International Archive

China announces three-child policy, in major policy shift

Monday, 31 May 2021 11:58

Gunmen abduct students from school in Nigeria

Monday, 31 May 2021 10:00

Egypt lifts coronavirus restrictions from June 1

Monday, 31 May 2021 07:08

India says will have 120 million vaccine doses for local use in June

Sunday, 30 May 2021 14:51

Mortar shell hits Afghan wedding, kills at least six

Sunday, 30 May 2021 13:18

Police operation in France after reports of armed man on the run

Sunday, 30 May 2021 11:33

UK PM Johnson marries fiancee in 'secret ceremony'

Sunday, 30 May 2021 10:21

Ho Chi Minh tightens COVID-19 measures over 'hybrid' variant

Sunday, 30 May 2021 10:20

Saudi Arabia lifts ban on arrivals from 11 countries, including UAE

Saturday, 29 May 2021 15:50

Philippines lifts ban on workers deploying to Saudi Arabia

Saturday, 29 May 2021 13:28

Vietnam detects hybrid of Indian and UK COVID-19 variant

Saturday, 29 May 2021 10:50

Belarus leader heads for talks with Putin amid uproar over 'air piracy'

Friday, 28 May 2021 17:10

Shoot-out after policewoman stabbed in attack in western France

Friday, 28 May 2021 17:09

UK approves J&J single-shot COVID-19 vaccine

Friday, 28 May 2021 16:26

Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai jailed again over protests

Friday, 28 May 2021 11:24

France's Macron seeks forgiveness over Rwanda genocide

Thursday, 27 May 2021 14:19

Congo orders partial evacuation of eruption-hit Goma

Thursday, 27 May 2021 14:15

California transit worker kills 8, extending US epidemic of mass shootings

Thursday, 27 May 2021 10:40

Fugitive jeweller Choksi held in Dominica, faces repatriation to India

Thursday, 27 May 2021 10:12

Australian state to enter COVID-19 lockdown after 'highly-infectious' outbreak

Thursday, 27 May 2021 10:04

Bahrain to close malls; tightens COVID restrictions

Wednesday, 26 May 2021 17:06

Belgium halts J&J COVID jab for under 41s after one dies

Wednesday, 26 May 2021 15:45

Pakistan opens coronavirus vaccination drive to all adults

Wednesday, 26 May 2021 15:08

3 arrested over Italian cable car disaster

Wednesday, 26 May 2021 14:06

Powerful cyclone Yaas destroys homes in India, forces airport closure

Wednesday, 26 May 2021 10:19

Vaccinated South Koreans no longer need to wear masks outdoors

Wednesday, 26 May 2021 08:55

WhatsApp sues Indian government over privacy issues

Wednesday, 26 May 2021 08:43

Moderna vaccine effective in teens

Tuesday, 25 May 2021 21:29

Biden, Putin to meet in Geneva next month

Tuesday, 25 May 2021 21:09

A year since George Floyd's murder, Americans reflect on his legacy

Tuesday, 25 May 2021 15:16

US calls for 'transparent' new investigation into COVID origins

Tuesday, 25 May 2021 14:47

Pfizer in talks with India for COVID-19 vaccine supplies

Tuesday, 25 May 2021 14:30

Belarus faces new sanctions over jetliner 'state piracy,' arrest of journalist

Tuesday, 25 May 2021 11:01

Australia reinstates COVID-19 curbs in Melbourne after fresh outbreak

Tuesday, 25 May 2021 08:55

WHO sets new targets for vaccinating world's poorest

Monday, 24 May 2021 19:18

Singapore airport tightens measures after COVID-19 outbreak

Monday, 24 May 2021 16:53

Ryanair CEO says flight diversion was 'state-sponsored hijacking'

