Several Western countries have announced sanctions against officials in China over rights abuses against the mostly Muslim Uighur minority group. China has detained Uighurs at camps in the north-west region

The US and the European Union have imposed sanctions on people linked to last month’s military coup in Myanmar. The EU’s sanctions marked the 27-nation bloc’s most significant response since

Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich has launched legal proceedings over what he calls “false and defamatory statements” in a book published last year called “Putin’s People”. Among the claims in the

A protest in the English city of Bristol against new policing legislation turned into violent clashes that left at least 20 officers injured — two of them seriously — widespread

Australian authorities are planning to evacuate thousands more people on Monday from flood-affected suburbs in Sydney’s west, which is set for its worst flooding in 60 years with drenching rain

A state of emergency has been declared in the US city of Miami Beach over concerns large crowds gathering for spring break pose a coronavirus risk. A 20:00-06:00 curfew has

Half of all adults in Britain have now had at least one Covid-19 vaccine dose, making the country the world’s first major economy to hit that milestone. Britain reached that

Top US and Chinese officials have concluded two days of contentious talks in Alaska which laid bare the depth of tensions between the world’s two largest economies at the outset of

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has tested positive for Covid-19 two days after receiving his first vaccine dose. Khan, 68, is “self-isolating at home,” Health Minister Faisal Sultan said in

US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris offered solace to Asian Americans and denounced the scourge of racism as they visited Atlanta days after a white gunman killed

A strong magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck off the coast of northeastern Japan at a depth of 60 km on Saturday evening at 6:09 p.m locval time. In Miyagi Prefecture, where

Alyssa McGrath, 33, became the latest of at least eight women who have publicly alleged sexual misconduct by New York Governor Andrew  Cuomo and the first who is currently employed

A volcano has erupted south-west of Iceland’s capital Reykjavik, the country’s meteorological office says. It says the fissure is about 500-700 metres long (1,640-2,300ft) at Fagradalsfjall on Reykjanes peninsula. The last

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday that US President Joe Biden’s comments about Russia’s leader Vladimir Putin, in which he called him a “killer”, were “unacceptable” and “not

The World Health Organisation’s expert committee on coronavirus vaccines says its review of the AstraZeneca vaccine indicates it has “tremendous potential to prevent infections and reduce deaths.” In a statement

The US has cleared President Joe Biden’s goal of injecting 100 million coronavirus shots, more than a month before his target date of his 100th day in office. With the

The French capital is set to go into a month-long Covid lockdown on Friday as the country fears a third wave. Some 21 million people in 16 areas of France

The first high-level US-China talks of the Biden administration got off to a fiery start on Thursday, with both sides levelling sharp rebukes of the others’ policies in a rare

The EU’s leading states are to restart their roll-out of the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine after Europe’s medicines regulator concluded it was “safe and effective”. The European Medicines Agency (EMA) reviewed