Atiya Azimi was up all night packing and repacking her bag, feverish at returning to school for the first time since the Taliban seized control...

US President Joe Biden joins fellow Western leaders in Brussels on Thursday for three summits on Russia's war in Ukraine, a month after the invasion...

A California man suspected of taking part in the US Capitol riots last year has been granted asylum in Belarus.Evan Neumann fled the US after...

Germany's parliament on Tuesday paid tribute to Boris Romanchenko, who survived several Nazi concentration camps during World War II but was killed last week during...

Two women in their 50s have died after being "subjected to violence" at a secondary school in the southern Swedish city of Malmö, police say.An...

As Mariupol’s defenders held out Monday against Russian demands that they surrender, the number of bodies in the rubble of the bombarded and encircled Ukrainian...

The horrors of the war in Ukraine can be seen in 13-year-old Volodymyr's empty expression as he lies in the Okhmatdyt children's hospital in Kyiv,...

Ukraine has rejected a Russian ultimatum offering people in the besieged city of Mariupol safe passage out of the port if they surrender.Under Russia's proposal,...

Russian forces pushed deeper into Ukraine's besieged and battered port city of Mariupol on Saturday, where heavy fighting shut down a major steel plant and...

Ukraine said it saw possible room for compromise in talks with Russia despite Moscow's stepped up bombardment Tuesday of Kyiv and new assaults on the...

Ukraine has praised the courage of three European leaders who made a long, hazardous journey by rail from Poland to Kyiv in a show of...

At a briefing in their war room on Monday, the two Ukrainian generals responsible for the defence of Kyiv told the BBC how their forces...

More details of a scheme to match Ukrainian refugees with people in the UK who are considering opening up their homes are to be set...

The US says China will face harsh "consequences" if it aids Russia in its invasion of Ukraine, according to US media reports.Unnamed officials reportedly told...

Fresh attempts to evacuate civilians from cities under siege in Ukraine are being complicated by constant Russian shelling, Ukrainian officials say.Humanitarian corridors are being set...

Russian forces pounded the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol on Saturday, shelling its downtown as residents hid in its iconic mosque and elsewhere to avoid...

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Friday (Mar 11) Ukraine had reached a "strategic turning point" in the conflict with Russia, but Russian forces bombarded cities...

Some 2.5 million people have fled Ukraine since Russia invaded two weeks ago, and another two million have been internally displaced by the war, the...

Russia could be planning a chemical or biological weapon attack in Ukraine - and "we should all be on the lookout", the White House has...

The Pentagon on Tuesday rejected Poland's surprise announcement that it would give the United States its MiG-29 fighter jets for use by Ukraine, a rare...

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris’ trip to Warsaw to thank Poland for taking in hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians fleeing Russia’s invasion took an unexpected...

A leading ratings agency has warned Russia is likely to soon default on its debts, as it downgraded the country's bonds further into "junk" territory.Fitch...

More than 4,300 people were detained at anti-war protests across Russia on Sunday, rights groups and Russian authorities say.Some 1,700 people were detained in Moscow...

Russian President Vladimir Putin warned Saturday that Ukrainian statehood is in jeopardy and likened the West's sanctions on Russia to “declaring war,” while a promised...

Americans rarely pay much attention to international events. Busy lives leave little time for distant events with unfamiliar protagonists.Russian President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine...

President Volodymyr Zelensky has told Ukrainians they have "withstood the blow" of Russia's invasion as he urged citizens to continue fighting.In an impassioned speech delivered...

Ukraine's president has attacked Nato leaders in a fiery speech over their refusal to implement a no-fly zone around the country.Speaking from Kyiv, Volodymyr Zelensky...

Australia's emergency services ordered 200,000 people to flee from the path of a wild storm that lurched towards Sydney Thursday after killing 13 people in...

Russian forces have seized control of a key port city in southern Ukraine, the mayor says.Kherson is the first major city to be taken by...

