Japan has decided it will start releasing radioactive water accumulated at the damaged Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea after treatment, infuriating local residents and worrying neighbouring countries.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has told citizens to prepare for hard times ahead, following warnings from rights groups that the country faces dire food shortages and economic instability.
The health of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny is deteriorating and he is beginning to lose sensation in his legs and hands, his lawyer says.
Italy has entered a strict three-day lockdown to try to prevent a surge in Covid-19 cases over Easter.
An attack at the US Capitol complex in Washington DC has left one police officer dead and another in hospital with injuries.
At least 34 people have died and 72 remain trapped after a train carrying around 350 passengers derailed inside a tunnel in Taiwan.
At least 26 officers were injured during an operation to disperse a large crowd that gathered in the Bois de la Cambre park on the south side of the Belgian capital, the agency reported citing a police spokesman.
India has reported on Monday its worst single-day increase in COVID-19 cases since October, taking the tally to more than 12 million for the first time ever.
The US has said that it is "horrified" by the killing of scores of anti-coup protesters in Myanmar on Saturday.
Ten people were killed Monday, including a police officer, when a gunman opened fire at a supermarket in Boulder, Colorado, the second mass shooting in the U.
Eight people, including at least six Asian women, have been killed in shootings at three different spas in the US state of Georgia.
Today in the Netherlands election polls are opened for the first-ever vote scheduled to last three days, a scheme intended to avoid crowding of people during the country's ongoing lockdown.
The COVID pandemic is an unprecedented challenge to inoculate billions around the world.
The UK government has announced its decision to delay deadlines for changing border controls in relation to the import of products from the EU into the UK with six months.
Italy’s total coronavirus-related deaths surpassed 100,000 on Monday as a resurgence in the pandemic prompts Mario Draghi’s government to consider additional restrictions.
The country has registered more than 4,000 new cases of COVID-19.
Indian security forces stepped up patrols on the border with Myanmar to stop refugees entering after some police officers crossed over to escape taking orders from the military junta there, officials said.
At least 38 people were killed in Myanmar on Wednesday in what the UN described as the "bloodiest day" since the coup took place a month ago.
Italy has activated the European Union's vaccine export ban to block a shipment of life-saving jabs being sent to Australia.
Security has been tightened at the US Capitol in Washington in response to "a possible plot to breach" the building.
A powerful earthquake has struck off the east coast of New Zealand's North Island, shaking residents of New Zealand biggest cities.
New Zealand: No Active COVID-19 Cases
Emergency Epidemic Situation in Bulgaria will be Prolonged
