International Archive

China announces three-child policy, in major policy shift

Monday, May 31st, 2021 11:58am

Gunmen abduct students from school in Nigeria

Monday, May 31st, 2021 10:00am

Egypt lifts coronavirus restrictions from June 1

Monday, May 31st, 2021 7:08am

India says will have 120 million vaccine doses for local use in June

Sunday, May 30th, 2021 2:51pm

Mortar shell hits Afghan wedding, kills at least six

Sunday, May 30th, 2021 1:18pm

Police operation in France after reports of armed man on the run

Sunday, May 30th, 2021 11:33am

UK PM Johnson marries fiancee in 'secret ceremony'

Sunday, May 30th, 2021 10:21am

Ho Chi Minh tightens COVID-19 measures over 'hybrid' variant

Sunday, May 30th, 2021 10:20am

Saudi Arabia lifts ban on arrivals from 11 countries, including UAE

Saturday, May 29th, 2021 3:50pm

Philippines lifts ban on workers deploying to Saudi Arabia

Saturday, May 29th, 2021 1:28pm

Vietnam detects hybrid of Indian and UK COVID-19 variant

Saturday, May 29th, 2021 10:50am

Belarus leader heads for talks with Putin amid uproar over 'air piracy'

Friday, May 28th, 2021 5:10pm

Shoot-out after policewoman stabbed in attack in western France

Friday, May 28th, 2021 5:09pm

UK approves J&J single-shot COVID-19 vaccine

Friday, May 28th, 2021 4:26pm

Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai jailed again over protests

Friday, May 28th, 2021 11:24am

France's Macron seeks forgiveness over Rwanda genocide

Thursday, May 27th, 2021 2:19pm

Congo orders partial evacuation of eruption-hit Goma

Thursday, May 27th, 2021 2:15pm

California transit worker kills 8, extending US epidemic of mass shootings

Thursday, May 27th, 2021 10:40am

Fugitive jeweller Choksi held in Dominica, faces repatriation to India

Thursday, May 27th, 2021 10:12am

Australian state to enter COVID-19 lockdown after 'highly-infectious' outbreak

Thursday, May 27th, 2021 10:04am

Bahrain to close malls; tightens COVID restrictions

Wednesday, May 26th, 2021 5:06pm

Belgium halts J&J COVID jab for under 41s after one dies

Wednesday, May 26th, 2021 3:45pm

Pakistan opens coronavirus vaccination drive to all adults

Wednesday, May 26th, 2021 3:08pm

3 arrested over Italian cable car disaster

Wednesday, May 26th, 2021 2:06pm

Powerful cyclone Yaas destroys homes in India, forces airport closure

Wednesday, May 26th, 2021 10:19am

Vaccinated South Koreans no longer need to wear masks outdoors

Wednesday, May 26th, 2021 8:55am

WhatsApp sues Indian government over privacy issues

Wednesday, May 26th, 2021 8:43am

Moderna vaccine effective in teens

Tuesday, May 25th, 2021 9:29pm

Biden, Putin to meet in Geneva next month

Tuesday, May 25th, 2021 9:09pm

A year since George Floyd's murder, Americans reflect on his legacy

Tuesday, May 25th, 2021 3:16pm

US calls for 'transparent' new investigation into COVID origins

Tuesday, May 25th, 2021 2:47pm

Pfizer in talks with India for COVID-19 vaccine supplies

Tuesday, May 25th, 2021 2:30pm

Belarus faces new sanctions over jetliner 'state piracy,' arrest of journalist

Tuesday, May 25th, 2021 11:01am

Australia reinstates COVID-19 curbs in Melbourne after fresh outbreak

Tuesday, May 25th, 2021 8:55am

WHO sets new targets for vaccinating world's poorest

Monday, May 24th, 2021 7:18pm

Singapore airport tightens measures after COVID-19 outbreak

Monday, May 24th, 2021 4:53pm

Ryanair CEO says flight diversion was 'state-sponsored hijacking'

