Japan is extending a state of emergency in Tokyo and expanding it to new regions as the Olympic Games host faces a surge in Covid-19

A Covid outbreak first discovered in the Chinese city of Nanjing has spread to five provinces and Beijing, with state media calling it the “most

People who have been fully vaccinated in the EU or US will not need to isolate when coming to England from an amber list country

The authorities in north-west Nigeria say they have freed 100 women and children – mainly mothers nursing infants – who were seized by bandits. The

At least 80 people have died and hundreds more are unaccounted for in Germany after some of the worst floodings in decades. Record rainfall in

At least four people have died and many more are missing following severe floods in western Germany, police say. The worst of the flooding has

A hit squad composed mostly of retired Colombian soldiers assassinated Haiti’s President Jovenel Moïse earlier this week, police say. The group included 26 Colombians and

Four people suspected of assassinating Haiti’s President Jovenel Moïse have been killed in a shootout with the security forces, police say. Two others have been

Residents of Australia’s largest city will spend at least one more week in lockdown, authorities announced on Wednesday, after detecting dozens of new coronavirus cases.

A passenger plane carrying 28 people has gone missing in the Russian Far East. local officials say. The An-26 aircraft lost contact with air traffic

Germany is lifting a Covid-related travel ban on people from the UK and four other variant-hit countries. The restrictions, which also applied to people from