Downing Street scrambled to quash conspiracy theories that the UK’s intelligence services played a role in the 1997 car crash that killed Diana, Princess of...

Global COVID-19 infections hit a record high over the past seven-day period, Reuters data showed on Wednesday (Dec 29), as the Omicron variant raced out...

More than a year after the vaccine was rolled out, new cases of COVID-19 in the U.S. have soared to their highest level on record...

The United States said Tuesday it had seen possible progress in talks with Iran but joined European negotiators in pressing for urgency in rolling back...

Hundreds of troops loyal to Somalia's Prime Minister Mohammed Hussein Roble on Tuesday camped near the residence of his political rival President Mohammed Abdullahi Mohammed,...

Rapid COVID-19 home tests are more likely to give a false negative with the heavily-mutated Omicron variant compared to earlier strains, the US Food and...

Ethiopia has said it is "saddened" by a US decision to revoke duty-free access for the East African country’s exports.The announcement by Ethiopia’s trade ministry...

US health authorities on Monday (Dec 27) shortened the recommended isolation time for Americans with asymptomatic cases of COVID-19 to five days from the previous...

President Joe Biden on Monday (Dec 27) pledged to ease a shortage of COVID-19 tests as the Omicron variant threatened to overwhelm hospitals and stifle...

World leaders have paid tribute to Archbishop Desmond Tutu after his death at the age of 90.US President Joe Biden praised the “courage and moral...

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in a year-end interview with local media said Western democracies must stand together against a China he says has been...

U.S. authorities on Sunday were monitoring dozens of cruise ships hit by COVID-19 cases while sailing in the country's waters, with several of them reportedly...

UK authorities have brought in 67 people who were attempting to cross the English Channel on Christmas Day.Border Force agents took a group of people...

Parts of California are getting a White Christmas after all, with snowfall pounding mountains across the state.Other areas of California, however, saw a wet and...

Australia’s most populous state reported a record number of new COVID-19 cases on Sunday and a sharp jump in hospitalizations while thousands of people were...

People infected with the coronavirus in England can now leave quarantine early if they have two negative tests.The new measure, which began on Wednesday, requires...

Fighting the Omicron variant surging through the country, U.S. President Joe Biden announced Tuesday that the government would provide 500 million free rapid tests, increase...

ew COVID-19 cases in Australia’s most populous state surged to a pandemic record Wednesday, as Prime Minister Scott Morrison met with state leaders to discuss...

New Zealand on Tuesday (Dec 21) postponed its phased border reopening plans until the end of February over concerns of the rapid global spread of...

A cargo ship illegally carrying 130 passengers sank off Madagascar's north-eastern coast, killing at least 17 people and leaving 68 missing, officials said on Monday.At...

COVID-19 vaccine maker Moderna does not expect any problems in developing a booster shot to protect against the Omicron variant of the coronavirus and could...

British ministers have reportedly opposed calls from scientific advisers for new measures to tackle the Omicron variant before Christmas.Confirmed cases of the faster-spreading strain have...

The anti-vaxxer brother of former UK opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn has been arrested on suspicion of encouraging people to attack MPs’ offices.Piers Corbyn, 74, was...

Democratic Sen Joe Manchin said Sunday he cannot back his party’s signature $2 trillion social and environment bill, dealing a potentially fatal blow to President...

Former Brexit negotiator David Frost resigned from the government with immediate effect on Saturday, topping a torrid week for British Prime Minister Boris Johnson after...

Need more proof that this is the year digital assets went mainstream? How about the fact that venture capital funds have poured about $30 billion...

Tom Udall, the new U.S. ambassador to New Zealand, says he wants to find areas of common ground with China in a region where tensions...

The U.S. recorded its first confirmed case of the Omicron variant Wednesday - in a vaccinated traveler who returned to California after a trip to...

The UN warned on Thursday (Dec 2) that the need for humanitarian aid was skyrocketing worldwide, as the pandemic continues to rage, and climate change...