Monday, May 24th, 2021 1:40pm

Belarus sparks outrage after diverting flight to arrest opposition activist

Monday, May 24th, 2021 10:31am

Myanmar's Suu Kyi appears in court in person for first time since coup

Monday, May 24th, 2021 10:24am

2 dead, 12 injured in New Jersey residential party shooting

Monday, May 24th, 2021 9:31am

Death toll from Italian cable car crash rises to 14

Monday, May 24th, 2021 9:17am

Countries on Bahrain's 'Red List' banned from entering

Monday, May 24th, 2021 6:52am

Italian cable car crash kills at least 13

Sunday, May 23rd, 2021 8:27pm

India's capital Delhi to ease COVID-19 restrictions as cases drop

Sunday, May 23rd, 2021 2:46pm

Indonesia finds new COVID-19 cluster after cargo ship infections

Sunday, May 23rd, 2021 10:43am

Car drives into crowd in China, killing five

Sunday, May 23rd, 2021 10:42am

Volcano erupts in eastern Congo, thousands flee Goma

Sunday, May 23rd, 2021 9:40am

Nigerian army chief dies in plane crash

Saturday, May 22nd, 2021 4:24pm

Germany bars UK travellers over new COVID variant

Saturday, May 22nd, 2021 1:20pm

Chinese rover takes first drive on Mars surface

Saturday, May 22nd, 2021 11:51am

Earthquake in China's Yunnan province

Saturday, May 22nd, 2021 10:32am

India faces antifungal drug shortage, adds to COVID-19 woes

Friday, May 21st, 2021 3:43pm

Spain to open borders to vaccinated non-EU travellers

Friday, May 21st, 2021 3:22pm

68 big cats seized from Oklahoma's 'Tiger King' animal park

Friday, May 21st, 2021 12:42pm

Pfizer vaccine likely to be effective against India COVID variant

Friday, May 21st, 2021 11:43am

South Korea plans mix-and-match trial of COVID-19 vaccines

Thursday, May 20th, 2021 3:24pm

8 Britons banned from working in Singapore over yacht party

Thursday, May 20th, 2021 2:26pm

France's Sarkozy goes back on trial for illegal campaign funding

Thursday, May 20th, 2021 9:49am

Singapore tells Facebook, Twitter to carry correction notice on virus strain

Thursday, May 20th, 2021 9:48am

Trump says New York criminal probe is in 'desperate search of a crime'

