Azerbaijan and Armenia accused each other on Saturday of fresh attacks in violation of a week-old Russian-brokered truce that has failed to halt the worst fighting in the South Caucasus

US President Donald Trump takes his re-election push to Michigan and Wisconsin on Saturday before launching a tour of western states to shore up support as national polls show him

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has won a landslide victory in the country’s general election. With most ballots tallied, Ardern’s Labour Party has won 49% of the vote and

  Anti-viral drug remdesivir has little to no effect on Covid patients’ chances of survival, according to a study of more than 11,000 people in 30 countries sponsored by the World

A teacher has been beheaded in a suburb north-west of the French capital Paris, with the attacker shot dead by police. The teacher had shown pupils in his class cartoons

The United States on Friday surpassed 8 million recorded Covid-19 cases- a milestone that comes as daily infection rates are rising. With deaths at 218,000, the US leads the world in

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Friday that the UK must prepare for a no-deal break with the European Union unless there is a “fundamental” change of position from

Nigeria’s candidate for the leadership of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), and board chair of the Vaccine Alliance, known as GAVI. Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has urged multilateral institutions and developed countries to

US President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden competed for TV audiences in duelling town halls instead of meeting face to face for their second debate as originally planned.

US Democratic vice-presidential candidate Kamala Harris will temporarily halt campaign travel until Monday after two members of her staff tested positive for Covid-19. Harris had planned an aggressive travel schedule

Britain’s health secretary has shifted London into the second-highest COVID-19 alert level amid a rise in cases. Health Secretary Matt Hancock told the House of Commons that the government acted

US President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden will duel on different prime-time town hall events on Thursday instead of their second presidential debate. The twin events, in which

Several celebrities in Nigeria and abroad have been speaking out this week in support of large protests against police brutality in Nigeria. US rapper Kanye West on Monday joined a

Kyrgyzstan President Sooronbai Jeenbekov has announced his resignation in a bid to end the turmoil that has engulfed the Central Asian nation after a disputed parliamentary election. In a statement

The Thai government has announced an emergency decree to stem largely peaceful protests in Bangkok, including a ban on large gatherings. In a televised announcement read out by police, it

US President Donald Trump’s 14-year-old son Barron contracted coronavirus but has since tested negative, First Lady Melania Trump revealed. Mrs Trump said her “fear came true” when Barron tested positive

French President Emmanuel Macron has announced a nightly curfew in Paris and eight other cities to control the rapid spread of Covid-19 in the country. The curfews will take effect

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday gave the approval for a second coronavirus vaccine. “Novosibirsk’s Vector Centre (Vector State Research Center) has registered today the second coronavirus vaccine, which is

Lebanon and Israel began indirect talks Wednesday over their disputed maritime border, with American officials mediating the talks. Both sides have insisted the negotiations are purely technical and not a

The Group of 20 nations, representing the world’s biggest economies, agreed Wednesday to extend the suspension of debt payments by an additional six months to support the most vulnerable countries