Monday, 24 May 2021 13:40

Belarus sparks outrage after diverting flight to arrest opposition activist

Monday, 24 May 2021 10:31

Myanmar's Suu Kyi appears in court in person for first time since coup

Monday, 24 May 2021 10:24

2 dead, 12 injured in New Jersey residential party shooting

Monday, 24 May 2021 09:31

Death toll from Italian cable car crash rises to 14

Monday, 24 May 2021 09:17

Countries on Bahrain's 'Red List' banned from entering

Monday, 24 May 2021 06:52

Italian cable car crash kills at least 13

Sunday, 23 May 2021 20:27

India's capital Delhi to ease COVID-19 restrictions as cases drop

Sunday, 23 May 2021 14:46

Indonesia finds new COVID-19 cluster after cargo ship infections

Sunday, 23 May 2021 10:43

Car drives into crowd in China, killing five

Sunday, 23 May 2021 10:42

Volcano erupts in eastern Congo, thousands flee Goma

Sunday, 23 May 2021 09:40

Nigerian army chief dies in plane crash

Saturday, 22 May 2021 16:24

Germany bars UK travellers over new COVID variant

Saturday, 22 May 2021 13:20

Chinese rover takes first drive on Mars surface

Saturday, 22 May 2021 11:51

Earthquake in China's Yunnan province

Saturday, 22 May 2021 10:32

India faces antifungal drug shortage, adds to COVID-19 woes

Friday, 21 May 2021 15:43

Spain to open borders to vaccinated non-EU travellers

Friday, 21 May 2021 15:22

68 big cats seized from Oklahoma's 'Tiger King' animal park

Friday, 21 May 2021 12:42

Pfizer vaccine likely to be effective against India COVID variant

Friday, 21 May 2021 11:43

South Korea plans mix-and-match trial of COVID-19 vaccines

Thursday, 20 May 2021 15:24

8 Britons banned from working in Singapore over yacht party

Thursday, 20 May 2021 14:26

France's Sarkozy goes back on trial for illegal campaign funding

Thursday, 20 May 2021 09:49

Singapore tells Facebook, Twitter to carry correction notice on virus strain

Thursday, 20 May 2021 09:48

Trump says New York criminal probe is in 'desperate search of a crime'

