The last two reporters working in China for Australian media have flown home after a five-day diplomatic standoff. The Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s Bill Birtles and the Austra... Read more
The UK is entering a “period of particular concern” as the number of coronavirus cases rise across the country, the housing secretary says. Robert Jenrick said “we all have... Read more
Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange appeared in the dock at London’s Old Bailey as his fight against extradition to the US resumed. The 49-year-old, who has been in Belmarsh Prison for... Read more
The government will introduce a new law that could change post-Brexit customs plans with the EU – but No 10 denied it would “tear up” the existing treaty. The two sides agr... Read more
Russia’s poisoned opposition figure Alexei Navalny is out of an induced coma and his condition has improved, says the Berlin hospital treating him. Doctors say he is responding to verb... Read more
Witnesses in Belarus say they saw a leading opposition figure being bundled into a minibus in Minsk and driven away, according to local media. Police have denied detaining Maria Kolesnikova... Read more
Officials have blamed a gender reveal party for one of several wildfires raging in the US state of California. A “smoke-generating pyrotechnic device” at the event sparked the El... Read more
A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after one person died and seven others were injured in stabbings across Birmingham. A 27-year-old man was arrested at an address in the Selly O... Read more
Police in Lacey, Washington, have shot dead a man suspected of fatally shooting a right-wing activist during protests in Oregon, officials say. Michael Reinoehl, 48, was being investigated f... Read more
An unarmed black man died in New York state after he was hooded by police and held face down to the road for two minutes, body camera footage shows. Daniel Prude, 41, was suffering from ment... Read more
Jamaicans go to the polls on Thursday to elect a new parliament as the country grapples with a surge in coronavirus infections. Prime Minister Andrew Holness called for the early vote last m... Read more
The US has imposed sanctions on senior officials in the International Criminal Court (ICC), including chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo accused the court of... Read more
Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny was poisoned with a Novichok nerve agent, Germany’s government says.It said toxicology tests at a military laboratory showed “unequiv... Read more
Thailand’s king has reinstated his royal consort to the position, nearly a year after she was stripped of her titles in a dramatic fall from grace. King Vajiralongkorn returned Sineena... Read more
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