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The US has temporarily halted routine visa services for Zimbabwean citizens, citing concerns with the Zimbabwean government. Diplomatic and official visas remain unaffected, Al Jazeera reported.

This is part of broader travel restrictions under President Trump targeting several African countries to prevent visa misuse and overstays. Zimbabwe, Malawi, and Zambia are among nations asked to improve traveler vetting.

Separately, the US will require Malawian and Zambian visitors to pay bonds up to $15,000 for tourist or business visas starting August 20. The bond is forfeited if they overstay. Arrivals must use three specific US airports, according to Al Jazeera.

The State Department says these steps protect national security and public safety.

Taiwan has confirmed its first chikungunya fever case this year, linked to a major outbreak in southern China’s Guangdong province. The infected woman had traveled to Foshan, where over 8,000 cases have been reported recently, according to Xinhua.

The virus, spread by mosquitoes, causes fever, rash, and joint pain. The outbreak grew rapidly due to low immunity and heavy rains that helped mosquitoes breed. Chinese authorities have responded with strict measures, including fines and fogging.

Though cases in Foshan are now declining, Taiwan’s health agency has raised travel warnings for the region and advises travelers to stay cautious, Xinhua reported.

In a stark discovery on Peru's northern coast, archaeologists have unearthed the 3,000-year-old remains of 14 people believed to be victims of a ritual human sacrifice, offering a glimpse into the country's ancient past, Reuters reported.

A research team found the skeletal remains near what is thought to be a ritual temple of the Cupisnique culture, a civilization that thrived more than a millennium before the Incas. Some of the dead were buried face down with their hands tied behind their backs.

"The way in which these individuals were buried is atypical, as are the traumas and injuries they suffered during life and the violence they endured," said Henri Tantalean, the archeologist who led the excavation, according to Reuters.

One of Thailand’s top art galleries removed, at China's request, materials about Beijing's treatment of ethnic minorities and Hong Kong from an exhibit on authoritarian governments, according to a curator and communications seen by Reuters.

In what the artists called the latest attempt by Beijing to silence critics overseas, the Bangkok Arts and Cultural Centre changed multiple works by artists in exile in the exhibit on authoritarian governments collaborating across borders.

When Reuters visited on Thursday, some works previously advertised and photographed had been removed, including a multimedia installation by a Tibetan artist, while other pieces had been altered, with the words “Hong Kong”, “Tibet” and “Uyghur” redacted, along with the names of the artists.