New Zealand reported its most new coronavirus cases of the pandemic Tuesday as an outbreak in its largest city grew and officials urged vaccinations as...

North Korea has fired a suspected submarine-launched ballistic missile into waters off the coast of Japan, South Korea's military has said.Pyongyang unveiled the missile in...

Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has met indigenous leaders two weeks after he took a seaside holiday on a day meant to honour residential schools...

Ecuador's President Guillermo Lasso on Monday (Oct 18) declared a state of emergency in the country grappling with a surge in drug-related violence, and ordered...

New Zealand on Tuesday (Oct 19) recorded its highest number of daily COVID-19 cases since the start of the pandemic as a Delta-variant outbreak that...

Tributes are being paid to former US Secretary of State Colin Powell, who has died of Covid-19 complications aged 84.The former top military officer died...

A notorious gang is behind the kidnap of a group of North American missionaries near Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince, officials say.The five men, seven women and...

Japan's new Prime Minister Fumio Kishida donated ritual offerings Sunday to a Tokyo shrine viewed by Chinese and Koreans as a symbol of Japanese wartime...

China tested a nuclear-capable hypersonic missile in August, showing a capability that caught US intelligence by surprise, the Financial Times reported, citing five unnamed sources....

Britain is considering a number of options to boost the security of lawmakers after a parliamentarian were stabbed to death during a meeting with constituents,...

As dozens of African migrants traversed the Mediterranean Sea on a flimsy white rubber boat, a small aircraft circling 1,000 feet above closely monitored their...

Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez pledged on Sunday to outlaw prostitution in the country.Speaking to supporters at the end of his Socialist Party's three-day congress...

French President Emmanuel Macron has called a bloody crackdown on Algerian protesters by police in Paris 60 years ago an "unforgivable crime".On 17 October 1961,...

Opponents of Sudan's transition to democracy took to the streets of Khartoum on Saturday to call on the army to take control of the country.Several...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Saturday visited the church where lawmaker David Amess was stabbed to death a day earlier in what police say...

President Joe Biden says he would prefer to cut the duration of programs in his big social services and climate change package rather than eliminate...

The United States will reopen its land and air borders on Nov 8 to foreign visitors fully vaccinated against COVID-19, ending a more than 18-month...

Russia on Saturday recorded 1,000 Covid-related deaths in a single day for the first time since the pandemic began.The figure had been rising all week,...

The killing of Conservative MP Sir David Amess has been declared a terrorist incident by police.Sir David was stabbed multiple times at a constituency surgery...

Sydney is scrapping mandatory quarantine for overseas travelers from next month, officials said Friday, signaling a faster-than-expected end to tough corona virus restrictions. Australia's borders...

A COVID-19 testing laboratory in central England has been suspended over concern that it has been incorrectly giving negative PCR test results to people who...

Chinese President Xi Jinping will not attend the COP26 climate summit in person, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been told, The Times newspaper reported....

The US has said that it will reopen its borders to fully vaccinated travellers from 33 countries on 8 November.Under new rules announced by the...

The Biden administration has unveiled plans to expand offshore wind energy in a move that could see turbines built along much of the US coastline.Seven...

Five people have been killed and two more injured in Norway after a man used a bow and arrow to attack them.Police first received word...

The World Health Organization (WHO) says a new taskforce may be the last chance to find the origins of Covid-19.It has nominated 26 experts to...

Melbourne will exit months of COVID-19 lockdown next week helped by a faster-than-expected vaccine uptake, Victoria state Premier Daniel Andrews said on Thursday (Oct 14),...

New Zealand reported on Thursday (Oct 14) its biggest rise in COVID-19 infections in six weeks, with all cases detected in Auckland, raising prospects of...

Russia has denied using energy as a political weapon, amid surging prices across Europe that have sent gas bills in many households skyrocketing.Russia, one of...

At least nine people were killed and 11 others were missing after heavy rain across the Philippines flooded villages and triggered landslides, authorities said Tuesday.Severe...

Holocaust survivor Eddie Jaku, who last year published his best-selling memoir, "The Happiest Man on Earth," has died in Sydney, a Jewish community leader said....

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was accused Tuesday of "crimes against humanity" at the International Criminal Court (ICC) for his alleged role in the destruction of...

Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi will host a special summit of the Group of 20 major economies on Tuesday (Oct 12) to discuss Afghanistan, as...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un reviewed powerful missiles developed to launch nuclear strikes on the U.S. mainland, as he vowed to build an "invincible"...

The Ethiopian army has launched co-ordinated attacks on all fronts against forces from the northern Tigray region, the rebels say.They said the government was using...

Vote counting is under way in Iraq on Monday, a day after a record low turnout in a parliamentary election that reflects what many Iraqis...

British police said on Monday they would be taking no further action after conducting a review of evidence relating to sex crime allegations against Queen...

Vietnam's government has allowed the resumption of 19 domestic flight routes nearly three months after they were suspended due to Covid-19, aviation authorities said. On...

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte's office on Monday congratulated journalist Maria Ressa for winning the Nobel Peace Prize, calling it "a victory for a Filipina" for...

Australia's largest city, Sydney, has emerged from Covid lockdown after almost four months, with locals celebrating a range of new freedoms.People queued for pubs and...

Germany's outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel is visiting Israel on a farewell tour today, after a 16-year term during which she cultivated warm relations with the...

Blocks of molten lava as large as three-storey buildings rolled down a hillside on the Spanish island of La Palma while a series of tremors...

A US Navy nuclear engineer and his wife have been charged with selling secret information about nuclear submarines to an undercover FBI agent who posed...

The United States said on Sunday the first face-to-face meeting between senior US and Taliban officials since the hardline group retook power in Afghanistan was...

The imam had just led his congregation in a chorus of "Allahu Akhbar" (God is Greatest) when Abbas recalls hearing a "terrible sound" before being...

Sixteen people were killed after an aircraft carrying parachutists crashed in central Russia on Sunday (Oct 10), the emergencies ministry said.The L-410 plane carrying 22...

Austria's Chancellor Sebastian Kurz has stepped down, after pressure triggered by a corruption scandal.He has proposed Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg as his replacement.Mr Kurz and...

The United States will accept the use by international visitors of COVID-19 vaccines authorized by US regulators or the World Health Organization, the Centers for...

A French anti-terrorist judge has charged four men with suspected links to a far-right conspiracy theorist for allegedly plotting a series of attacks, including on...

When Russian regulators approved the country's own corona virus vaccine, it was a moment of national pride, and the Pavlov family was among those who...