A lockdown of Australia's largest city Sydney has been extended to the end of September as authorities struggle to contain a wave of Delta cases.The...

Hundreds of Greek and Polish firefighters were battling a major wildfire decimating a pine forest for a fourth day Thursday northwest of the Greek capital.The...

Joe Biden has said US troops may stay past a 31 August deadline so as to evacuate all Americans from Afghanistan, and defended the withdrawal,...

The Taliban have stepped up their search for people who worked for Nato forces or the previous Afghan government, a UN document has warned.It said...

US President Joe Biden has acknowledged the evacuation of Americans from Afghanistan is "not without risk of loss".Speaking at the White House, Mr Biden said...

Indonesia has begun inoculating its tribal communities against corona virus disease (COVID-19) after resolving an administrative hurdle that barred them from accessing the crucial jabs....

Hong Kong police said on Wednesday four students were arrested for "advocating terrorism" after their student union passed a motion last month mourning the death...

New Zealand's first corona virus outbreak in six months has grown to seven people. The announcement Wednesday came a day after Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern...

It is Zhang Yuchen's last summer break before high school, but events have taken an unwelcome turn - the 14-year-old's game time has been decimated...

China's ruling Communist Party has expelled a leading Internet censor and accused him of a range of crimes and rule breaking from corruption to failing...

Lithuania has accused 12 Belarusian officers in riot gear of illegally entering its territory to push a group of migrants over the border.Its border service...

Japan was set today to extend its state of emergency in Tokyo and other regions to Sept. 12 and widen curbs to seven more prefectures,...

Military flights evacuating diplomats and civilians from Afghanistan resumed early on Tuesday after the runway at Kabul airport was cleared of thousands of people desperate...

A first German military plane to land in Kabul since the Taliban takeover evacuated only seven people, the government said on Tuesday, due to chaos...

New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern put the nation under strict lockdown on Tuesday after one new case of the corona virus was reported in...

The Taliban vowed Tuesday to respect women's rights, forgive those who fought them and ensure Afghanistan does not become a haven for terrorists as part...

Thousands of people, including tourists in campsites, have been moved to safety as firefighters tackle a wildfire close to the French Riviera.Many were given only...

Rescue workers are rushing to locate survivors of the deadly earthquake that struck Haiti on Saturday as a tropical storm is heading towards the Caribbean...

Indonesia's most active volcano Mount Merapi erupted Monday, belching a cloud of ash into the air as red lava flowed down its crater. The early...

Flash floods that swept through towns in Turkish Black Sea provinces have killed 70 people and emergency workers continue to search for 47 missing people,...

Australia's biggest city of Sydney recorded its deadliest day of the COVID-19 pandemic on Monday (Aug 16), while residents in Melbourne face a nightly curfew...

Russia said its ambassador to Afghanistan will meet with the Taliban in Kabul on Tuesday and that it will decide on whether to recognise the...

Frustration and anger at US President Joe Biden’s handling of evacuations from Afghanistan are mounting among administration officials, lawmakers of both parties and advocacy groups.As...

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Sunday is expected to call snap elections for September 20 to seek a new mandate to steer the nation's...

Thai police clashed with protesters near the residence of Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-Ocha today for a fifth time in the past week, with officers using...

The Hong Kong protest coalition that organized record-breaking democracy rallies two years ago said today it was disbanding in the face of China's sweeping clampdown...

British politicians have decried as "morally wrong" a decision by the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) to withdraw university scholarship places to Afghan students...

-- Taliban says form of new regime to be announced soon-- Ghani says he left country to avoid bloodshed-- Scenes of chaos as diplomats, Afghans...

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said on Sunday he left the country in order to avoid bloodshed, as the Taliban entered the presidential palace in Kabul.Ghani...

At least 21 people died as heavy downpours struck central China's Hubei province, authorities said Friday, weeks after record floods wreaked havoc and killed hundreds...

Israelis aged 50 and over began receiving vaccine booster shots against the corona virus today as part of a government bid to stem spiking infections...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan discussed bilateral relations with his Lithuanian counterpart over the phone on Thursday.Erdogan and Gitanas Nauseda also discussed regional developments, Turkey's...

A huge search and rescue operation is under way in northern Turkey after flash floods along the Black Sea coast killed at least 27 people....

Germany is set to mark the 60th anniversary of the building of the Berlin Wall, which formally split the nation into two rival political systems...

The death toll from Turkey's flash floods soared to at least 38 on Friday as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited one of the hardest-hit cities...

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has said that that the country's borders will remain closed until at least the end of the year.She said...

Poland's parliament has passed a new media bill that opponents say is an attempt to silence a TV channel critical of the government.The government says...

The Italian island of Sicily may have registered the hottest temperature ever recorded in Europe - 48.8C (119.8F).Regional authorities reported the reading, which needs to...

A helicopter carrying tourists on a volcano sightseeing trip in Russia's far east crashed into a lake on Thursday, leaving eight people feared dead and...

The foreign ministers of Morocco and Israel signed three accords on Wednesday during the first visit by a top official from the Jewish state since...

Australia's capital Canberra was ordered into a seven-day lockdown Thursday, after a single Covid-19 case was detected in the city that has largely avoided virus...

US President Joe Biden has said he does not regret his decision to withdraw troops from Afghanistan, as the Taliban continue to make advances.Mr Biden...

US President Joe Biden spoke with Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Monday (Aug 9) and commended him on the successful hosting of the Olympic...

East Timor has recorded its first case of community transmission of the highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus, raising concerns by its health ministry...

Australian researchers have created a hydrogel that could be used as a one-off intervention to treat Parkinson's disease and possibly other neurological conditions, a member...

Australian authorities on Tuesday (Aug 10) vowed to crank up policing of anti-corona virus lockdown rules in Sydney, but dismissed suggestions that tougher measures, including...

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has resigned after an inquiry found that he sexually harassed multiple women, prompting efforts to remove him."The best way I...

At least 27 children have been killed in Afghanistan in three days amid fierce fighting between the Taliban and government forces, the UN has said.The...

Following months of negotiation and delay, the U.S. Senate was inching closer on Monday to finishing a $1 trillion infrastructure spending bill, with a vote...

Indonesia's president is due to discuss on Monday the extension of corona virus restrictions in the world's largest archipelago, as health ministry data showed infections...