Kremlin critic Navalny detained as he returns to Russia
Opposition figure arrested at passport control after flying home to Russia from Germany five months after being poisoned with Novichok.
Opposition figure arrested at passport control after flying home to Russia from Germany five months after being poisoned with Novichok.
Opposition figure Alexey Navalny arrested at passport control after flying back to Russia from Germany.
Afghan officials blame the Taliban for the attacks, an accusation the armed group denies.
As PM scrambles to find enough allies to survive confidence votes, lockdown rules are being extended - meaning more misery for businesses.
The burning of leftover straw from harvest season in northern India has long been a big contributor to air pollution, but now some are putting it to good use.
Protests erupt in Tunisian cities amid anger over poor economy.
How Brexit is being blamed for ruining Scotland's fishing industry.
Bosnian authorities has started moving hundreds of migrants stuck at the Lipa camp in to heated military tents following days of uncertainty after a fire gutted most of the camp in December.
Uganda’s longtime president will continue his rule over a population where three-quarters are below 30 and have never known anyone else in charge.
Two days after the disaster, it is unclear if there are people still trapped but alive under the debris on Sulawesi.
A majority of Palestinians want general elections, but recent polls show they do not believe that is possible.
Hundreds of residents in Dutch care homes are dying of COVID-19 every week, but not a single one has been inoculated yet.
Armin Laschet wins 521 of 991 votes cast during the conservative party’s first-ever digital convention.
India, home to 1.3 billion, is aiming to inoculate about 300 million people by July.
People across the country protest to appeal for more government help as oxygen supplies run out amid spread in new coronavirus variants.
Administrators at a primary school in Tripoli say they are taking safety measures seriously.
A popular starting point for Mexicans who return to their hometown is a neighbourhood in Mexico City known as ‘little LA’.
Indonesia was one of the first countries outside China to approve the vaccine developed by Sinovac.
At least 34 killed, several trapped in collapsed buildings after a 6.2 quake as expert warns aftershocks could trigger tsunami.
Display of military might at Pyongyang parade follows party congress at which Kim Jong Un admitted country’s failures.
President Trump, who ordered the reduction last year, says that troop levels in Afghanistan reached a 19-year low.
India’s severe outbreak fails to deter Hindu pilgrims from descending on the banks of Ganges river in Haridwar for the seven-week festival.
Experts compare the way Beirut’s port is managed with how the state is run.
Brazilian Health Minister Eduardo Pazuello said the hospital system in the city of Manaus is collapsing.
About 200 people gathered in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, to start their long journey to the US.
People turned out in droves on Thursday to make their mark in an election pitting long-time leader Yoweri Museveni against popstar Bobi Wine.
US designation of Yemen’s Houthi rebels as ‘terrorists’ may also impede the flow of much-needed aid, agencies say.
Most have been charged with treason for taking part in non-violent political activities in a trial heavily criticised by rights groups
It comes as the country’s north is battling resurgent cases, and reported the first death from the virus in eight months.
Mass trial on treason charges - Cambodian opposition members back in court accuse the government of political persecution.
In the French city of Roubaix, a mass testing campaign is helping in the race to isolate cases of the highly infectious variant first seen in the UK.
In Peru, healthcare workers went on strike demanding better work conditions.
Security forces in CAR repel two attacks by armed groups seeking to seize the capital Bangui on Wednesday, PM says.
Prosecutors hope to strike a blow to Calabria’s ‘Ndrangheta by proving a web of crimes dating back to the 1990s.
Longtime President Yoweri Museveni faces strong challenge from pop star-turned-opposition leader Bobi Wine as he seeks a sixth term.
An important gathering of North Korea’s governing party leadership has wrapped up with a commitment to further develop the country’s nuclear arsenal.
Ireland's government is to formally apologise over the legacy of the country's so-called mother-and-baby homes.
From Chile to Brazil to Peru, many hospitals are near collapse.
Since September, six elephants have been electrocuted by illegal fences put up by villagers, but now some locals have found a new way to keep crop-raiding elephants off their land.
Dishing up dirt - The desperate plight of hundreds of thousands facing starvation in southern Madagascar.
Critics and supporters say Trump has managed to turn Mexico into a tough obstacle for Central Americans trying to get to the US.
The farmers want the government to repeal the laws, which they say will deregulate the sector and leave them at the mercy of large corporations.
Yoweri Museveni is seeking a sixth term, and has used the full weight of state security - including the army - to crack down on his 10 opponents.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says al-Qaeda has established a new home base in Iran.
Country's embattled PM Muhyiddin Yassin says additional powers are needed to stop a surge in COVID-19 cases, but critics say it is an attempt by an unstable government to cling to power.
Aid agencies warned that hundreds of people were stuck across from Croatia in the freezing cold with nowhere else to go, and until now, Bosnian politicians have refused to accommodate them on their journey.
Top court pauses implementation of three new laws and says it will form a committee to hear farmers’ grievances.
In Mexico, the COVID-19 outbreak has caused one of the world's highest mortality rates among health care workers.
State legislatures will also be suspended with parts of country heading back into lockdown amid surge in COVID cases.
As victims' families mourn, divers are searching the waters to the north of Jakarta - looking for the aircraft’s flight recorder.