Australia has announced it'll extend visas for Hong Kong residents and businesses in response to China's new national security law.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced on Thursday that a range of visa holders will be allowed to stay in the country for longer and be offered a pathway to permanent residency.
Separate efforts will be made for businesses, but plans for a humanitarian intake is still not on the cards.
The country has also suspended its extradition treaty.
Iran threatens painful response if US renews attacks
Iran said on Thursday it would respond with "long and painful strikes" on US positions if Washington renewed attacks and restated its claim to the Strait of Hormuz, complicating US plans for a coalition to reopen the waterway.
Ukrainian drones hit Russian port of Tuapse for the fourth time
A fresh Ukrainian drone strike on Russia’s Black Sea port of Tuapse, the fourth in the past week, sparked a fire at the sea terminal but caused no injuries, local officials said early on Friday.
Detained Myanmar ex-leader Suu Kyi to meet legal team this weekend
The legal team of Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi plans to meet the detained former leader this weekend after she was transferred to house arrest in the capital by the military-backed government, a representative said on Friday.
UK police charge man over stabbing attack in London
British police charged a 45-year-old man with two counts of attempted murder on Friday following an attack during which two men were stabbed in Golders Green, north London, in what officers have called a suspected terrorist incident.
Hundreds of protesters clashed with Australian emergency services workers in a remote town following the alleged murder of a five-year-old Indigenous girl, police said on Friday.
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