At least four people have been killed in a militant attack taking place at a hospital in the Afghan capital, Kabul. Locals heard two blasts, then gunfire. About 140 staff were inside at the... Read more

A fire at a St Petersburg hospital has killed five coronavirus patients in an intensive care unit. The blaze was apparently started by a short-circuit in a ventilator, Russian news agencies... Read more

New coronavirus clusters have been reported in Wuhan city – where the virus fist emerged – and the north-eastern province of Jilin in China. Wuhan reported five new cases on Mond... Read more

People in England can meet up with others outside their household in the outdoors as long as they stay 2m apart, the government has confirmed. Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab urged people to... Read more

At least 20 people have been killed in attacks by gunmen on several villages in Niger, local authorities say. Tidjani Ibrahim Katiella, governor of Tillaberi region, said the assailants were... Read more

Nineteen sailors have been killed and 15 others wounded in a “friendly fire” incident involving two Iranian naval vessels, the navy has said. Iranian state media reported that a... Read more

Lesotho’s Prime Minister Thomas Thabane lifted restrictions orders imposed last month to curb the outbreak of the novel coronavirus in the mountainous kingdom.   Addressing the nation on sta... Read more

Cardinal George Pell knew of child sexual abuse by priests in Australia as early as the 1970s but failed to take action, a landmark inquiry found. The findings on Cardinal Pell – an ex... Read more

Russian army medical personnel sent to fight the coronavirus outbreak in Italy are heading home. Defence minister Sergei Shoigu said the teams would start to leave on Thursday, according to... Read more

South Korea’s intelligence agency has said rumours about Kim Jong-un’s health were groundless, and there are no signs he had heart surgery. The North Korean leader recently went... Read more

Prof Neil Ferguson has quit as a government adviser on coronavirus after admitting an “error of judgement”. Prof Ferguson, whose advice to the prime minister led to the UK lockdo... Read more

An NHS app that aims to track the spread of coronavirus is being rolled out for the first time, as part of a trial on the Isle of Wight. Council and healthcare workers will be the first to t... Read more

Chinese state media has accused US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo of lying, after he said there was “enormous evidence” the coronavirus emanated from a laboratory in Wuhan. Mr Po... Read more