COVID-19: New York buries victims in mass grave
Images have emerged of coffins being buried in a mass grave in New York City, as the death toll from the coronavirus...
EU finance ministers agree to €500BN (£430bn;$540bn) rescue package
EU finance ministers have agreed a €500bn (£430bn;$540bn) rescue package for European countries hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic.
UK Prime Minister out of ICU
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been moved out of intensive care but remains in hospital, Downing Street has said.
Five rockets rock US airbase in Afghanistan
Five rockets have hit a important US airbase in Afghanistan but there were no casualties, the NATO-led force in Afghanistan has said, in an attack claimed...
Massive recession sets to rock sub-Saharan Africa – World Bank
Sub-Saharan Africa will this year suffer its first recession for 25 years as a consequence of the coronavirus outbreak, a World Bank...
Ministers set to review UK’s lockdown
Ministers will discuss a review of the UK's coronavirus lockdown later to consider whether restrictions on people's movements should be extended.
A Saudi-led coalition announces ceasefire against Yemen
A Saudi Arabian-led coalition fighting Houthi forces in Yemen has declared a ceasefire, according to officials.
Sources told the...
COVID-19: Bangladesh close down boarder to new refugees
Bangladesh has imposed a lockdown on a southern district, home to refugee camps housing more than a million Rohingya Muslims fleeing from...
President of European Union’s ERC scientific research council resigns
The president of the European Union's ERC scientific research council has resigned after three months in the job with an attack on...
Two van drivers escape death as bridge collapse in Italy
Two van drivers escaped serious injury when a bridge over a river in northern Italy collapsed on Wednesday.
The...