An Australian cabinet minister has been removed from his post while allegations he was abusive toward a former staffer during their relationship are investigated, Prime...

A United Nations committee meeting on Wednesday (Dec 1) is unlikely to allow Afghanistan's Taliban or Myanmar's junta to represent their countries at the 193-member...

The World Health Organization warned countries on Tuesday (Nov 30) not to impose blanket travel bans over the new Omicron coronavirus variant as governments and...

CNN said Tuesday it had indefinitely suspended primetime anchor Chris Cuomo after the release of legal transcripts that revealed how he helped his brother Andrew,...

New measures to combat the new omicron variant of coronavirus took effect in England on Tuesday, with face coverings again compulsory in shops and on...

Australian authorities said on Tuesday (Nov 30) that an international traveller who was most likely infected with the Omicron variant has spent time in the...

Enforcement began Monday in Los Angeles for one of the strictest vaccine mandates in the country, a sweeping measure that requires proof of shots for...

Queen Elizabeth of Britain has sent the new republic of Barbados her “warmest good wishes for your happiness, peace and prosperity in the future” as...

The World Health Organization warned Monday that the global risk from the omicron variant is "very high" based on the early evidence, saying the mutated...

Dr Anthony Fauci, the U.S. government’s top infectious diseases expert, blasted Sen Ted Cruz for suggesting that Fauci be investigated for statements he made about...

The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Sunday (Nov 28) that it is not yet clear if the new Omicron coronavirus variant is more transmissible...

Australian authorities announced on Monday a third case of the Omicron COVID-19 variant as government leaders reconsidered plans to relax border restrictions this week.A South...

The coronavirus pandemic will cost the global tourism sector $2.0 trillion in lost revenue in 2021, the U.N.'s tourism body said Monday, calling the sector's...

The United States praised South Africa on Saturday (Nov 27) for quickly identifying the new COVID-19 strain called Omicron and sharing this information with the...

Muslims in the Polish border village of Bohoniki have already held four funerals for migrants who died trying to cross the fortified frontier from neighbouring...

The new potentially more contagious omicron variant of the coronavirus popped up in more European countries on Saturday, just days after being identified in South...

France on Friday scrapped planned talks with the UK about migrant crossings after an "unacceptable" letter from British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, pushing relations to...

Australia's most populous state was urgently testing people entering the country on Sunday (Nov 28), after two arrivals from southern Africa tested positive for COVID-19,...

The Covid pandemic has lumbered the Mediterranean island of Cyprus with a six-million-kilogram stockpile of its prized white halloumi cheese, after demand was crushed at...

The discovery of a new coronavirus variant sent a chill through much of the world Friday as nations raced to halt air travel, markets fell...

Social Democrat Olaf Scholz announced a deal to form a new governing coalition in Germany on Wednesday (Nov 24) that aims to modernise Europe's largest...

Sweden's Prime Minister-elect Magdalena Andersson on Wednesday handed in her resignation hours after being appointed by parliament, after her budget failed to pass and the...

At least 31 migrants bound for Britain died Wednesday when their boat sank in the English Channel, in what France’s interior minister called the biggest...

The Pentagon is creating a new office to investigate unidentified flying objects amid concerns that after broad probes it cannot explain mysterious sightings near highly...

Europe remains "in the firm grip" of COVID and the continent's death toll could top 2.2 million this winter if current trends continue, the World...

Australia has listed Hezbollah as a "terrorist organisation", extending an existing ban on armed units to the entire organisation.Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews said the...

U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday ordered a record 50 million barrels of oil released from America's strategic reserve, aiming to bring down gasoline and...

New Zealand said Wednesday it will not reopen to foreign travelers for at least another five months, as it slowly relaxes some of the world's...

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the State Department on Monday (Nov 22) advised against travel to Germany and Denmark because...

A committee investigating the Jan 6 U.S. Capitol insurrection has issued subpoenas to five more individuals, including former President Donald Trump’s ally Roger Stone and...

In the face of demonstrations across much of Europe protesting tough COVID-19 measures over the past days, authorities on Monday pleaded for patience, calm and...