Thursday, May 20th, 2021 9:46am

Egypt extends measures to curb coronavirus

Wednesday, May 19th, 2021 9:42pm

EU agrees to open doors to vaccinated foreigners

Wednesday, May 19th, 2021 8:58pm

Cyprus finds first cases of Indian COVID-19 variant

Wednesday, May 19th, 2021 3:14pm

Indian PM Modi's rating falls to new low as India reels from COVID-19

Wednesday, May 19th, 2021 3:03pm

Indian navy searches for 77 missing from barge sunk by cyclone

Wednesday, May 19th, 2021 10:51am

Sudan bans travellers from India, imposes other COVID-19 restrictions

Wednesday, May 19th, 2021 9:41am

New York state mounts criminal probe of Trump Organisation finances

Wednesday, May 19th, 2021 9:23am

Study shows AstraZeneca vaccine works well as third booster

Wednesday, May 19th, 2021 9:17am

Myanmar activists say more than 800 killed by security forces since coup

Tuesday, May 18th, 2021 3:30pm

Biden to send 20 million doses of US-authorised vaccines abroad for first time

Tuesday, May 18th, 2021 2:51pm

Singapore approves COVID-19 vaccine for use in 12 to 15-year-olds

Tuesday, May 18th, 2021 2:23pm

Powerful storm weakens slightly after landfall in western India

Tuesday, May 18th, 2021 8:53am

India's Gujarat state braces for severe cyclone

Monday, May 17th, 2021 6:32pm

India's virus cases lower but WHO expert says positive tests ominously high

Monday, May 17th, 2021 10:50am

'It's a great feeling': Saudis free to travel abroad after more than a year

Monday, May 17th, 2021 10:37am

Australian PM Morrison to visit New Zealand on May 30

Monday, May 17th, 2021 9:55am

Saudi Arabia lifts quarantine rule for COVID vaccinated foreign visitors

Monday, May 17th, 2021 9:25am

Singapore to shut schools as coronavirus cases rise

Sunday, May 16th, 2021 8:45pm

Taiwan urges no panic buying as new COVID-19 rules kick off

Sunday, May 16th, 2021 11:25am

India's pace of daily COVID-19 infections slows as more vaccines awaited

Sunday, May 16th, 2021 10:44am

Myanmar army battles anti-coup rebels as armed resistance grows

Sunday, May 16th, 2021 10:43am

Philippines douses five-hour blaze in hospital treating COVID-19 patients

Sunday, May 16th, 2021 9:34am

Taiwan tightens curbs after surge in COVID-19 cases

Saturday, May 15th, 2021 1:47pm

India's daily COVID-19 deaths near 4,000 as WHO flags concern

Saturday, May 15th, 2021 12:45pm

Australia carries out first repatriation flight from India

Saturday, May 15th, 2021 10:40am

WHO urges rich countries to donate shots instead of vaccinating children

Friday, May 14th, 2021 5:39pm

12 killed in explosion at Kabul mosque during Friday prayers

Friday, May 14th, 2021 3:26pm

India 'on war footing' as coronavirus infections pass 24 million

Friday, May 14th, 2021 2:49pm

France adds UK, Colombia, Uruguay to list of COVID risk countries

Friday, May 14th, 2021 2:48pm

Positive virus tests keep 75 Australians off flight home from India

Friday, May 14th, 2021 2:45pm

Magnitude 6.6 quake strikes off coast of Indonesia's Sumatra

Friday, May 14th, 2021 2:43pm

Fully vaccinated people can shed their masks in most US places

Friday, May 14th, 2021 12:26pm

Slim chance IPL can be completed in UK, UAE: Rajasthan owner

Friday, May 14th, 2021 10:56am

Singapore reports most COVID-19 cases in 8 months amid airport cluster

Thursday, May 13th, 2021 6:08pm

India's most populous state to spend up to $1 billion to buy vaccines

Thursday, May 13th, 2021 3:20pm

Russia records first cases of Indian COVID-19 variant

Thursday, May 13th, 2021 11:48am

5.8-magnitude quake strikes south of Philippine capital

Wednesday, May 12th, 2021 12:36pm

India's COVID-19 deaths cross quarter million as virus ravages countryside

Wednesday, May 12th, 2021 12:27pm

Dozens of migrants land in Malta after sea rescue

Tuesday, May 11th, 2021 6:34pm

At least 11 killed in Russian school attack

Tuesday, May 11th, 2021 11:39am

Saudi Arabia announces 7-day quarantine rule for unvaccinated travellers

Tuesday, May 11th, 2021 8:10am

US approves COVID-19 vaccine for children 12 to 15

Tuesday, May 11th, 2021 7:59am

Philippines records first two cases of Indian coronavirus variant

Tuesday, May 11th, 2021 7:49am

At least 11 killed as bomb blows up bus in Afghanistan

Monday, May 10th, 2021 9:48am

One killed at Vancouver airport shooting

Monday, May 10th, 2021 9:45am

India turns to ex-army medics amid COVID-19 surge

Sunday, May 9th, 2021 9:05pm

Afghan school blast toll rises to 58, families bury victims

Sunday, May 9th, 2021 1:55pm

Australian state extends COVID restrictions in hunt for outbreak source

Sunday, May 9th, 2021 1:48pm

