South Africa’s confirmed coronavirus cases have doubled in two weeks to a quarter-million, and India has seen its biggest daily spike as its total passed 800,000
Survivors of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre have gathered to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the atrocity, the only crime in Europe since World War II that has been declared a genocide
The beleaguered Australian state of Victoria has received some good news with health officials reporting 216 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, down from the record 288 the previous day
India’s coronavirus cases have passed 800,000 with the biggest spike of 27,114 cases in the past 24 hours, causing nearly a dozen states to impose a partial lockdown in high-risk areas
Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s long-governing party has comfortably won Friday’s general elections as expected amid the coronavirus pandemic but faced a setback as the opposition made minor gains
The president of Turkey has formally converted Istanbul’s sixth-century Hagia Sophia back into a mosque, hours after a high court annulled a 1934 decision that had made the religious landmark a museum
The COVID-19 pandemic is sweeping through the leadership of Latin America, with two more presidents and a powerful official testing positive this week for the new coronavirus
Jack Charlton, an uncompromising central defender who played alongside his brother, Bobby, in England’s World Cup-winning side in 1966 before enjoying coaching success with Ireland, has died