Uber is riding high in Canada, announcing Monday it was starting to take orders for recreational cannabis -- along with munchies -- through its Eats...

New Zealand will end a three-and-a-half-month lockdown in the country's largest city Auckland early next month as it adopts a new coronavirus control strategy, Prime...

Australia announced Monday it will again welcome foreign students and skilled workers from next month, easing some of the world's most stringent pandemic travel restrictions.Twenty...

Shoppers in the UAE and Saudi Arabia plan to spend less during this year's Black Friday sales extravaganza due to the changing nature of consumer...

Ten of thousands of people demonstrated through central Brussels on Sunday to protest reinforced COVID-19 restrictions imposed by the Belgian government to counter the latest...

Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro has vowed there will be no renewed talks with opposition politicians until "the kidnap" of a prominent government envoy Alex Saab...

Polish border guards reported new attempted crossings by several groups of people, but apart from one group of about 200, they were small gangs made...

Joe Biden celebrated his 79th birthday Saturday one day after being declared "healthy" and "fit" for the presidency following an extensive but routine checkup.The U.S....

This was supposed to be the Christmas in Europe where family and friends could once again embrace holiday festivities and one another. Instead, the continent...

A passenger awaiting a search at the Atlanta airport's main security checkpoint reached in his bag and grabbed a firearm, and it went off, causing...

U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland on Friday formally declared “squaw” a derogatory term and said she is taking steps to remove it from federal government...

Austrian Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg said Friday that the country will go into a national lockdown to contain a fourth wave of coronavirus cases.Schallenberg said the...

Houthi rebel leaders reneged on a promise to release a British prisoner held for more than four years without charge in Yemen during a major...

Dutch police fired warning shots, injuring several people, after rioters against a partial COVID lockdown torched a police car and hurled stones in Rotterdam on...

The mulled wine is brewing and the chestnuts are ready to roast, but with COVID-19 cases soaring the festive season is hanging in the balance...

U.S. annual drug overdose deaths surged to more than 100,000 for the first time during the COVID-19 pandemic, a crisis driven mainly by fentanyl and...

Breath-sniffing sensors and finger-scanning detectors are central to a landmark U.S. safety mandate to fight drunk driving that is spurring tough questions about what technology...

With intensive care beds filling up and health staff running short, a hospital in Bavaria's Freising made an unprecedented decision to transfer a coronavirus patient...

Domestic borders around New Zealand's largest city Auckland will reopen from Dec 15 for fully vaccinated people and those with negative COVID-19 test results, Prime...

The body of a woman was recovered after a mudslide caused by extremely heavy rainfall in the Pacific coast Canadian province of British Columbia, authorities...

Crowds will once again fill New York's Times Square this New Year's Eve, with proof of COVID-19 vaccination required for revelers who want to watch...

False COVID death reports, a vast gender gap, Nazi "fan fiction": These are some of the perils an international crowd of volunteers battle across Wikipedia’s...

Battered by critics and dire opinion polls, U.S. President Joe Biden signed into law the biggest U.S. infrastructure revamp in more than half a century...

A Haitian businessman considered a suspect in the July 7 assassination of President Jovenel Moise has been arrested in Turkey, say authorities in Haiti.Haitian Foreign...

Britain raised its terrorism threat level Monday, hours after an improvised explosion outside a hospital in Liverpool, as police named the suspect believed to have...

U.S. President Joe Biden opened his virtual meeting with China’s Xi Jinping on Monday by saying the goal of the two world leaders should be...

Gunmen in Mexico have killed five family members, including a boy, 14, and wounded an eight-month-old baby.Prosecutors in the state of Guanajuato said the killings...

The Austrian government has ordered a nationwide lockdown for unvaccinated people starting at midnight Sunday to combat rising coronavirus infections and deaths.The move prohibits unvaccinated...

The US will link up with Israel to set up a joint task force to combat ransomware.The cyber security task force will share information related...