US President Joe Biden has told Congress that Vladimir Putin badly misjudged how the West would hit back once he invaded Ukraine.In a primetime speech,...

Russian football clubs and national teams have been suspended from all competitions by Fifa and Uefa after the country's invasion of Ukraine.The world and European...

Fighting continued on Monday, the fifth day of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, despite talks aimed at securing a ceasefire.Missile strikes killed dozens of civilians in...

Let me begin with an admission. So many times, I've thought: "Putin would never do this." Then he goes and does it."He'd never annex Crimea,...

In a significant shift, the German government said Saturday it will send weapons and other supplies directly to Ukraine, which is fighting to keep Russia...

The EU, US and their allies have agreed to cut off a number of Russian banks from the main international payment system, Swift.The assets of...

Russian assaults on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv have been met with fierce resistance, as the Ukrainian military says it has fought off several attacks.The military...

Russian troops launched their anticipated attack on Ukraine on Thursday, as President Vladimir Putin cast aside international condemnation and sanctions, warning other countries that any...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has launched a "special military operation" in Ukraine's eastern Donbas region.In a televised address, he urged Ukrainian soldiers who are facing...

Germany has put a stop to a key Russian gas pipeline following Vladimir Putin's orders to send troops into Ukraine.On Monday the Russian president recognised...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has recognised breakaway rebel regions in Ukraine's east as independent states, effectively ending peace talks there.The self-declared people's republics of Donetsk...

Police in riot gear cleared the main protest hub in downtown Ottawa Saturday, using batons and pepper spray, smashing truck windows and arresting dozens of...

Ukraine's president has said his nation will not respond to provocations amid a deadly escalation in fighting in rebel Russian-backed eastern territories.But Volodymyr Zelensky told...

US President Joe Biden has said he is convinced Russian President Vladimir Putin has decided to launch an invasion of Ukraine, and that an assault...

Russia's claim that it is moving troops away from the border with Ukraine is "false", according to a senior US official, who added that 7,000...

Britain’s Prince Andrew, accused in a lawsuit of sexually abusing a 17-year-old girl supplied to him by financier Jeffrey Epstein, has agreed to settle by...

A Russian attack on Ukraine is "still very much a possibility" and the human cost would be "immense", US President Joe Biden has said.In remarks...

The US and UK leaders have said not all hope is lost for a diplomatic solution to the Ukraine crisis, but warn that the situation...

Efforts to clear New Zealand anti-vaccine protesters by blasting Barry Manilow songs on a loop have drawn criticism from police officers caught in the crossfire.Hundreds...

Ukraine has called for a meeting with Russia and other members of a key European security group over the escalating tensions on its border.Foreign Minister...

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said the "imminent" threat of Russian military action in Ukraine justifies evacuating the US embassy in Kyiv.His words...

French President Emmanuel Macron refused a Russian Covid test ahead of his meeting with Russia's Vladimir Putin, the Kremlin has confirmed.The test required a health...

Police and anti-vaccine protesters clashed on the grounds of New Zealand's parliament Thursday, with more than 50 arrested after demonstrators who camped outside the legislature...

Russia and Belarus are due to start 10 days of joint military drills as concerns rise over the buildup of Russian forces on Ukraine's borders.Nato...

French President Emmanuel Macron has told reporters that President Vladimir Putin assured him that Russian forces would not ramp up the crisis near Ukraine's borders."I...

Australian political leaders apologized to staffers who have endured decades of bullying, harassment and sexual assault inside Parliamentary House and other government offices.The presiding officers...

French President Emmanuel Macron has said the coming days will be crucial to de-escalating the Ukraine standoff, after a meeting with Russia's Vladimir Putin.Mr Putin...

Australia has announced the reopening of its borders to vaccinated tourists and other visa holders for the first time in almost two years."If you're double...

Russia has assembled about 70% of the military capability needed for a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in the coming weeks, US officials say.The ground is...

