Funeral directors have been advised that any person who dies of coronavirus should be immediately cremated or buried without a funeral service.
American troops have begun leaving Afghanistan for the initial troop withdrawal required in the US-Taliban peace agreement amid political chaos in Kabul that threatens the deal.
The three new cases of the virus announced last night include a female healthcare worker from the south who was infected by somebody already positive.
The coronavirus initially brought out the worst in me, but after some reflection, I'm hoping to emerge a bit nicer.
Former first minister of Scotland Alex Salmond has lodged defences to accusations of sexual assault.
As the trial of three Russians and a Ukrainian charged with multiple counts of murder over the 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 (MH17) got under way, a Dutch prosecutor read out the names of all 298 people killed.
