Peruvian politician and diplomat Javier Perez de Cuellar, who served as the United Nations' fifth secretary-general throughout the 1980s, has died at the age of 100, Peruvian officials confirmed late on Wednesday. “As a lawyer, diplomat and as secretary general of the United Nations he always demonstrated his human quality and concern for the most...
Turkey said that two more of its soldiers were killed in a Syrian government attack in north-western Syria, as steady clashes between the two national armies continued to rack up casualties.
Mike Bloomberg, the billionaire former mayor of New York who had hoped to self-fund his way to the Democratic presidential nomination but was spurned by voters in Tuesday's balloting, has dropped out of the race.
Large numbers of Italian rugby fans arriving here will increase the risk of the coronavirus spreading, a leading infectious disease consultant warned.
The United States carried out its first air strike on Taliban fighters in Afghanistan since the two sides signed a troop withdrawal agreement on Saturday.
A 370-pupil primary school that closed yesterday amid coronavirus concerns is reopening today, after being told it should not have shut.
Businesses are likely to suffer tax payment difficulties as the coronavirus spreads, Revenue officials now fear.