The Maori tribe that owns rights to the "Ka Mate" haka told anti-vaccine protesters on Monday (Nov 15) to stop performing the famous ritual at...

Hackers have accessed an FBI system and sent tens of thousands of fake emails warning of a possible cyber attack.The messages appeared to come from...

The US military covered up air strikes in Syria that killed up to 64 women and children, during a battle with ISIS in 2019, a...

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday denied claims that Moscow is helping to orchestrate a crisis that has left hundreds of migrants from the Middle...

The UN's peacekeeping chief has warned that the crisis in Africa’s Sahel region remains volatile, with insecurity and instability seriously undermining prospects for development and...

Chancellor Angela Merkel on Saturday called on all unvaccinated Germans to get their shots as quickly as possible as the country’s coronavirus infection rate hits...

Steve Bannon, a longtime ally of former President Donald Trump, was indicted Friday on two counts of criminal contempt of Congress after he defied a...

Voters are shifting support away from the Tories, while two-thirds consider the governing party “very sleazy” amid a flurry of negative headlines, according to new...

US President Joe Biden will hold a hotly anticipated virtual summit with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on Monday (Nov 15), the White House and...

The Biden administration is stepping up pressure on Russia over a buildup of troops along its frontier with Ukraine.Secretary of State Antony Blinken told his...

Traffic whizzing behind her, Representative Sharice Davids gathered reporters at a transportation facility along US 69 in eastern Kansas this week to celebrate the surge...

The UN Security Council has slapped sanctions on Houthi leader Muhammad Abd Al Karim Al Ghamari and two other members of the rebel group that...

Former French president Francois Hollande has testified in the trial over the November 2015 Paris terrorist attack, denying France had been a target because of...

A girl, 17, who went missing while jogging in a forest in north-western France, has been found alive, prosecutors said on Tuesday.The girl's disappearance sparked...

Nasa has pushed back its target date to send astronauts back to the moon to 2025 at the earliest.Former US president Donald Trump had set...

Britain's Prince Harry said that on January 5, he warned Twitter chief executive Jack Dorsey that his platform was allowing a coup to be staged...

A 60-year-old Australian man escaped the jaws of a large crocodile by stabbing it repeatedly in the head with his pocket knife as it dragged...

Lawmakers probing the deadly January 6 assault on the US Capitol issued subpoenas on Monday to top aides of Donald Trump who are accused of plotting...

Thousands of demonstrators marched on the New Zealand parliament to protest against COVID-19 restrictions Tuesday, prompting a major police deployment at the Wellington building known...

Unvaccinated people are 16 times more likely to end up in intensive care units or die from COVID-19, Australia's New South Wales state said in...

Four astronauts returned to Earth on Monday, riding home with SpaceX to end a 200-day space station mission that began last spring.Their capsule streaked through...

Tens of thousands of Ethiopians rallied in Addis Ababa on Sunday to support Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's government, as federal troops fought rebellious forces threatening...

The gunman who killed 51 worshippers at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, is considering appealing his convictions and prison sentence, his lawyer said Monday.Australian...

A ban on unvaccinated Australians entering bars and restaurants nudged thousands to get jabbed -- but it has also seen the rise of a thriving...

The United States reopens its land and air borders on Monday (Nov 8) to foreign visitors fully vaccinated against COVID-19, ending 20 months of restrictions...

The US federal appeals court on Saturday temporarily halted Joe Biden's bid to make Covid-19 vaccinations compulsory for workers at firms with 100 or more...

As this year's U.N. climate talks go into their second week, negotiations on key topics are inching forward. Boosted by a few high-profile announcements at...

A massive explosion at a petrol station in Sierra Leone's capital Freetown has killed 92 people, the country's vice president said on Saturday.Hospitals were treating...

Crowds surging forward as rapper Travis Scott took to the stage at the Astroworld Festival in Houston led to chaos and crushed bodies, people who...

Top Democrats abruptly postponed an expected House vote Friday on their 10-year, $1.85 trillion social and environment measure, as leaders' long struggle to balance demands...