Thursday, 20 May 2021 09:46

Egypt extends measures to curb coronavirus

Wednesday, 19 May 2021 21:42

EU agrees to open doors to vaccinated foreigners

Wednesday, 19 May 2021 20:58

Cyprus finds first cases of Indian COVID-19 variant

Wednesday, 19 May 2021 15:14

Indian PM Modi's rating falls to new low as India reels from COVID-19

Wednesday, 19 May 2021 15:03

Indian navy searches for 77 missing from barge sunk by cyclone

Wednesday, 19 May 2021 10:51

Sudan bans travellers from India, imposes other COVID-19 restrictions

Wednesday, 19 May 2021 09:41

New York state mounts criminal probe of Trump Organisation finances

Wednesday, 19 May 2021 09:23

Study shows AstraZeneca vaccine works well as third booster

Wednesday, 19 May 2021 09:17

Myanmar activists say more than 800 killed by security forces since coup

Tuesday, 18 May 2021 15:30

Biden to send 20 million doses of US-authorised vaccines abroad for first time

Tuesday, 18 May 2021 14:51

Singapore approves COVID-19 vaccine for use in 12 to 15-year-olds

Tuesday, 18 May 2021 14:23

Powerful storm weakens slightly after landfall in western India

Tuesday, 18 May 2021 08:53

India's Gujarat state braces for severe cyclone

Monday, 17 May 2021 18:32

India's virus cases lower but WHO expert says positive tests ominously high

Monday, 17 May 2021 10:50

'It's a great feeling': Saudis free to travel abroad after more than a year

Monday, 17 May 2021 10:37

Australian PM Morrison to visit New Zealand on May 30

Monday, 17 May 2021 09:55

Saudi Arabia lifts quarantine rule for COVID vaccinated foreign visitors

Monday, 17 May 2021 09:25

Singapore to shut schools as coronavirus cases rise

Sunday, 16 May 2021 20:45

Taiwan urges no panic buying as new COVID-19 rules kick off

Sunday, 16 May 2021 11:25

India's pace of daily COVID-19 infections slows as more vaccines awaited

Sunday, 16 May 2021 10:44

Myanmar army battles anti-coup rebels as armed resistance grows

Sunday, 16 May 2021 10:43

Philippines douses five-hour blaze in hospital treating COVID-19 patients

Sunday, 16 May 2021 09:34

Taiwan tightens curbs after surge in COVID-19 cases

Saturday, 15 May 2021 13:47

India's daily COVID-19 deaths near 4,000 as WHO flags concern

Saturday, 15 May 2021 12:45

Australia carries out first repatriation flight from India

Saturday, 15 May 2021 10:40

WHO urges rich countries to donate shots instead of vaccinating children

Friday, 14 May 2021 17:39

12 killed in explosion at Kabul mosque during Friday prayers

Friday, 14 May 2021 15:26

India 'on war footing' as coronavirus infections pass 24 million

Friday, 14 May 2021 14:49

France adds UK, Colombia, Uruguay to list of COVID risk countries

Friday, 14 May 2021 14:48

Positive virus tests keep 75 Australians off flight home from India

Friday, 14 May 2021 14:45

Magnitude 6.6 quake strikes off coast of Indonesia's Sumatra

Friday, 14 May 2021 14:43

Fully vaccinated people can shed their masks in most US places

Friday, 14 May 2021 12:26

Slim chance IPL can be completed in UK, UAE: Rajasthan owner

Friday, 14 May 2021 10:56

Singapore reports most COVID-19 cases in 8 months amid airport cluster

Thursday, 13 May 2021 18:08

India's most populous state to spend up to $1 billion to buy vaccines

Thursday, 13 May 2021 15:20

Russia records first cases of Indian COVID-19 variant

Thursday, 13 May 2021 11:48

5.8-magnitude quake strikes south of Philippine capital

Wednesday, 12 May 2021 12:36

India's COVID-19 deaths cross quarter million as virus ravages countryside

Wednesday, 12 May 2021 12:27

Dozens of migrants land in Malta after sea rescue

Tuesday, 11 May 2021 18:34

At least 11 killed in Russian school attack

Tuesday, 11 May 2021 11:39

Saudi Arabia announces 7-day quarantine rule for unvaccinated travellers

Tuesday, 11 May 2021 08:10

US approves COVID-19 vaccine for children 12 to 15

Tuesday, 11 May 2021 07:59

Philippines records first two cases of Indian coronavirus variant

Tuesday, 11 May 2021 07:49

At least 11 killed as bomb blows up bus in Afghanistan

Monday, 10 May 2021 09:48

One killed at Vancouver airport shooting

Monday, 10 May 2021 09:45

India turns to ex-army medics amid COVID-19 surge

Sunday, 9 May 2021 21:05

Afghan school blast toll rises to 58, families bury victims

Sunday, 9 May 2021 13:55

Australian state extends COVID restrictions in hunt for outbreak source

Sunday, 9 May 2021 13:48

