The US Army is activating the entire District of Columbia National Guard — 1,100 troops — in response to a request from Mayor Muriel Bowser of Washington, an Army official

US Vice President Mike Pence was ushered out of the Senate as the U.S. Capitol Complex went into lockdown due to an external security threat, while Trump supporters rioted outside

Over 600 journalists have died worldwide due to the Covid-19 pandemic, a new report by the Press Emblem Campaign (PEC) has shown. The Swiss-based organisation which calls for journalists to

After another round of drama and a stalling of the talks on Monday, the Tuesday extension of the OPEC+ meeting concluded at long last with a solution upon which all

Hong Kong police arrested dozens of democracy activists on Wednesday on suspicion of violating a new security law by planning to “paralyse” and “overthrow” the city government, Secretary for Security

The leader of the right-wing Proud Boys group was ordered to leave Washington, DC, on Tuesday until a June court appearance in relation to felony and misdemeanour charges, according to

A Japanese government decision on a state of emergency in and around Tokyo will be made this week, a top official said on Tuesday – a move derided by citizens

The leader of the far-right Proud Boys group has been arrested in Washington DC on suspicion of burning a Black Lives Matter flag last month. Enrique Tarrio faces misdemeanour destruction

President Donald Trump may have broken a US federal law and a Georgia law against election tampering by pressuring the state’s top election official to “find” enough votes to overturn

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange cannot be extradited to the United States, a British judge ruled on Monday. At a hearing at London’s Old Bailey, Judge Vanessa Baraitser said she could

Iran has resumed enriching uranium to 20% purity, a level that is not allowed under Tehran’s 2015 nuclear pact with six major powers. “A few minutes ago, the process of

Japan is considering declaring a state of emergency for the Greater Tokyo metropolitan area as coronavirus cases climb, casting fresh doubt over whether it can push ahead with the Olympics

Eighty-year-old Nancy Pelosi was narrowly re-elected on Sunday as speaker of the US House of Representatives, giving her the reins of Democrats’ slender House majority as she and President-elect Joe

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said tougher lockdown restrictions were probably on the way as Covid-19 cases keep rising in the United Kingdom, but that the roll-out of vaccines

India on Sunday granted emergency approval to Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin but faced questions after taking the step without publishing efficacy data for the homegrown coronavirus vaccine. The news, announced by

India’s drugs regulator on Sunday gave final approval for the emergency-use of two coronavirus vaccines, one developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University and the other by local company Bharat Biotech

US President Donald Trump could take “reckless” military action against Iran in his final days in office, experts have warned, as tensions between Tehran and Washington mount on the eve

As communities across the United States feel the pain of a surge in coronavirus cases, funeral homes in the hot spot of Southern California say they must turn away grieving