Rescuers who are desperately trying to reach a five-year-old boy who fell into a well in northern Morocco five days ago say they are "almost...

Former US Vice-President Mike Pence has dismissed claims by Donald Trump that he could have stopped Joe Biden becoming president last year.In his strongest rebuttal...

Adulterated cocaine has killed at least 16 people and left 50 in hospitals around the Buenos Aires region of Argentina, the authorities say.Investigators believe the...

Dmytro Dubas thought his war was over. Now the US is warning of an all-out Russian invasion of Ukraine and the veteran volunteer fighter can't...

There have been angry clashes between Russian and US envoys at the UN Security Council, after the US called a meeting to discuss Moscow's troop...

Germany's refusal to send weapons to Ukraine has puzzled and angered some allies. But the reasons why Europe's most powerful country is standing back are...

President Joe Biden will honour his commitment to make an African-American woman his first nomination to the Supreme Court, the White House says.She would replace...

The “partygate” scandal that threatens to derail UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s administration deepened Tuesday as police opened an investigation into gatherings at government offices...

A coronavirus-hit Australian warship will dock in Tonga Wednesday, delivering desperately needed aid to the volcano-and-tsunami-struck nation under strict "no-contact" protocols.Tonga's Health Minister Saia Piukala...

A black man in Nevada spent six days in jail after police mistook him for a suspect with the same name who is white and...

US President Joe Biden has said there is "total unanimity" with European leaders over Russia's troop build-up on the border with Ukraine.President Biden held a...

The State Department on Sunday ordered the families of all American personnel at the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine to leave the country amid heightened fears...

An Australian man has pleaded guilty to abducting four-year-old Cleo Smith and holding her at his home for 18 days.Cleo vanished from her family's tent...

The head of the German navy has resigned over controversial comments he made over Ukraine.Kay-Achim Schönbach said the idea that Russia wanted to invade Ukraine...

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Sunday said she was forced to call off her own wedding as she tightened COVID-19 restrictions in the...

Daily new coronavirus infections in Russia reached an all-time high Friday and authorities blamed the highly contagious Omicron variant, which they expect to soon dominate...

A draft executive order written by Donald Trump's White House in the weeks after his defeat in the 2020 election directed the nation's top military...

The first flights carrying fresh water and other aid to Tonga were finally able to leave Thursday after the Pacific nation's main airport runway was...

US President Joe Biden has said he thinks his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin will "move in" on Ukraine, but does not want "full-blown war".Asked at...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday "categorically" denied claims by his former chief aide that he lied to parliament about a Downing Street party...

After a woman was pushed to her death in front of a New York City subway train beneath Times Square over the weekend, Mayor Eric...

The chief executives of America's largest airlines have warned of a "catastrophic disruption" to travel and shipping operations if telecommunication firms roll out their 5G...

Americans must commit to the unfinished work of Martin Luther King Jr, delivering jobs and justice and protecting "the sacred right to vote, a right...

Two teenagers have been arrested in England as part of the investigation into a hostage-taking incident at a synagogue in Texas on Saturday.British citizen Malik...

Four people who were held hostage at a synagogue in a suburb of Dallas, Texas, have been freed unharmed after a 10-hour stand-off with police.They...

To mask or not to mask is a question Italy settled early in the COVID-19 outbreak with a vigorous “yes." Now the onetime epicenter of...

Nigeria has lifted its ban on Twitter - seven months after clamping down on the social networking site.Nigeria's government suspended Twitter last June after the...

Top Senate Republican Mitch McConnell has denounced US President Joe Biden's voting rights speech as "incoherent" and "profoundly unpresidential"."I have known, liked, and personally respected...

WHO experts warned on Tuesday (Jan 11) that repeating booster doses of the original COVID-19 vaccines is not a viable strategy against emerging variants and...

Australia’s most populous state, New South Wales, made the reporting of rapid antigen test results mandatory Wednesday as it experienced its deadliest day of the...

