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Thai police have summoned five organizers of student-led protests against the government, saying they had violated a coronavirus emergency decree that forbids large gatherings. Among those called for questioning was...

A cruise ship carrying more than 200 people docked in a Norwegian harbour on Wednesday and ordered to keep everyone on board after a passenger from a previous trip tested...

Authorities enforced security restrictions in many parts of Indian-controlled Kashmir, a year after New Delhi revoked the disputed region's semi-autonomy in a decision that set off anger and economic ruin...

President Donald Trump said he is considering delivering his Republican convention acceptance speech from the White House in a move that would mark an unprecedented use of public property for...

Swiss health authorities have added mainland Spain to its list of countries from which people arriving must enter a 10-day coronavirus quarantine. Patrick Mathys, head of crisis management for the...

Regional governments in Japan should act independently to contain a resurgence of coronavirus infections, and holidaymakers should refrain from domestic travel, the country's top doctors' association warned on Wednesday. Japan...

Croatia marked the 25th anniversary of a victorious military offensive against rebel Serbs with an ethnic Serb politician attending the annual ceremony for the first time, an event seen as...

President Michel Aoun said on Wednesday that a transparent investigation into a powerful blast that rocked Beirut would reveal the circumstances of what happened as soon as possible. Aoun also...

CAROLINE Flack was “in a very anxious state of mind” and an ambulance had been called for her four times previously before her death, her twin sister Jody has told...

A new coronavirus outbreak in Vietnam spread to two more provinces on Wednesday, the country's health minister said. However, the country's Covid-19 task force declared the contagion “under control” in...

Car insurer Hastings is to be taken private after agreeing to a £1.7 billion takeover by a consortium involving the firm's largest shareholder.

East Africa's great wildebeest migration went largely unwatched this year as the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic are felt as far as the continent's wilderness.

Beirut looked like a war zone on Wednesday the day after a blast at the Lebanese capital's sea port caused more than 100 deaths and thousands of injuries.

Significant clusters of new Covid-19 cases have been identified in direct provision centres, among the Traveller community and in meat factories, according to advice given to Government by public health...

A small-scale miner in Tanzania who had become an overnight millionaire over a month ago when he unearthed two of the biggest rough tanzanite gemstones ever found has struck it...

Britain's Duchess of Sussex has won a High Court bid to keep secret the identities of five friends who gave an anonymous interview to a US magazine, in the latest...

The Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle, has won a High Court bid to keep secret the identities of five friends who gave an anonymous interview to a US magazine, in...

Pubs and restaurants should be closed by 10.30pm and be more “robustly” policed, public health officials recommended to government.

Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly has said there will be “very little need” to police the wearing of face coverings as he believes the public will comply with the new...

Australia's hot spot Victoria state announced a new record 725 Covid-19 cases and 15 deaths, while businesses in Melbourne city prepared to draw down their shutters as new pandemic restrictions...

Four hen harrier chicks have successfully fledged from a nest in the Angus Glens.

Neil Young has sued President Donald Trump's re-election campaign for copyright infringement, saying he does not want his music used as a theme song for a “divisive un-American campaign of...

South Africa's health minister has reported decreasing rates of new confirmed cases of Covid-19 but warned that vigilance must continue “to prevent a renewed surge”.

Kanye West withdrew his petition to appear as a presidential candidate on New Jersey's ballot, according to an email chain between a judge and what appears to be the rapper's...

Health Minister Stephen Donnelly has said that while he accepts last night's decision is disappointing for publicans, the virus is spreading at a “very fast rate” and needs to be...

Sri Lankans were voting on Wednesday to elect a new parliament that is expected to give strong support to the powerful and popular Rajapaksa brothers.

With coronavirus cases nearing 5 million in the United States and average daily deaths topping 1,000, the United States is the hottest hot spot in the ongoing global pandemic -...

China has lodged stern representations with the United States over the upcoming visit of US Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar to Taiwan, the Foreign Ministry in Beijing...

A recent surge in people putting wills in place during the coronavirus crisis could lead to more executors being unprepared for what their role entails, a legal services company is...

Laws enforcing lockdown restrictions in areas of the north of England including Manchester, parts of east Lancashire and West Yorkshire have come into force.

Lebanese rescue workers dug through rubble looking for survivors of a powerful warehouse explosion that shook the capital Beirut, killing 100 people and injuring nearly 4,000 in a toll that...

Japanese car giant Honda has reported that it sank into the red for the quarter from April to June, as its sales plunged over the coronavirus pandemic, especially in the...

PM Scott Morrison said on Wednesday that building an Indo-Pacific alliance with like-minded nations will be a “critical priority” for Australia's government, warning the pace of militarization in the region...

Hindus have rejoiced as Indian prime minister Narendra Modi broke ground on a long-awaited temple of their most revered god Ram at the site of a demolished 16th century mosque.

Metro Bank marked its 10th anniversary by swinging to a heavy loss in the first half of the financial year as it took a multimillion-pound hit from the effects of...

Human embryos could be susceptible to Covid-19 as early as the second week of pregnancy if the mother gets sick, a new study suggests.

Betting giant William Hill is closing 119 stores, but will protect almost all of the jobs, as it said it does not think customers will come back in the same...

Ghislaine Maxwell has “a lot of information” about powerful people with connections to billionaire paedophile Jeffrey Epstein, the producer of a new documentary has claimed.

US president Donald Trump has said American military generals have told him that they “seem to feel” the massive explosion that rocked Beirut was a “terrible attack” likely caused by...

Residents of Beirut awoke to a scene of devastation on Wednesday, a day after a massive explosion at the city's port sent shock waves across the Lebanese capital, killing dozens...