India's daily COVID-19 deaths near record, calls for nationwide lockdown mount

Sunday, 9 May 2021 10:32

Chinese rocket debris lands in Indian Ocean, draws criticism from NASA

Sunday, 9 May 2021 10:01

Blast near school in Kabul kills at least 25

Saturday, 8 May 2021 18:13

Sri Lanka approves Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use

Saturday, 8 May 2021 17:32

India posts record daily rise in COVID-19 deaths

Saturday, 8 May 2021 11:34

New Zealand to resume Australia travel bubble as Sydney COVID threat eases

Saturday, 8 May 2021 11:18

UAE remains on the UK's red list

Friday, 7 May 2021 21:24

WHO gives emergency approval to Sinopharm

Friday, 7 May 2021 20:54

Pfizer-BioNTech files for U.S. approval of COVID-19 vaccine

Friday, 7 May 2021 17:49

Australia to reopen door to India following backlash

Friday, 7 May 2021 16:39

UK advises under-40s to take alternative to AstraZeneca COVID-19 shot

Friday, 7 May 2021 15:01

Saudi Arabia to make COVID-19 vaccinations mandatory

Friday, 7 May 2021 14:03

China rocket debris set to fall to Earth

Friday, 7 May 2021 13:55

Japan set to extend state of emergency by three weeks

Friday, 7 May 2021 11:17

Rio de Janeiro shootout leaves 25 people dead

Thursday, 6 May 2021 21:42

EU considers COVID vaccine patent waiver but drugmakers push back

Thursday, 6 May 2021 21:09

Qatar finance minister arrested over alleged embezzlement

Thursday, 6 May 2021 17:54

Serbians queue to get COVID-19 vaccine and shopping voucher

Thursday, 6 May 2021 16:17

Maldives imposes night curfew after steep jump in COVID-19 infections

Thursday, 6 May 2021 13:13

Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong jailed for further 10 months over June 4 assembly

Thursday, 6 May 2021 11:08

COVID curbs reinstated in Sydney as Australian officials trace mystery case

Thursday, 6 May 2021 11:07

COVID-19 spreading in rural India; record daily rises in infections, deaths

Thursday, 6 May 2021 10:37

Canada permits Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for children aged 12-15

Wednesday, 5 May 2021 20:31

COVID scare at G7 meeting after Indian delegates test positive

Wednesday, 5 May 2021 13:48

S.Korea says AstraZeneca, Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines 87% effective after first shot

Wednesday, 5 May 2021 11:53

India accounts for 46% of world's new COVID-19 cases, quarter of deaths

Wednesday, 5 May 2021 10:55

Myanmar parcel bomb blasts kill five including ousted lawmaker

Tuesday, 4 May 2021 13:43

Nepal appeals for COVID-19 vaccines as cases rise

Tuesday, 4 May 2021 13:42

India's COVID-19 cases cross 20 million, opposition calls for national lockdown

Tuesday, 4 May 2021 13:21

Mexico City rail overpass collapses onto road, killing at least 23

Tuesday, 4 May 2021 10:53

COVID-19: Kuwait bans travel abroad for non-vaccinated citizens

Tuesday, 4 May 2021 07:20

New US COVID cases fall for third week, deaths lowest since July

Monday, 3 May 2021 21:32

At least 7 killed in Taliban attack on southwest Afghanistan army outpost

Monday, 3 May 2021 16:50

Australia defends decision to sanction travellers from COVID-ravaged India

Monday, 3 May 2021 11:32

Pfizer in talks with India over expedited approval for COVID-19 vaccine

Monday, 3 May 2021 11:10

At least 26 killed in boat accident in Bangladesh

Monday, 3 May 2021 10:09

Saudi Arabia to reopen land, sea and air borders from May 17

Monday, 3 May 2021 07:36

COVID-19: Oman bans commercial activities from May 8 in bid to curb virus

Monday, 3 May 2021 07:21

Seven reported killed as Myanmar protests aim to 'shake the world'

Sunday, 2 May 2021 16:56

Four astronauts return from space station aboard SpaceX capsule

Sunday, 2 May 2021 16:45

Jordan detects three cases of Indian COVID-19 variant

Sunday, 2 May 2021 14:06

India's COVID-19 daily cases hold close to record, another state imposes lockdown

Sunday, 2 May 2021 11:17

Australia's Perth at risk of second snap-lockdown after new COVID-19 infections

Sunday, 2 May 2021 10:34

Vote count in five Indian states begin amid pandemic

Sunday, 2 May 2021 10:14

Jail time for Australians who try to return home via India

Saturday, 1 May 2021 15:25

India's daily COVID-19 cases pass 400,000

Saturday, 1 May 2021 15:11

India extends flight ban until end of month

Saturday, 1 May 2021 11:46

Moderna vaccine receives emergency approval from WHO

Saturday, 1 May 2021 10:26