India's daily COVID-19 deaths near record, calls for nationwide lockdown mount

Sunday, May 9th, 2021 10:32am

Chinese rocket debris lands in Indian Ocean, draws criticism from NASA

Sunday, May 9th, 2021 10:01am

Blast near school in Kabul kills at least 25

Saturday, May 8th, 2021 6:13pm

Sri Lanka approves Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use

Saturday, May 8th, 2021 5:32pm

India posts record daily rise in COVID-19 deaths

Saturday, May 8th, 2021 11:34am

New Zealand to resume Australia travel bubble as Sydney COVID threat eases

Saturday, May 8th, 2021 11:18am

UAE remains on the UK's red list

Friday, May 7th, 2021 9:24pm

WHO gives emergency approval to Sinopharm

Friday, May 7th, 2021 8:54pm

Pfizer-BioNTech files for U.S. approval of COVID-19 vaccine

Friday, May 7th, 2021 5:49pm

Australia to reopen door to India following backlash

Friday, May 7th, 2021 4:39pm

UK advises under-40s to take alternative to AstraZeneca COVID-19 shot

Friday, May 7th, 2021 3:01pm

Saudi Arabia to make COVID-19 vaccinations mandatory

Friday, May 7th, 2021 2:03pm

China rocket debris set to fall to Earth

Friday, May 7th, 2021 1:55pm

Japan set to extend state of emergency by three weeks

Friday, May 7th, 2021 11:17am

Rio de Janeiro shootout leaves 25 people dead

Thursday, May 6th, 2021 9:42pm

EU considers COVID vaccine patent waiver but drugmakers push back

Thursday, May 6th, 2021 9:09pm

Qatar finance minister arrested over alleged embezzlement

Thursday, May 6th, 2021 5:54pm

Serbians queue to get COVID-19 vaccine and shopping voucher

Thursday, May 6th, 2021 4:17pm

Maldives imposes night curfew after steep jump in COVID-19 infections

Thursday, May 6th, 2021 1:13pm

Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong jailed for further 10 months over June 4 assembly

Thursday, May 6th, 2021 11:08am

COVID curbs reinstated in Sydney as Australian officials trace mystery case

Thursday, May 6th, 2021 11:07am

COVID-19 spreading in rural India; record daily rises in infections, deaths

Thursday, May 6th, 2021 10:37am

Canada permits Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for children aged 12-15

Wednesday, May 5th, 2021 8:31pm

COVID scare at G7 meeting after Indian delegates test positive

Wednesday, May 5th, 2021 1:48pm

S.Korea says AstraZeneca, Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines 87% effective after first shot

Wednesday, May 5th, 2021 11:53am

India accounts for 46% of world's new COVID-19 cases, quarter of deaths

Wednesday, May 5th, 2021 10:55am

Myanmar parcel bomb blasts kill five including ousted lawmaker

Tuesday, May 4th, 2021 1:43pm

Nepal appeals for COVID-19 vaccines as cases rise

Tuesday, May 4th, 2021 1:42pm

India's COVID-19 cases cross 20 million, opposition calls for national lockdown

Tuesday, May 4th, 2021 1:21pm

Mexico City rail overpass collapses onto road, killing at least 23

Tuesday, May 4th, 2021 10:53am

COVID-19: Kuwait bans travel abroad for non-vaccinated citizens

Tuesday, May 4th, 2021 7:20am

New US COVID cases fall for third week, deaths lowest since July

Monday, May 3rd, 2021 9:32pm

At least 7 killed in Taliban attack on southwest Afghanistan army outpost

Monday, May 3rd, 2021 4:50pm

Australia defends decision to sanction travellers from COVID-ravaged India

Monday, May 3rd, 2021 11:32am

Pfizer in talks with India over expedited approval for COVID-19 vaccine

Monday, May 3rd, 2021 11:10am

At least 26 killed in boat accident in Bangladesh

Monday, May 3rd, 2021 10:09am

Saudi Arabia to reopen land, sea and air borders from May 17

Monday, May 3rd, 2021 7:36am

COVID-19: Oman bans commercial activities from May 8 in bid to curb virus

Monday, May 3rd, 2021 7:21am

Seven reported killed as Myanmar protests aim to 'shake the world'

Sunday, May 2nd, 2021 4:56pm

Four astronauts return from space station aboard SpaceX capsule

Sunday, May 2nd, 2021 4:45pm

Jordan detects three cases of Indian COVID-19 variant

Sunday, May 2nd, 2021 2:06pm

India's COVID-19 daily cases hold close to record, another state imposes lockdown

Sunday, May 2nd, 2021 11:17am

Australia's Perth at risk of second snap-lockdown after new COVID-19 infections

Sunday, May 2nd, 2021 10:34am

Vote count in five Indian states begin amid pandemic

Sunday, May 2nd, 2021 10:14am

Jail time for Australians who try to return home via India

Saturday, May 1st, 2021 3:25pm

India's daily COVID-19 cases pass 400,000

Saturday, May 1st, 2021 3:11pm

India extends flight ban until end of month

Saturday, May 1st, 2021 11:46am

Moderna vaccine receives emergency approval from WHO

Saturday, May 1st, 2021 10:26am