The prime ministers of Australia and Serbia on Tuesday discussed Novak Djokovic's precarious visa after the top-ranked Serbian tennis star won a court battle to...

European Parliament President David Sassoli has died at the age of 65, his spokesman says.The Italian former journalist and centre-left politician had been seriously ill...

Australia must "push through" the fast-moving Omicron outbreak, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Monday (Jan 10), as infections surpassed 1 million, more than half...

Nigeria said Sunday that gunmen killed at least 200 people and displaced thousands more in multiple raids in the northwest over the last week, dealing...

At least 19 people, including nine children, have died after a fire in a New York apartment building.Another 32 people were sent to hospital, several...

More than 100,000 people across France protested Saturday over what they say are government plans to further restrict the rights of the unvaccinated, days after...

Australia’s New South Wales state reported 16 deaths on Sunday in its deadliest day of the pandemic, even as it relaxed rules to allow some...

A Saudi princess and her daughter have been released from a high-security jail after being held for nearly three years without charge, campaigners say.Princess Basma...

Australia's former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull tested positive for COVID-19 on Saturday (Jan 8), as case numbers hit new highs across the country and health...

Fully vaccinated and mostly masked, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority appeared skeptical Friday of the Biden administration's authority to impose a vaccine-or-testing requirement on the...

Police in Austria have carried out nationwide raids over the suspected sale of fake vaccination passes.Austria's Interior Minister Gerhard Karner said that 24 house searches...

French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday faced anger from opponents and chaos in parliament after issuing a provocative warning to people in France not yet...

Iraqi military bases hosting US troops in Iraq’s western Anbar province and the capital Baghdad were hit by Katyusha rockets on Wednesday.And in Syria, eight...

President Joe Biden is expected to warn on Thursday that US democracy is under threat from his predecessor Donald Trump's conspiracy theories, in a dark...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson sees no need for further restrictions to curb the spread of the coronavirus' Omicron variant his spokesman said on ahead...

Donald Trump on Tuesday abruptly gave up his plan to steal the limelight on the anniversary of the Jan 6 assault against Congress, leaving President...

The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Tuesday (Jan 4) backed its week-old guidance for people seeking to end their COVID-19...

New York's attorney general has subpoenaed former President Donald Trump and his two eldest children, Ivanka and Donald Trump Jr, demanding their testimony in connection...

Australia's COVID-19 cases touched a fresh pandemic high on Tuesday (Jan 4) amid an Omicron surge in its two most populous states.Hospitalisations in New South...

Five global nuclear powers pledged Monday to prevent atomic weapons spreading and to avoid nuclear conflict, in a rare joint statement setting aside rising West-East...

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Monday said his country's health system can cope with the new wave of coronavirus infections as Victoria state reported...

The UK government has been making contingency plans in case hospitals, schools and other workplaces are hit by major staff shortages amid the country's record-breaking...

US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin announced on Sunday that he has tested positive for Covid-19.Mr Austin said he is suffering mild symptoms and will attend...

When Maureen Donnelly Morris came from nearby Leesburg to open her café in Lovettsville, neighbors rallied to her aid. Divisions ripping at their town and...

The US has blocked Ethiopia, Mali and Guinea from having access to its duty-free trade programme with Africa over alleged human rights abuses and recent...

New COVID-19 cases in Australia dipped on Sunday (Jan 2) as testing slowed over a holiday weekend, but infections remained more than 30,000.Hospitalisations rose further...

New York City ushered in the New Year — and bid good riddance to another pandemic-marred 12 months — as it revived its annual New...

Australia started 2022 with a record number of new COVID-19 cases as an outbreak centred in the eastern states grew, and New South Wales eased...

U.S. President Joe Biden and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymr Zelensky will speak by phone on Sunday, both sides confirmed, after the U.S. leader warned Russia's...

China ended the final week of 2021 with its biggest tally of local COVID-19 cases for any seven-day period since it contained the country's first...