission, locals are wary.

Pope Francis is about to open a several-week meeting involving hundreds of Catholic clergy as part of a years-long survey into the future of the church. On the agenda: the role of women in church leadership, blessing same-sex unions and how the church should be governed. But outspoken cardinals wary

Türkiye's leader says the country has destroyed 20 militant targets in Iraq with air strikes. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has taken a hard line against terrorism in a continued conflict with Kurdish separatists. Now the conflict has escalated yet again after a bombing near Türkiye's parliament.

Time is running out for US lawmakers to make a deal to avoid a government shutdown. Congress faces a deadline of midnight Saturday to pass a budget, before two million federal employees are placed on unpaid leave, and some are forced to work without pay. Republican house leader Kevin McCarthy

3,000 ethnic Armenians have fled the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, and more than 100,000 could follow. Azerbaijan says it will reintegrate the Armenian residents and give them equal rights, but Armenian officials say they fear ethnic cleansing. Meanwhile Russia, which has had peacekeepers on the ground for several