Glasgow was on Saturday bracing for a second day of protests against what campaigners say is a lack of urgency to address global warming after...

The United Kingdom on Friday rejected European Union proposals to streamline the trade of goods in Northern Ireland as insufficient, further aggravating a standoff between...

A man was rescued on Friday after being trapped inside the walls of a theatre in Syracuse, New York state.Firefighters were called at about 7:30am...

Environmental groups on Wednesday slammed the organizers of the COP26 climate summit for preventing thousands of experts from monitoring negotiations, warning their absence could weaken...

Police expected to charge a local man on Thursday (Nov 4) with abducting a 4-year-old girl from her family's camping tent 18 days before police...

House Democrats added paid family and medical leave, immigration law changes and a state-and-local tax break to their $1.75 trillion social services and environmental bill...

The Pentagon has denied claims Iranian forces thwarted an attempt by the US to detain a tanker carrying Iran’s oil in the Sea of Oman.US...

Former police captain Eric Adams cruised to victory Tuesday to become the next mayor of New York as voters across the U.S. picked new city...

World leaders promised to protect the world's forests, cut methane emissions and help South Africa wean itself off coal at the U.N. climate summit Tuesday...

US President Joe Biden on Tuesday (Nov 2) accused China and Russia of failing to show leadership on climate change in blistering criticism of their...

France's ambassador to Australia has accused Canberra of deceiving his country when it abruptly cancelled a multibillion dollar deal with Paris to build a fleet...

Queen Elizabeth II has issued a rallying cry to world leaders attending Cop26, urging them to work together in “common cause” to tackle climate change...

U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday apologized to world leaders for his predecessor Donald Trump's withdrawal from a global climate accord and said fighting the...

World leaders turned up the heat and resorted to end-of-the-world rhetoric Monday in an attempt to bring new urgency to sputtering international climate negotiations.The metaphors...

Australian Prime Scott Morrison attacked the credibility of French President Emmanuel Macron as a newspaper quoted a text message that suggested France anticipated “bad news”...

French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday said Britain must give ground in a post-Brexit fishing dispute or France will introduce trade reprisals this week."The ball...

Ambitious pledges from China's leaders to cut emissions have put its giant, carbon-intensive state corporations under pressure to respond, but they are at risk of...

Leaders of the world's biggest economies agreed Sunday to stop funding coal-fired power plants in poor countries and made a vague commitment to seek carbon...

Families reunited in emotional scenes at Sydney's international airport on Monday, as Australia's border reopened almost 600 days after a pandemic closure began.Australia has finally...

As he made history by becoming the first person to fly across New Zealand's Cook Strait in an electric plane, Gary Freedman thought it only...

A 1,000-year-old Mayan canoe has been uncovered in Mexico during construction work on a tourist train.The well-preserved vessel was found during work on the "Maya...

Nearly five months after President Joe Biden declared “America is back” on his first presidential visit abroad, the president's challenge now that he's back in...

Leaders of the world's biggest economies on Saturday endorsed a global minimum tax on corporations, a linchpin of new international tax rules aimed at blunting...

US President Joe Biden is to warn Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan against “precipitous” actions, a US official said.Biden is to meet with his Turkish...

Glasgow is traditionally known as the “Dear Green Place”, a label which admirers see as fitting for a city with big green ambitions, and which...

U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday met with Pope Francis at the Vatican, from which he emerged with the message that he was a "good...

Britain's Prince Andrew insisted his sexual assault accuser was out to profit from a "baseless lawsuit" against him as he asked a New York court...

Queen Elizabeth II has been advised to rest for at least the next two weeks, accepting doctors’ recommendations to take on only light duties and...

Australia's conservative government on Thursday proposed laws requiring voters to prove their identity when casting a ballot, a move slammed by the opposition as an...

An international expert panel on gender equality has published its report highlighting the need for more aid to help Afghan women.The report by the G7's...

The top US military officer, General Mark Milley, has provided the first official US confirmation of a Chinese hypersonic weapons test that military experts say...